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    • They did reply to my defence stating it would fail and enclosed copies of NOA, DN Term letter and account statements. All copies of T&C's that could be reconstructions and the IP address on there resolves to the town where MBNA offices are, not my location
    • My defence was standard no paperwork:   1.The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are generic in nature. The Defendant accordingly sets out its case below and relies on CPR r 16.5 (3) in relation to any particular allegation to which a specific response has not been made. 2. Paragraph 1 is noted. The Defendant has had a contractual relationship with MBNA Limited in the past. The Defendant does not recognise the reference number provided by the claimant within its particulars and has sought verification from the claimant who is yet to comply with requests for further information. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant maintains that a default notice was never received. The Claimant is put to strict proof to that a default notice was issued by MBNA Limited and received by the Defendant. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. The Defendant is unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment allegedly served from either the Claimant or MBNA Limited. 5. On the 02/01/2023 the Defendant requested information pertaining to this claim by way of a CCA 1974 Section 78 request. The claimant is yet to respond to this request. On the 19/05/2023 a CPR 31.14 request was sent to Kearns who is yet to respond. To date, 02/06/2023, no documentation has been received. The claimant remains in default of my section 78 request. 6. It is therefore denied with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant, the Claimant has failed to provide any evidence of proof of assignment being sent/ agreement/ balance/ breach or termination requested by CPR 31.14, therefore the Claimant is put to strict proof to: (a) show how the Defendant entered into an agreement; and (b) show and evidence the nature of breach and service of a default notice pursuant to Section 87(1) CCA1974 (c) show how the claimant has reached the amount claimed for; and (d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim; 7. As per Civil Procedure Rule 16.5(4), it is expected that the Claimant prove the allegation that the money is owed. 8. On the alternative, as the Claimant is an assignee of a debt, it is denied that the Claimant has the right to lay a claim due to contraventions of Section 136 of the Law of Property Act and Section 82A of the consumer credit Act 1974. 9. By reasons of the facts and matters set out above, it is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief.
    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
    • In order for us to help you we require the following information:- [if there are more than one defendant listed - tell us] 1 defendant   Which Court have you received the claim from ? County Court Business Centre, Northampton   Name of the Claimant ? LC Asset 2 S.A R.L   Date of issue – . 28/04/23   Particulars of Claim   What is the claim for –    (1) The Claimant ('C') claims the whole of the outstanding balance due and payable under an agreement referenced xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and opened effective from xx/xx/2017. The agreement is regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ('CCA'), was signed by the Defendant ('D') and from which credit was extended to D.   (2) D failed to comply with a Default Notice served pursuant to s87 (1) CCA and by xx/xx/2022 a default was recorded.   (3) As at xx/xx/2022 the Defendant owed MBNA LTD the sum of 12,xxx.xx. By an agreement in writing the benefit of the debt has been legally assigned to C effective xx/xx/2022 and made regular upon C serving a Notice of Assignment upon D shortly thereafter.   (4) And C claims- 1. 12,xxx.xx 2. Interest pursuant to Section 69 County Courts Act 1984 at a rate of 8% per annum from xx/01/2023 to xx/04/2023 of 2xx.xx and thereafter at a daily rate of 2.52 to date of judgement or sooner payment. Date xx/xx/2023   What is the total value of the claim? 12k   Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? Yes   Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred? No   Did you inform the claimant of your change of address? N/A Is the claim for - a Bank Account (Overdraft) or credit card or loan or catalogue or mobile phone account? Credit Card   When did you enter into the original agreement before or after April 2007 ? After   Do you recall how you entered into the agreement...On line /In branch/By post ? Online   Is the debt showing on your credit reference files (Experian/Equifax /Etc...) ? Yes, but amount differs slightly   Has the claim been issued by the original creditor or was the account assigned and it is the Debt purchaser who has issued the claim. DP issued claim   Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? Not that I recall...   Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? Not that I recall...   Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ? Yes   Why did you cease payments? Loss of employment main cause   What was the date of your last payment? Early 2021   Was there a dispute with the original creditor that remains unresolved? No   Did you communicate any financial problems to the original creditor and make any attempt to enter into a debt management plan? No   -----------------------------------
    • Hello CAG Team, I'm adding the contents of the claim to this thread, but wanted to open the thread with an urgent question: Do I have to supply a WS for a claim with a court date that states " at the hearing the court will consider allocation and, time permitting, give an early neutral evaluation of the case" ? letter is an N24 General Form of Judgement or Order, if so, then I've messed up again. Court date 25 May 2024 The letter from court does not state (like the other claims I have) that I must provide WS within 28 days.. BUT I have recently received a WS from Link for it! making me think I do need to!??
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My partner moved in with me in january this year and Red debt collection Services working on behalf of Lowell portfolio 1 LTD have sent a letter to my address. The origional creditor was with t mobile who are claiming she owes over £1000 from around 3 years ago (there is an email address for tmobile but there are 3 companies mentioned).

 

The letter states that if my partner doesnt get in touch a licensed home visit agent will attend my home and legal proceedings will commence with the aim of balifs if they get a court order.

 

Now i met my partner last year in july and i do not have anything to do with this debt as it is 3 years ago; i didnt even know my partner then.

 

How does the law stand in relation to my assets, which i can prove i have paid for everything in my flat and my partner and child are not on the tenancy agreement.

 

Another area of concern is that i am disabled and unable to work and my partner is my carer. I really could do without this hasle, and am in the process of trying to find alternative accomodation.

 

My partner has other creditors, who have not located her yet

 

I have not responded to their letter either verbal or writtern.

 

What i want to know is can they take any of my assets, now and if no and we get married in the future, have they the right to claim my property in my flat.

 

Thirdy if my partner has to do a capital expenditure calculation and we are at the moment claiming as a couple. does all the income we recieve have to be declared?????? how does it work.

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What i want to know is can they take any of my assets, now and if no and we get married in the future, have they the right to claim my property in my flat.

The answer to this is quite simply NO.

 

Debt collectors have no more legal power than the milkman, if you got into arrears with the milk bill would the milkman come and do a repossession ? I think not!

 

And regardless of whether or not you get married these debts are in your partners sole name and remain her responsibility no matter what some DCA tries to fob you off with. A licensed home visit agent is nothing more than a posh name for a debt collector.

 

If my partner has to do a capital expenditure calculation and we are at the moment claiming as a couple. does all the income we recieve have to be declared??????

Absolutely not. As previously stated regardless of whether or not you're married if a debt's in your partners sole name, it's her sole responsibility and your income doesn't enter the equation.

 

Have you considered contacting National Debtline or the Consumer Credit Counselling Service, their advice is second to none and free, they are both registered charities..

 

National Debtline, for FREE CONFIDENTIAL and INDEPENDENT ADVICE call 0808 808 4000

 

CCCS - Free Debt Advice from the UK's Leading Debt Charity

 

Good luck & best wishes, Dave.

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I do not agree.

 

Income of both parties does need to be declared as your partners income is obviously assisting towards the bills. You can hardly claim that 100% of all bills and expenditure are met by you and she does not pay anything towards any of them.

 

CAB income/expenditure forms always quote total income and they are the experts in these matters!!!

 

Hope that makes sense.

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Have you considered contacting National Debtline or the Consumer Credit Counselling Service, their advice is second to none and free, they are both registered charities..

 

National Debtline, for FREE CONFIDENTIAL and INDEPENDENT ADVICE call 0808 808 4000

 

CCCS - Free Debt Advice from the UK's Leading Debt Charity

 

Good luck & best wishes, Dave.

 

As Dave has said, it is worth contacting the above charities. They will assist with the expenditure sheet. They will help your partner to work out a repayment plan for her debts that she can afford, if that's what she wants to do. If what she can afford is £1 per month, then so be it. I am assuming, but may be wrong, that you receive benefits which they will not be entitled to either.

 

Regardless of who owns what, no DCA is entitled to enter your property without being invited. They will say such things to intimidate and pressure people.

 

Let us know how you get on.

 

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CAB income/expenditure forms always quote total income and they are the experts in these matters!!!

 

 

I did not find that to be the case. One year dealing with Cab was equal to two posts worth of advice i recieved here. Mention CAB to a DCA and you dont get any response, metion CAG and the phone goes down quicker than ......insert own analogy here.

[COLOR=blue]THAMES CREDIT: STATUTE BARRED LETTER SENT [/COLOR][COLOR=red]No reply[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]HILLSDEN SECURITIES: CCA REQUESTED [/COLOR][COLOR=red]No reply[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]ROBINSON WAY: CCA REQUESTED [/COLOR][COLOR=red]In default, 30 days up 6th April[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]LOWELL: CCA REQUESTED [COLOR=red]In default 30 days up 6th April made offer for F&F - refused [/COLOR] :D [/COLOR]

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I do not agree.

 

Income of both parties does need to be declared as your partners income is obviously assisting towards the bills. You can hardly claim that 100% of all bills and expenditure are met by you and she does not pay anything towards any of them.

 

CAB income/expenditure forms always quote total income and they are the experts in these matters!!!

 

Hope that makes sense.

A debtor is solely responsible for debts in his/her own name, any new partner months/years down the line cannot be held jointly responsible even by virtue of marriage.

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Is that really true?

 

I found i got quite biased advice from the CAB and at one point they recommended an IVA based only on the info i have provided here. CAG has the reputation whereby DCA`s do pay a lot more attention if you say you are recieving advice from them. The statistics and the posts speak for themselves. If the CAB recieved as many quieries and had as many returning customers ( for want of a better word) you wouldnt be able to get an appt till next Christmas.

[COLOR=blue]THAMES CREDIT: STATUTE BARRED LETTER SENT [/COLOR][COLOR=red]No reply[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]HILLSDEN SECURITIES: CCA REQUESTED [/COLOR][COLOR=red]No reply[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]ROBINSON WAY: CCA REQUESTED [/COLOR][COLOR=red]In default, 30 days up 6th April[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]LOWELL: CCA REQUESTED [COLOR=red]In default 30 days up 6th April made offer for F&F - refused [/COLOR] :D [/COLOR]

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I have debts that go back 10 years, met my partner 7 years ago, therefore I had my debts before I even knew him.

 

CAB used to advise me, but once my daughter and i moved in with my partner, CAB said that he had to take 1/2 of the responsbility for my debts as because we shared our lives together we therefore had to share my debts, and if my partner was going to accept responsbility for my daughter then he had to accept joint responbility for my debts. :eek:

 

We did not agree with CAB and they refused to help and advise me. They would only help if my partner shared my debts that were nothing to do with him and incurred before we even knew each other. They also said that he would have to give up all his credit cards and enter into repayment programmes with them. (honestly, they did!)

 

I decided to deal with things myself. After phoning the National Debtline for help to get me started on my own, they advised me what diskmandave has posted earlier:

 

A debtor is solely responsible for debts in his/her own name, any new partner months/years down the line cannot be held jointly responsible even by virtue of marriage.

 

I do not have my name on any of the household bills and the mortgage is in my partners name only. I moved into his house.

 

Our agreement of looking after things is that we each take responsbility for our own personal finances, he pays all the house bills, I run the house, cook, clean, chase after kids etc. Works fine for us.

 

When I was required to complete Income & expenditure forms, I listed my wages, tax credits, child benefit on as my total income, and then for my expenses I listed car expenses, mobile phone expenses, food, clothing, groceries for myself and my daughter, an allowance for haircuts for myself and daughter, a small amount for unexpected payments throughout the year such as birthday presents. To deal with the fact that I lived with someone I also put into my expenses a contribution towards partners mortgage and my contribution towards household bills.

 

This was never queried (other than the usual pay more or else!). As far as I can see this showed an accurate picture of how much money I had available to pay token payments, and my partners income didn't even need to be mentioned.

 

As for bailiffs coming round, well they can't just turn up. Bailiffs would only be involved if the matter went to court and you lost and then failed to pay whatever the court instructed you to pay! (correct me if i'm wrong).

 

Hope this helps!

 

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You do not take your debt responsibilities jointly with you into a new relationship. They are yours soley, for you, and you alone, to deal with. Ignore the BS from the DCAs, they're just tryigng to scare you and CAB have given the wrong advice :eek:

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I have been in the same situation.

 

1st Credit said they were going to put a charge on the property which my partner solely owns - the debt is from long, long before I even knew him. They also threatened to take his car and the stuff in the house (which belongs to him) I told them they couldnt do that, to which they got shirty and said they could.

 

Thanks to all you lovely CAGgers, I discovered they couldnt, chucked that at them and also may have threatened that if they so much tried to take a thing Id have them arrested for theft. They have now crawled off with their sorry tail between thier sorry legs :D

 

Moral of the story - they cant take anything that doesnt belong to your partner!

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