Deposit Protection Service ! Why is it so hard for me to get the deposit from them??

Hi all, hoping someone may have some experience with dealing with the DPS.

Situation:-

A while back when getting the possession order I also got a CCJ on tenant for several thousand pounds of unpaid rent.

Tenant has now been evicted, left no address, changed phone number, I have no way of contacting her.

I requested the deposit back online using the DPS website, now it's just under a month and still no reply from tenant.

Phoned the DPS today, to find out if I could start the single claim and what it entails.

I explained to them that I had a CCJ for rent arrears several times the amount of the deposit and that was what I would be claiming the deposit back for. Much to my surprise I was told that I couldn't do that, and that the only way I could claim through the single claim process was if it was for damages on the property, unless I get the:-

"Court order amended to state that the deposit should go towards rent arrears"


So my question is, how do I go about getting the:-

"Court order amended to state that the deposit should go towards rent arrears"

Has anyone had any experience with this situation and could they be so kind as to point me in right direction, what forms I need to fill in, roughly how much it will cost me to do this?

Also, should add, I read this thread:-

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums...lease-from-DPS

but it wasn't clear whether the advice given worked out in the end or not.


Many thanks for taking the time to read this.