Thread: Help please

I wrote a while ago and asked for advice and for the last 8 weeks have been writing to A&L in the hope of convincing them to waive the charges they have set against my account, which had about 39p in it and virtually dormant. I'm about to either complain to fos or start legal proceedings. Not decided 100% yet. Do you think I should pay the charges which are probably several hundred pounds worth by now or let them run? I feel I might be better off limiting the damage if the test case goes in favour of the banks to whatever extent. Advice would be appreciated.

You have one question, namely...............

Do you think I should pay the charges which are probably several hundred pounds worth by now or let them run?

I would advise that if you can afford to pay them just now, pay them !!
You will get them back after the High Court case is settled (my opinion only).
You will lose interest in the interim (fact).
You may get the interest back (if you sue).

I had a court case with The A&L which was settled (out of court) days before the mass imposition of Stays on the bank charge claims throughout the court system.

I found being a litigant in person was very stressful, but satisfying after the A&L coughed up out of court.
I spent a lot of hours going over the various/relevant threads trying to garner information. This is what you will have to do before making any decisions regarding "paying or not"

Have the A&L issued a default notice on your account ?

Thanks for your response. No I have not had a default notice yet. Does it kick in at a certain figure? I did not even have an overdraft facility and the charges have come to £130 as at 28 July. What happens with the actual default notice? Will they freeze the charges? You are lucky you dealt with it before the Stays. According to someone I spoke to at the fos today A&L would gladly let these charges run till January 2010 even if there is an outcome to the wretched test case tomorrow, just because they have been given leave to do so (correct terminology?) I'm letting my imagination run away with me worrying if this passed to a debt collector!

Hooray!! A&L have refunded my charges! After persisently writing and calling I finally got to speak to a really lovely lady who was sympathetic and she said she would reverse the charges and take off the default credit rating, which I didnt even know I had. The total of the refund is £275 worth of bank charges following a £5 fee which they took from my a/c which put me in the red! Their letter of confirmation came through yesterday.

they will no doubt now close your account without telling you...!