Cold-call company ordered to pay £1,000 to man called 90 times in two months I would answer calls and there would be an automated voice saying they'd looked at my records and found I was entitled to PPI. I'm not, because I've already claimed it back years ago. I'd go through to an operator and I asked them who the company were, and to stop calling because I've been on the Telephone Preference Service (which is supposed to block unwanted calls) since 2011. By the tenth phone call I decided to invoice them for my time. I thought 'I'm going to hit them where it hurts'. Mr Higgins gathered evidence from his landline provider, Talk Talk, to make his claim. The company confirmed the Mr Higgins, an operations manager in the renewable energy industry, and his wife Gemma, 27, had answered 94 calls from Synergy Leads Ltd in October and November last year. Mr Higgins filed the claim with Northampton County Court on March 14. Synergy Leads Ltd had two weeks to acknowledge receipt or defend the claim - but failed to do so. As a result, Mr Higgins made a claim for judgement by default last Wednesday, because Synergy Leads Ltd had not replied. And the following day the court issued judgement in his favour, ordering he should be paid £1,000 within six days. However, Mr Higgins has heard nothing from Synergy Leads Ltd since, and said he would send baliffs to the firm's registered address. He added: "I don't think I'll get the money back to be honest. I'll go down the enforcement route and send bailiffs out. Synergy Leads was unavailable for comment. Companies House confirmed the business was set up in July 2011 and that its records were up to date.