Suing an individual for not repaying loan

[PilatesPeach]

I (stupidly) lent someone around 2k for an agreed 10 days that was the length of time we agreed. Now 2 months later, it remains unpaid. I have texts to prove it was a loan not a gift. I have been fobbed off and had various excuse but I know they are lies - they do not make sense and there have been so many different ones.

I am issuing a letter before action myself however, if the debt remains unpaid, I am going to use a firm of solicitors to issue proceedings. Question - can I recover the court fee and my legal fees from the defendant as well as the original loan amount?

thank you

I think the pp above was saying serve on all addresses. If the process servers have said they've got multiple addresses, you can serve on all of those. "Multiple addresses" is different to no known address.

Could you check the electoral roll for each of the addresses to see where they are registered to vote? This would then be the address to use.