I have client who owes me money on 3 invoices.

Can I go to small claims court and make 3 claims (2 are under R20000 and one is just over but would rather try and get R20000 of the R26000 owed) against one client? Or is it considered 1 claim - which they won't do as its over R20000.

They were individual jobs and individually invoiced. I found out later that almost everyone on the site got knocked in the end and I know he got payment from the client. He is basically an A$#@H&*).

In terms of contracts/paper work I have every phone call(recorded), email, whatsapp and sms sent and received from the client. All receipts for material supplied.

I have sent him a detailed break down of each job (including staff hours, material receipts and what the material were used for)

I think once he gets an official letter from a court he would pay as my small amount from the final amount is nothing compared to what he was paid.

Debt collectors have not worked for me in the past so what do you think?