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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   -----------------------------------
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Hello,

I am having trouble with this debt collection agency and I am in need of advise. This is the story as it stands.

 

1. We left our old apartment in April 2009 - Rang the local council to let them know and got verbal confirmation that we didn't owe any outstanding council tax.

 

2. We got a letter in January 2010 from Newlyn Debt Agency explaining that we owed one month (April) of council tax of 112 pounds. Plus 138 pounds for a bailif charge.

 

3. We contacted them and they said that due to ignoring repeated letters from the council about un paid tax for the month of april, our case has been handed over to them (newlyn).

 

4. We promptly contacted our old council and explained that we phoned them telling them that we were moving and did we owe anything, as i have already mentioned but they claim they have no record of it.

 

5. The council claim that they run the land lord the day after moved out looking for a forwarding address. In my mind, this provides proof that we did call them as how else would they know we moved apartment.

 

6. the council claim that our old landlord got back to them on July 2009 with address and they posted out a letter on 04/Sept/2009 to our new apartment which we never got. This was the only effort on the councils part to contact us, they didn't try to ring us or send us registered mail. Just the one letter. Even though Newlyn said after "repeated efforts" to contact you.

 

7. They gave our case over to Newlyn on 24/11/09.

 

8. We went through our bank records to see could we match up the amounts. One of our old flatmates is not contactable at the monent so we have accepted that we will have to pay the 112.

 

 

9. On Jan 27 of this year we got a "NOTICE OF DISTRESS" from Newlyn saying :

Take notice: by virtue of the Authority of a Magistrates court liability order dated Jun 8, 2009 and obtained by and with the authority or tower hamlets I have this day attended the premises to sieze and distrain upon goods for the sum of 385.57 pounds.

 

unless said sum is paid five days from this date (06/02/09) the goods will be sold. They claim they seized a TV - nothing was taken.

 

10. From this letter is seems that they were in our apartment when we weren't there. I am no lawyer but im sure this is not legal.

 

11. We called the council again today and they said:

1.
They have no record of us calling to say we’re moving

2.
They sent a letter on 04/08/09 to say that we owed council tax

3.
They gave our account over to the debt collection agency on 24/11/09

4.
She confirmed we only owe £249 and not £385. We should not sign anything with Newlyn. They’re just adding illegal extras on.

She’s frozen our account for 14 days so we have this time to sort it out

 

12. The break down of the 385 is: 112 tax, 178 bailiff charge and 95 court costs.

 

The first we heard of oweing council tax was this Janaury and now we are being hassled by Newlyn for amounts that seem to change per week.

 

I would appreciate any advise on how to handle this situation.

 

in short, we will pay the 112 but don't see any reason why we should have to pay court/bailiff costs due to the fact that the single letter the council sent us got lost in the post.

 

Thank You

Paul

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i will try to have this put into council tax section as you will get more specialised help there, also i know you can insist that the council take this account back and come to an arrangement to pay them, it is going to be difficult to get the charges removed though not impossible..hang fire and i will alert site team for you

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did newlyns actually attend your property with view to sieze, if not and they do attend where you live, on NO circumstances allow them to enter your property, they can only do that with a court order, if necessary discuss it through the letter box, but dont let them in

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To the Council Recoveries Department

“I have recently received a visit from Certificated Bailiffs for XXXX Borough Council advising that we owe £xxxxx in Council Tax. I am not certain that these figures are correct and have asked them for an explanation. I would be grateful if you could let me have my arrears balance as soon as possible.

I am in no way trying to evade my responsibilities but would like to sort this matter out amicably.

I will not be paying any monies to the Bailiff but will be paying to the Council direct in instalments/one payment. (delete as required) starting at the end of this month.

yours faithfully

xxxxxxxxx

 

 

send above to council asking for breakdown of what is owing, and offering to pay the council. even if its monthly

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Hey,

The second letter we got claimed that they did attend the property but it was posted in an envelope through the letter box. It also claims that our TV was seized and will be sold in 5 days if we don't settle our bill. Was a little bit confused with that. It was properby scare tactics right?

 

My flatmate was talking to the council today and they said that all they sent was one letter as they had to hire someone to "find us" so that took 3 months. We feed very hard done by these bailiff fees. The council claims that they got our new address in august and sent us the one letter and handed off our account to the debt collectors. in three months they sent us one letter.

 

If we can get our account back in the hands of the council, will that negate the bailiff charges?

 

thanks for the help

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to be honest i don't really know the answer to that question. you could always dispute the bailiff fee's have a look at the bailiff section in the forums to have a look at how to do that.. if you cannot find post here again and i will see if i can track down any info for.. or someone else may look in who are a bit more clued up on this than i am

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Hey,

The second letter we got claimed that they did attend the property but it was posted in an envelope through the letter box. It also claims that our TV was seized and will be sold in 5 days if we don't settle our bill. Was a little bit confused with that. It was properby scare tactics right?

 

Has the bailiff been in your house the only legal way a bailiff can levy a TV is if they have entered your property

 

bailiffs fees are £24,50 1st visit £18 2nd visit any visit by a bailiff that incurs a fee

the bailiff must at the time of this visit leave a hand delivered telling you they have been the name of the bailiff and the fee charged for this visit

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before distress the council should send you a letter

The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (amendmentlink8.gif) Regulations 1998

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS No. 295

 

 

Information preliminary to distress

45A. - (1) No distress shall be made under these regulations unless, no less than 14 days before a visit in connection with the distress is first made to the premises where it is to be levied, the authority have sent to the debtor written notice of the matters specified in paragraph (2) below.

 

(2) The matters are -

 

 

  • (a) the fact that a liability order has been made against the debtor;
     
    (b) the amount in respect of which the liability order was made and, where this is a different amount, the amount which remains outstanding;
     
    © a warning that unless the amount specified has been paid before the expiry of 14 days beginning on the date of the sending of the notice, distress may be levied;
     
    (d) notice that if distress is levied further costs will be incurred by the debtor;
     
    (e) the fees prescribed in Schedule 5 to these Regulations;
     
    (f) the address and telephone number at which the debtor can communicate with the authority."

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Hey,

There is no levy charges on the letter they sent. I think it was written that way to scare us into thinking they were actually at our property. My main beef with this issue is that the council only tried to contact us once to let us know but they claim thats all they have to do.

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Hey,

We are due to ring the council again today to fight our case with another person, because god forbid we speak to the same person again.

 

Anyway, I was wondering in regards to the above advise from Debt4Get, is it our legal right that we can ask the council to take the account back from the debt collectors so it cuts them out of the issue?

 

Secondly, in your experience, is it worth arguing that since we never recieved the letter stating what hallowitch posted, that the regulation wasn't upheld as our first exposure to the problem was with the debt collector? I would assume that the letter they would send out should be able to be tracked? Could we demand proof that he was delivered to our apartment?

 

Many thanks for the help already given.

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Anyway, I was wondering in regards to the above advise from Debt4Get, is it our legal right that we can ask the council to take the account back from the debt collectors so it cuts them out of the issue?

 

Nothing to stop you asking but they dont have to return it.

 

Secondly, in your experience, is it worth arguing that since we never recieved the letter stating what hallowitch posted, that the regulation wasn't upheld as our first exposure to the problem was with the debt collector

 

Proof of postage by the council is classed as proof of receipt unless you can prove it was received.

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Hi,

I have today received a notice of distress from newlyn for unpaid council tax and I am worried sick especially as the letter which was put through my letter box listed my car as goods seized and distrained to the notice. They have given me 5days to pay the amount in full and have not taken my car as yet. I had a summons in December for outstanding balance of £404.84 due in council tax and was told to make £130.0 and £133.0 in four instalments this includes £125.o court summons cost by 15/03/2010. I have not been able to make this payments due to severe financial hardship but I have every intention of paying just not been able to. However today's notice of distress by newlyn is asking that I pay £760.34 in 5 days which include bailiff charge of £230.50. Honestly speaking I do not have such funds in my account and have no way of raising such money in short notice. I am a single mother and this has got me and my son so worried all day. Please help us.

 

Nyok

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Hi,

I have today received a notice of distress from newlyn for unpaid council tax and I am worried sick especially as the letter which was put through my letter box listed my car as goods seized and distrained to the notice. They have given me 5days to pay the amount in full and have not taken my car as yet. I had a summons in December for outstanding balance of £404.84 due in council tax and was told to make £130.0 and £133.0 in four instalments this includes £125.o court summons cost by 15/03/2010. I have not been able to make this payments due to severe financial hardship but I have every intention of paying just not been able to. However today's notice of distress by newlyn is asking that I pay £760.34 in 5 days which include bailiff charge of £230.50. Honestly speaking I do not have such funds in my account and have no way of raising such money in short notice. I am a single mother and this has got me and my son so worried all day. Please help us.

 

Nyok

 

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