full report from an entertaining afternoon at Kingston County Court **MUST READ**

[Lula]

bloody superb, oh the entertainment

[srfrench]

ICY....... you are correct in your post ref "Without Prejudice". If no details mentioned then they are not btreaking any confidentiality.

Bloddy brilliant post. Why can't we have more like this

Good confidence booster and factual layout for all those peeps brown-trousering at the thought of Court. Well done!

[GuidoT]

Originally Posted by MEOB

Just a question on this, if you go to court having agreed a settlement but not received funds, and the Bank's representative states that a settlement has been agreed, aren't the bank then breaching the confidentiality of the 'Without Prejudice' they put on their own letters? Even more so if your acceptance states 'Without Prejudice' too?

If there is an agreement reached between the parties, effectively the documents loose their without prejudice status and can be disclosed to the court.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to enforce an agreement based on without prejudice documents in court, as you would not be able to produce evidence of the agreement.

[jo1lygrngiant]

A great big thanks to the OP for posting this. I have nearly fell off my stool 4 times whilst reading your post. Laughing.. Hilarious and a really good read too!!

Scales tipped for sure..

thanks again
be safe
Nige aka JGG

[rogerebaker]

Thanks for all your green dots Ive never had so many. Its a bit of a sickener that alot of claims have been put on hold due to the test case but I soppose it had to happen in the end.

I for one think that the banks should stop charging the excessive fees until the case has been finished one way or the other. Someone else on the site also made a valid point. If the bank or one of the DCA are going for a CCJ against someone and there are these charges involved surly that can also be put on hold pending the result. That would probably put a few DCAs out of business which can only be good.

Ive been a member of the site almost since the start and Ive been astounded by what has been achieved and theres no reason why such a large group such as the CAG and MSE cant influence the way banks conduct themselves.

weve managed to force them into a very risky court case, a course of action which Im sure they wouldnt have done if they thought they could have avoided it.

Im going to concentrate on the credit cards for a few months to keep my hand in and look forward to resuming battle with the banks in due course.

REB

[Jess68]

Thanks Roger, im in court on weds and feeling alittle less stressed after reading that

[PeterAnderson]

With all the doom & gloom I thought I share this on the LTSB forum

YOU MUST READ THIS - Soooo Funny

full report from an entertaining afternoon at Kingston County Court **MUST READ**

[Night Owl]

Roger,
what a great read. Great piece of writting and observation. Would be a fantastic drama on TV!
Thanks Night Owl

[broke dave]

Absolutely BRILLIANT. Well done for a piece of expertly written and witty journalism.
If on ly this could be put into the Judges Journal (whatever that is). I bet the DJ concerned is dining out on this even as we speak.
I can just see the Ken Barlow (the Judge) getting ever more frustrated. I hope the Barclay's barrister was called Deidre

[dolly]

I hadn't seen that - very funny indeed

[Kjball]

PMSL!

V entertaining!

[BARTY]

Brilliant!!
Barty

[chubbas dad]

uplifting,outstanding,tha t was the best read since hairy rotter.hope my mr judge is as competant as the one described

[woodentop]

What a star RB is - this post is hilarious - well done you. Courts are not always as daunting as people think - after all the Judges are human (well some are!) and this one certainly appeared to be. Can just imagine him telling his family over his pie and mash how hilarious it was at work today. LOL.

Agree this should be a sticky and compulsory for all those peeps having doubts to read.

Woody
PS scales suitably ticked

[Bubble]

An excellent post and I can confirm it is totally accurate as I was there until 4.30pm.

The judge was very down to earth and also very fair. Roger is right - although it is a formal process, the judge, in this instance, definitely had a sense of humour and, although I was there for 2.5 hours, it was pretty entertaining!

I accompanied a friend of my daughter who is young and was incredibly nervous. Although I have helped lots of my kids' friends reclaim charges this was the first court hearing I had attended.

When the session started I was frantically trying to suss it all out whilst reassuring my daughter's friend that there was nothing to worry about!! She begged me to speak on her behalf and that was fine (as we were virtually the last case and I had built up a bit of confidence!!)

Incidentally, when her case was called the Barclays solicitor (who seemed quite nice, in the end) actually said that the bank simply 'hadn't got round to settling'! We were given a further date and have 'reserved costs' I believe the term is

The solicitor told me that if my friend had to attend on the second date she would be able to claim costs for having attended last week.

I'm trying to think who you might have been, Roger. I was the woman accompanying the young blond girl who looked like a supermodel!

[adamc6671]

Fabulous post Roger - much needed by everyone at the monent. Feeling much less worried myself now!

Once again - many thanks - Adam.