so we allowed you, despite your poor credit rating at the time
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Mark,
I would watch my words very closely when talking about a person's credit rating, score, debt, etc. I don't know if your in Canada or what but in the USA this can be a violation of the FCRA and could cost you a ton more then the 7k or whatever you claim he owes you.
You have already claimed in this thread that you gave this person credit, which means you are the lendor and have already (mabey 2 times) sent in this debt to a CA, if so you can't mention this debt at all, you can never mention his credit worthyness in public, private, etc.
If he seeks counsel on this - you will probably have to settle or fight it
