I've just been transferred to the Mercantile Court

[hannanshah]

Here's my original thread:

Started taking on Barclaycard

I received a copy of the order today saying that my claim has been transferred to the Mercantile Court.

I'm only claiming £40 (a lot for a student!) but it's been a load of hassle so far! Hope I can utilise the £9.25 costs per hour!

[keren29]

Good grief.........Mercantile for £40?!!!

I'd bet this will be settled very very fast!!

[austenpowers]

Good luck Hannah and 10 out of 10 fpr perserverance! You certainly deserve your 40 quid after all this.

[hannanshah]

So what happens now? Do I just sit here and wait for the inevitable settlement offer from Barclays?

[file_wizzard]

Originally Posted by hannanshah

So what happens now? Do I just sit here and wait for the inevitable settlement offer from Barclays?

In short yes, however the Mercantile will no doubt indicated that the small claims procedure shall apply to the claim so unfortunately you will not be able to claim preparation costs.

[hannanshah]

Okay it's been a while now and I've heard nothing since I was told that my case was being transferred to the Mercantile Court. I know the courts are VERY slow but surely I should've heard something by now.

[xfox]

I'm in for the 11th of Dec 2006

[hannanshah]

My case was transferred to the Mercantile Court in October. I haven't heard anything from the courts since this order was issued. Is it really supposed to take this long?

[sohoscribbler]

Me too. Still no word.

[hannanshah]

Finally some progress.

I got a letter from the London Mercantile Court 2 weeks ago saying there will be a Small Claims Hearing on this case and several others on 26 February. Basically invites me to attend or submit some written views and states that it is expected that most cases will go through the Small Claims Track.

Then last week I finally got some communication from Barclays making me the inevitable settlement offer. They offered £70 to cover the £40 in charges plus my costs. I wrote back saying that I will settle if they pay me interest on the charges as well as an additional £35 for the appeal I had to make (N244 application) when my case was initially stayed in the County Courts.

I'm obviously expecting them to pay up before this heads into the courts. A bit pathetic that a £40 claim has dragged on for so long and will end up with Barclays paying about £110!

[hannanshah]

I got a phone call from Barclays this morning and they have agreed to settle for £110.58 to cover my costs plus interest. They asked me to inform the court and amend the original settlement offer they sent me with the new amount (cross out and initial the £70), sign it and send it back.

Of course, the settlement offer asked me to keep the terms of the agreement confidential but I crossed that part out in the agreement before signing it .