My ex and I used to work together in a business. Limited company in my name only. He acted as a self employed representative/contractor for the business.
He often met with clients to finalise details and we had agreed methods of payments. I discovered that he had asked several clients to pay or part pay either in cash or direct to his bank account.
In total this figure came to around £8500. This was around 3 years ago. Last incident of keeping client money was last September.
He acknowledged in writing that he needed to pay this back. We briefly got back together after a 3 month separation but we subsequently split for good and he has not paid anything back since. He became abusive and was convicted of stalking/harassment with a non molestation order in place etc.
I want to take him to court on behalf of the business, to recover the money but am not sure if i can do that via small claims or not? Or even if I should? My business has suffered greatly as a result and It's not really recovered if I'm honest. Any advice?