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Creditor signals debt defeat despite winning court case
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A Whitefriar International creditor has finally given up its campaign to get the money it's owed. David Harris reports.
ONE OF the subcontractors owed money by Canterburybased Whitefriar International has given up its battle for payment because it believes it will never get what it is owed.
S Walker Transport of Redditch took Whitefriar to court over £11,000 of debts and won its case. But when bailiffs turned up at Whitefriar's offices they found nobody there and nothing to take in lieu of payment.
Walker's accountant, Mike Clarkson, says: "There was some furniture and computer equipment but the landlord has got first takings on that.There was nothing else for the enforcement officers to confiscate, so that was that."
StephenWalker,MD of SWalker Transport, says: "Having gone through all the court procedures and won, we have just decided to stop now. To do any more would simply be throwing good money after bad. We can't get hold of anyone at Whitefriar's."
Whitefriar's nwthercontinued to take messages last week but nobody was available for comment.
Other operators trying to extract payment from Whitefriar include DMC Haulage and Traction Services of Tamworth; Birmingham-based Mortimer Transport; and Nick Blurton, based in Staffordshire.
In February Whitefriar claimed it had not paid some of its outstanding debts because it was waiting for payment from Dutch operator Stok Continental Services (CM 26 February).