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Hi there,
I am quite far along with my claim now, but have not posted a thread yet. So here goes... I have filed my claim with MCOL and Barclays have just acknowledged. I have worked out that they have until Monday 2nd October to file a defence so I just have to wait now! But it seems most people have had to wait until the very last minute.
My charges come to £1365 but with interest added its now £1629!!
Hi, is that within the 14 days?? My 14 days ends on the 1st October and i haven't had acknowledgment but a letter today offering me £550, and mine total a similar amount to yours!! Getting cold feet haha. Hope all goes well and keep us posted so we can help each other and offer advice, fallen
Prem letter sent 19th August asking for £1465.00 Fob off letter received 24 August LBA letter sent 3 September MCOL started 12 September Deemed as served 17 September Offer of £550 received 18 September (Not accepting, waiting for acknowledgement!) Acknowledged on 25 September yey! Defended on 8 October Allocation Questionnaire received 14th October
Barclays also offered me about half the amount, I replied with a thanks but I will only accept as partial payment of the full amount letter. Since I filed with MCOL, Barclays have another 14 days after they acknowledge the claim, so they have bought themselves extra time to defend. Good luck with your claim!
Well, today I have filed my judgement by default as there has been no news from Barclays since they acknowledged my claim . Apparently all claims are processed at 10am so hopefully mine will be done today. Just wonder how long it will take Barclays to get me my money back now!!!!
Hey, that's great!! Hope that is what happens with mine. Mine was deemed as served from the 17th so they have till the 14th October (which is on a sunday, so they have till next friday) if my adding up is right, doesn't stop me waiting for a cheque everyday though!
Congratulations!!!
Prem letter sent 19th August asking for £1465.00 Fob off letter received 24 August LBA letter sent 3 September MCOL started 12 September Deemed as served 17 September Offer of £550 received 18 September (Not accepting, waiting for acknowledgement!) Acknowledged on 25 September yey! Defended on 8 October Allocation Questionnaire received 14th October
Have Barclays acknowledged the claim? Just that if they reply within the 14 days of submitting a claim, i.e. they filed an acknowledgment of service, they have a further 14 days to submit a defence, or contests the courts jurisdiction (taken from Notice of issue). I'm hoping that they don't reply at this stage at all.
The reason that I'm very interested in this, is simply that judgement day for me is the 7th October, and I'm hoping that I don't hear anything from Barclays between now and then!
"The instant you open your mouth to describe a problem you can't fix, the solution you need will occur to you!"
Claim against Barclays 1.
Settled in full - 17th January 2007.
Claim against Barclays 2.
Settled at 75% of offer - cash required for Xmas.
Claim against Smile.
Settled in full, without MCOL involvment.
Claim against MBNA.
S.A.R. - 18th September 2006
Pre Lim - 24th November 2006
Damm, forgotten about this one!
Yes Barclays acknowledged my claim on 14th September. They were originally served with my claim on 4th September so they had 28 days to defend, so the last day they had to defend was yesterday (2nd October). I phoned the helpdesk yesterday and was told the dates were all correct but I would have to wait until today to file the judgement by default. So i did that this morning, knowing that it would be processed at 10am.
I am aware that in some cases Barclays have defended right at the last minute, but fingers crossed this has not happened this time . Guess I just have to sit back and wait now!
From reading EX304 from the HMCS website, they can enter a defence even after the deadline has expired but provided you haven't asked for judgment by default. Since you have, and they haven't - it should be ruled in your favour. I'm hoping that the amount of claims currently going through Barclays would be such that only the largest of claims would be pursued till the last minute.
"The instant you open your mouth to describe a problem you can't fix, the solution you need will occur to you!"
Claim against Barclays 1.
Settled in full - 17th January 2007.
Claim against Barclays 2.
Settled at 75% of offer - cash required for Xmas.
Claim against Smile.
Settled in full, without MCOL involvment.
Claim against MBNA.
S.A.R. - 18th September 2006
Pre Lim - 24th November 2006
Damm, forgotten about this one!
Great! I have just checked MCOL and it appears that Barclays have now filed a defence - dont know how they got it in after I filed the judgement but they have. I have ready about this happening to others too. Do I just wait for the aq and a court now?
The court will send you a copy of the defence that Barclays have filed, together with the aq which you have to complete and return within 14 days, together with a cheque for £100 if your claim is for £1500 or more
Preliminary Letter sent to Woolwich 05/06
LBA sent 19/06
Court claim filed 04/07 : Total £824.75
Acknowledgement of Service 27/07
Defence received 08/08
AQ filed 11/08
Barclays AQ filed 05/09
Hearing date 20/12 SETTLED IN FULL £840.49: 14/12/06
Thanks Victimnomore!
I have filled in the aq, made copies for my records and sent the form back along with the £100 fee and a copy of my schedule of charges. Just have to dit back and wait for Barclays to do theirs now and then wait for the court date. No doubt Barclays will wait until the very last minute again!
Just had my court date - February 7th. Just about to start getting my court bundle together. Was thinking of writing to Barclays as well to see if they will settle out of court, but reading other posts i doubt that will make a difference!
I have a court date for 15th Dec, If I find iny useful stuff i will let you know same goes if you get any useful bits please let me know. I have the bundle form Library Section and have got all my correspondence, statements, latest schedule of charges, sample letters showing a rip off charge on a piece of paper that cost about 10p etc but think mine still needs something special to beef it up a bit.
I am just about to send my court bundle off and preparing all the paperwork. Any suggestions as to what i should put in my covering letter to Barclays? Any help would be appreciated, thanks
Please find enclosed copies of the documents which I have sent to the court and that I will be referring to at the hearing on .../.../....
Even at this late stage I am will to accept full settlement of my claim including charges, stat interest, costs and daily rate of interest. I have enclosed an updated schedule of claim for charges for your information.
If you wish to settle this prior to the date of the hearing then I can be contacted on blah blah blah....................
Yours ......
Name
Hope that helps in some way feel free to adapt and ammend.
OK, I have sent my court bundle to the court now and a copy to Barclays. I hope they get in touch to settle, but i worry they might not as my court date isn't until 7th February.
Zoeo vs Barclays * WON *
have just acknowledged. I have worked out that they have until Monday 2nd October to file a defence
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. Apparently all claims are processed at 10am so hopefully mine will be done today. Just wonder how long it will take Barclays to get me my money back now!!!!
