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After failing to comply to a Judgment of Order, I wrote to Wragge and Co to ask what they were up to, I got the following reply:
Thank you for your email. We notified District Judge Cooper that we received your Schedule of Charges and informed him that we shall not be filing an Amended Defence, in a letter dated 19 July 2007.
Please could you provide a phone number to help speed up the process.
Kind regards
Andy Pratley
We got a phone call offering us £2500 when we are claiming £6000 - has this happened to anyone else, and how long before you heard from them again coz when we turned them down they said it would have to go to court.
Re: Advice needed on settlement offer from Wragge?
you've done the right thing turning down there offer, use the thanks but no thanks letter in the library here.
Why would they need to amend their defence??
Jenny
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Re: Advice needed on settlement offer from Wragge?
Well the judgement of order said:
IT IS ORDERED THAT
1. The claimant do serve on the defendant and send to the Court a schedule of each and every item of charging relied upon giving date and details of the account and the amount by the 14th day after service on him/her of this order.
2. The defendant do serve on the claimant and send to the Court full details of any facts and matters relied upon to show that each and every item of charging so detailed by the claimant is reasonable and proportionate by the 14th day after service on it of the claimants schedule under paragraph 1 above.
3. refer back to t he District Judge after the 35th day after service of this order on the claimant.
and they didn't do it, so I sent them an email asking why they hadn't done it and pointing out that I hadn't received anything from them despite the Judge ordering them to do so and I got that email back. As far as I can see they have failed to comply with the judgement order so I am hoping they are going to have to pay up?!
Re: Advice needed on settlement offer from Wragge?
hi wilsikon
it appears that the alliance & leicester resist, and resist until the bitter end,
even paying up just before the claimant enters the court.
their solicitors have apparently been loitering in corridors, outside the courtroom.
at one point, one of the judges demanded that the Wragge representative
went into the Court Room.
where according to one of the claimants on this forum,
had a strip torn off him by the very angry Judge !
you say you are claiming £6k
and they are offering you £2.5k
they seem to play on the temptation/irrisistability of claiming back monies you thought you would never see again.
some people find it impossible, because of financial circumstances, to hold out until the bitter end.
and this is what the a&l are hoping for.
many are intimidated along the way,
you have to act on what you feel is right for you.
if you need the money, and you have to accept their offer, then at the very least - you are claiming back some of your money back from them.
if however you feel you will take it through to the end,
then you have everyone on the forum to help you on your way.
we have an added problem now, in not knowing what is going to happen next.
we think the a&l may ask for a Stay on all claims.
but as we have seen on this forum
every judge, and every court is different.
some judges may grant a stay
some judges may not, and insist on a&l and claimant appearing in court.
in almost all circumstances, a&l have paid up, in full, just before the court hearing, as they are Unwilling to enter the court.
Mimi-Jane has been battling for months, and has just - only yesterday - received confirmation she will get ALL her money back, despite many silly offers along the way.
Her court date is just a few days away.
Advice needed on settlement offer from Wragge?
offering us £2500 when we are claiming £6000 - has this happened to anyone else, and how long before you heard from them again coz when we turned them down they said it would have to go to court.
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