We won £90,000 lawsuit over our 'dream flat' but our compensation was mistakenly paid to the ex-owner... now she has vanished
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A couple were left ‘shocked and upset’ after a court mistakenly handed £90,000 compensation to the person they were suing - who has since stopped returning calls. Gilly and Nigel Cutts' ‘dream flat’ in Arundel, West Sussex, turned into a nightmare when water started making its way inside the Georgian building.
![[After years of costly legal action Mr and Mrs Cutts were finally awarded a compensation payout of £90,000]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/10/93348691-14213439-image-a-55_1734690160380.jpg)
Whenever it rained water would pour through the ceiling and down the walls leaving the two-bedroom flat damp. The couple, who bought the flat for £320,000 in 2015, tried to get the freeholder to make repairs. But when that failed they say they were forced to launch legal action in a bid to get the water problem solved.
![[The couple, who bought the flat for £320,000 in 2015, tried to get the freeholder to make repairs]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/10/93348693-14213439-image-a-56_1734690172876.jpg)
After years of costly legal action Mr and Mrs Cutts were finally awarded a compensation payout of £90,000. Unfortunately the freeholder had gone into administration and the money had to be paid to the court by the liquidator. However instead of sending the money to the Cutts’, Brighton County Court paid it directly to the person they had been suing.
Gilly and Nigel Cutts' ‘dream flat’ turned into a nightmare when water started making its way inside the Georgian building. After years of costly legal action Mr and Mrs Cutts were finally awarded a compensation payout of £90,000. Lawyers and the courts have been desperately trying to get hold of her since but she is not answering calls.
