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  1. Hello. I'm asking a question regarding paying a PPI company. I won't name names, unless anyone thinks it's relevant. My partner made a claim to a PPI company a few weeks before the deadline. He received a letter from Lloyds asking for authority for them to act, which he supplied. A couple of weeks later, rather unexpectedly, he had a letter from Lloyds with an offer, which he accepted. He's now received the payment. In all of this time, he had nothing from the PPI company apart from the odd text, asking him to keep them informed if he heard anything. He scanned the letter with the offer from Lloyds and emailed it to them as requested, expecting them to invoice him, he has no intention of not paying, even though they seem to have done next to nothing. This week, he receive 2 letters from them containing 3 forms in total, for him to complete, checking his details as Lloyds told them there was an error. I've advised him to ignore the form, since he's been paid & is just waiting for them to claim the money from him, and if they're so inefficient, that they ignore emails virtually offering them money, they might forget about it altogether! Is this the right course of action? He's concerned they'll take him to court for not paying, but I don't see how they can, when they've never even asked for any. Any advice greatly appreciated.
  2. Yes, I guess you may be right dx, it's not as though the required payments are not being made. Thanks too renegade, if the calls persist, will look into it. I think ignoring for now is the way to go though.
  3. emails sent off, backed up with letters, telling Moorcroft that payments will continue to be made to Lloyds & they should back off. They're now calling at various times of the day, ranging from 8am to 9pm. Can we stop them?
  4. Is this correct? It really is a palaver swapping over the payments. It was Lloyds who sent the initial letter, telling him to stop paying them & wait to hear fro Moorcroft, which of course we have.
  5. There were 2 both Lloyds/TSB. One was sent for a CCJ, which stayed with Lloyds until now, the other was transferred to Moorcroft almost immediately, many years ago.
  6. My partner has had a debt with Lloyds under a CCJ. He has paid it for many years & it is now 8 months from being cleared. He's just received a letter from Lloyds saying the debt has now transferred to Moorcroft. The problem is that he has been on benefits for the past 2 years due to severe health issues and will not be able to work again. There is another Lloyds debt, which was with Moorcroft from the start, and not subject to a CCJ. Due to his small income, he has been paying only £5 per month on this debt, since having to go on to benefits. We did not want to go to court to apply to have the payments (over £120 per month), on the other debt reduced, as it was so close to the end & I am in a position to help maintain the payments. He is now concerned that Moorcroft will see that payments on one debt have been maintained (albeit not exclusively by him), and will demand that similar payments are made on the other debt, which is still quite substantial. I would hope that reply is that I am not obliged to continue helping & if they want more for the other debt, they can take him to court, where his income will be shown to only be able to support the £5. Does anybody have any thoughts or advice please?
  7. Thanks for the replies. The CCJ is with the original creditor (Lloyds) & there is no dispute over the debt. It really is a simple matter of whether the court will take his savings into account when assessing if the payments can be lowered. He is of course in a position to clear the debt, but facing the rest of his life on benefits, he's anxious to hold on to every penny he can for future unforeseen & exceptional events.
  8. Looking for advice for a friend. He has recently been placed on ESA support group. He has a CCJ which he has been paying for some years whilst working of £120 per moth, there is just over £2,000 still owing. Now that his future is more or less settled as not being able to work, I would like to be help him to reduce this monthly payment. I realise that with his income now at £109 per week he would be able to get a reduction. However, he has about £5,000 in savings, left from redundancy & obviously when he was working. I know he could pay the balance, but he is anxious to hold on to as much capital as possible, to help over the next few years. If he applies to have the payment reduced, would it be likely to be rejected by the court due to his savings? Any advice appreciated.
  9. Hi. I've been claiming ESA since July 15th 2014. I have just received my appointment for assessment for 24th June 2015. As luck would have it, I have now found a job (I applied for it 6 months ago & was placed on a reserve list), which I start on 29th June. Question is, is it worth my while attending the interview? Obviously, if I was placed in the work group, I would be entitled to about 8 months of backdated allowance, but as I have now found a job, I assume that the claim would be rejected anyway. Does anyone have any thoughts?
  10. Thanks for your replies. It doesn't mention an amount. I would write, but I am just concerned about re-activating the account. Even if it is not the one I am assuming, any other & there is only 1 other potential account beside that, would be statute barred anyway.
  11. Thank you. I'm pretty sure now that the debt can not be made live again, even if they apply this alleged overpayment, am I correct in this? I had considered emailing them, (I would never phone of course), asking for details but I guess I'd probably be better to ignore them completely.
  12. I have received a letter from Cabot, regarding an account which was formerly held by Equidebt. I finished paying this at the end of last year and have a letter confirming it was ppaid. This new letter says there is an overpayment on the account and they intend to apply it to another account. I have no other account with Cabot but there was one with Equidebt, this was statute barred however and they did not contest it. I am very concerned that if there is any overpayment they will make the statue barred account "live" again . Can anyone offer any advice as to my best course of action?
  13. Thanks guys, just a bit naïve after not having to claim for so many years. It was so long ago, people in job centres thought they were there to help you find work & sort out problems, not look for an excuse to take your benefit away, which seems to be the case now, judging by what I read & hear!
  14. Hi all. Just been made redundant, & I have a few questions regarding claiming benefits. Firstly. I have a partner, but we are not & never have been "financially linked". Is it compulsory for us to claim jointly? He was made redundant at the same time as me. I am considering whether ESA may be what I ought to be claiming. I was holding on to my last job by a thread, due to repeated sickness absence & decline in work standard, due to medication I'm taking. I would almost certainly have been finished if redundancy hadn't come around anyway. I'm fairly sure my doctor would sign me as sick if I asked. As it is, my choice of jobs is likely to be limited & the chance of me getting through a probationary period are pretty slim. Would I be better advised to get a sick note & try to claim ESA? Even as it is, I'm not looking to start work immediately. I got a reasonable redundancy payment & after 40 years working, I am going to take a couple of months off anyway, to reassess & charge the batteries. I would not be entitled to contributory benefits at the moment, due to a smallish amount of savings, & a small pension from a previous job, although it will get used up pretty quickly, so should I claim anything at all or wait until I need the money desperately? Thanks in advance
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