Is this a trick?

[CubicsRube]

Last week I agreed to accept a settlement for a claim I made against a contractor in County Court. I have just received a tomlin order to sign from their solicitor but the terms for payment are worded slightly differently than they were in the offer:

Offer stated they would pay me within 21 days of my notifying them I accpeted heir offer. That was 1st of October so I thought I would receive the money by the 15th.

The order, which I received today to sign, states that they will pay me within 14 days of the date of service of the order to the Court.

That isn't the same thing at all, is it?

They have to file the order with the Court so if they don't do it then theoretically they never have to pay me. Am I correct or am I overthinking this?

correction the date for payment according to the offer should be the 22nd, not 15th.

The order needs to be filed with the court and approved by a judge. If they don't file the order, your claim will continue as if there had been no agreement. So no, they cannot avoid paying this way.

@prh47bridge Thank you for the reply. The deadline for the exchange of evidence is next week (before the agreed payment date) and I'm worried about missing that if they then don't file the Order.
Can't get through to the Court on the phone either.