Nigel Farage to appeal court judgment over £9,400 debt

The judgment, which is publicly available on an official national database, shows that the County Court Online service made the finding against the Reform UK leader almost two years ago.

The basic facts of the ruling do not include who made the claim, how it came about or whether Farage ever contested it.

Reform UK has said Nigel Farage will appeal the judgment because he had not been aware of the claim.

A spokesman for the party said it had been sent to the wrong address.

The County Court Online service deals with complaints relating to alleged debts of less than £10,000 across England and Wales - a service that used to be known as the small claims court.

There is no information in the public record about the nature of the dispute and who went to the court, but the available document shows that the unidentified party submitted an online money claim against Farage, using the officially registered address for "Farage Media" in Leigh on Sea in Essex - a premises above an optician's shop.

The court would have sent the claim to that address and the Reform UK leader then would have had 14 days to reply.

As of Thursday night, that judgment was classified in the public database as an "unsatisfied record" - meaning the £9,400 debt had not been cleared.

A spokesman for Reform UK said that Farage had instructed lawyers to apply to the court to have the judgment set aside - the formal process of seeking to have it torn up.

It's not clear however whether he can successfully launch an appeal because the rules for doing so are very strict.