Customer claiming against you after 6 years!

Harvest Fields · Oct 28, 2018

Awesome job everyone case closed😀😀😀😀 just kidding.

Rob Foster · Oct 28, 2018

Rovers21 said:
I did a job in augest 2012 and last week received a letter in the post off there solicitor saying I was liable for a compression fitting leaking and causing some damage in augest 2018! The company I had then stopped trading in March 2015 as I went limited. Does anyone know where I stand etc?

You are not liable, do not engage with them until 3rd try on letter. Then advise them of a counter claim for wasted admin time, undue stress etc ..They will go away before that
Rob Foster aka centralheatking

MickBrown · Oct 28, 2018

Were you sub contracting? If so I believe the first port of call for them is the main contractor.

Ric2013 · Oct 28, 2018

Dannyk said:
It's statements like this that show why you shouldn't seek legal advice from plumbers! A lot of people call themselves companies when they are sole traders. If you've not set up a company you are either a sole trader or a partner and you could be fully liable.

Exactly. A company is a legal entity separate from its owners, so when I read the original post in haste, I assumed the work had been carried out by the OP, working as the employee of the company (even if he was the owner of said company) hence all my twaddle about limited liability for the company's debts.
I think what the OP intended was that he was working as a sole trader and that he used a trading name. This is not a company, though it is a business. A sole trader has personal responsibility for any losses made by his or her business.