Help please!

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I'm a sole trader and have a client who thinks I owe him money ( I don't) who quite frankly is becoming more and more deranged in his contact with me. He's sent two letters now as I've been ignoring his phone calls, what is odd is that he's addressed the letters to myself and my husband. My husband doesn't work with me but on occasions he has previously answered queries from clients when I've been unable to.

The latest letter threatens to take me to court (fine with that I don't owe him anything) but again is addressed in both names. Is he going to try to take both of us to court? Is that right?

I'm not too bothered about it as I can prove I don't owe anything but I know DH would be stressed about it.

So basically as a sole trader can someone try and take my husband to court as well as myself?

There is nothing to stop him including your husband in any legal action he chooses to take.

It would be better to respond to him setting out why you don't owe him money rather than ignoring him, as if I genuinely thought someone owed me money I would be threatening them with court too.

When taking a sole trader to court you would normally address the claim to Jane Smith, trading as Jane Smith Consulting, as that would mean you could claim from personal assets if the business didn't have any. Maybe he thinks you are a partnership if your DH answers business queries.

Thanks for this, sorry I wasn't clear, I'm not just ignoring him, I'm going to email a response so there is a clear paper trail, I've just stopped taking his calls as he just shouts at me to pay him and says he's spoken to a solicitor and doesn't respond to any reasoning from myself.

With regards to my husband answering enquiries it was during a period last year where I was unwell so he replied to a few text messages but was clear he was just trying to keep things going and that he doesn't work for my business. He works in a totally different sector and made it clear he was just responding so that clients knew what was happening.