Five years ago I lent a friend £2,500 to save him appearing in court. He promised to pay me back at £10 a week, but payments ceased after a few months. In the meantime he has changed his car and gone abroad on holiday each year. He still owes me £1300. Can you advise me how to go about getting this back?
It appears that your friend has the means to pay you, so I suggest you tell him you intend taking him to the small claims court unless he pays up within, say, a month. Hopefully you will have kept some record of his repayments to date, so he won’t be able to argue that the money was a gift.