many thanks for the quick reply BigRedBus.I will get her to do that .

A quick update and advise if anyone knows of any suitable.My wife has at last received a date for her disciplinary hearing. She was told at her first meeting last year that she would get a copy of the notes taken at that meeting for her to check and sign as being true(notes requested to be verbatim and were not), and that she would hear from them within a week. She obviously did not hear within the week, and the copy of the notes taken were not sent to her, and have been written in their report in a way that favors the company(missing some of the meeting out). Also the company states that there is absolutely no difference between the American and English language, which there obviously is.Everything she has said during this investigation has been twisted around to make her look bad.It also mentions the fact that she asked to be allowed to show exactly what she did, and was not allowed to do so, which would have given insight to what she was really trying to say, but again was taken in the wrong context. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. many thanks,

thanks for the reply monkeychicken.We will definately consider raising a grievance. Yes, once you pas the citizenship exam, you have to pay the government £720 for the privelidge of obtaining a piece of paper and then £60 odd on top to attend the ceremony which is compulsory.Thats after paying about £3500 for various visas giving permission to reside here over the 5 years before you can take the exam

I am in darlington

Thanks for the quick reply big boss man.I live in the north east and as i can not mention the company name on here in public for obvious reasons,it is a word used when describing sizes of things

Hi, My wife works for a company who looks after adults with learning difficulties who live in their own shared homes. last month she was suspended for an incident that ocurred while she was on her own with one of the clients, and told that she was under a pova investigation. for obvious reaons i can not say what hapened in a public place, but can IM the facts if anyone needs them to answer my query.Anyway, she had an interview with the police, who stated that in their eyes, she had done nothing wrong and had in fact followed the guidelines laid out in this persons notes. She has been abused by the clients by them grabbing her hair and pulling out chunks, and nothing was done as the company said that that the clients must know that they are stronger than staff, so they can basically do what they want to you and you can not stop them or will be charged with abuse. The police however told her that she has the right to feel safe in her workplace, which she doesn't as she is now in fear of being attacked and the company ignoring it. During the incident under investigation, she was pulled to the floor by the client,and again, that is of no concern to the company. the company has since, stated that there will always be 2 staff on duty at any time, which at the time of the incident, the other staff were out with the other 2 clients,so she was qalone in the house with the other. She has to go to a meeting nest week at the office and is only allowed to take a work colleague(there is nobody she can trust not to be biased) or a union rep (she is not in a union), so i am worried that they might use her as an example and sack her. here comes another problem. She is an american citizen with permanent residency, and we are saving up for her to become a british citizen. The american way of talking is obviously different to ours, and she often uses wording that can be misunderstood as it was in her report on this matter, and if she is sacked she may be banned from ever working in the industry again. Could anyone please give me some advice on this matter if possible.I forgot to add that this happened because she wrote up a report of the incident, but noi member of staff or the client made the accusation and being an american, i believe it was the way she worded it that caused a little confusion, and that is why the police said she did nothing wrong when she explained her wordingto them. I shall be happy to give the ful account in a private message if anyone needs it to give me any advice many thanks. seapring

hi slick 123, thanks for the quick reply. No.i have a personal account , and a sole trader business acccount, so was wondering if i could reclaim those charges as well. many thanks

Hi, Are businesss charges reclaimed in the same way as peronal charges? many thanks, jonathan

Hi many thanks for the reply slick. It is the second debt managers company that is trying to collect the debt under dispute. I have now received an urgent final demand and barclays have also appeared to add more charges to the disputed account.

Hi Guys, my case was put on hold until 1 month after the test case or until next october, which ever comes soonest. however I have today received a letter from a debt manager demanding that I repay the debt in full, and notice that the bank has added on even more charges. As the case is under the court, what is my best action with regard to this latest letter please. many thanks.

thyanks for the reply saintly 1. I wshall send send letters off today along these lines.I thought the banks could not take any action while a court case was pending, so maybe i was wrong many thanks, seapring

Hi folks, Got a rather distressing letter from barclays today regarding my account which is subject to the court appearance /bank charges. The bank terminates my agreement as of 1/08/07 and maked demand for fulland immediate repayment of the balance of £1666.52 witheffectfromthat date.Daily interest charges of £0.42 will accrue from that dater until full payment is made.If you do not settle the balance on your account, the bank maytransfer responsibility for recovery of the debt on to one of its recoivery units or agents with a view totaking further action. Additionally it is the banks intention to register details of the account with credit reference agencies. Can somebody please tell me what is going on as i sent them a letter telling them it the subject of acourt case and i thought they could not do anything until after the court hearing. i will be grateful for any advice on what to doabout this asap, so i cansend them a reply or something many thanks, seapring

Hi Folks, Many thanks again bokworm for your reply. The problem of the account closure etc sems to have come to a halt as i have not heard anymore from them since i wrote to them informing them of the court action. When would you suggest i should phone the litigation team in regards to my claim?. I read the article about the banks turning the tide in the daily mail . many thanks, seapring

hi, just had a thought, would this be the time to contact the litigation team about a settlement as i have just read a post that itis thought that the banks may turn the tide later this year, and lso is it ok to contact them by e-mail as i have a slightspeecdefect and would be preferable, many thanks, seapring

Hi Folks, I have just received a letter from the court with a hering date, which makes me assume there are many claims going on here, as the date set is 22nd October 2007. The application for barclays case to be dissmissed obviously didnt work, so I guess i now just sit and wait for the date, many thanks, sepring