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I'm in the process of claiming £953 from Barclays and am waiting for my court date (although I hope it doesn't get that far!!)
I received 2 letters this morning, I presume from my local court.
The first one, entitled "Notice of transfer of proceedings" stated:
To all parties.
As a result of an order made on 10 October 2006, this claim has been transferred to the Cardiff county court.
The 2nd one, titled "General form of judgment or order" stated: EX PARTE
IT IS ORDERED THAT the case be transferred to Cardiff County Court for the attention of DJ Hendicott
Has anyone else received something similar? What does it mean? Bit scared!!
Yeah, I file on-line. When they sent me the Allocation Questionnaire, my case was being transferred to the Pontypool county court. Now it's been transferred to Cardiff and I'm not sure why...
Hi again.
I'm thinking that there may be a block of them being listed for the same day in Cardiff CC. I remember reading in a thread a month or more ago of several cases being sent/transferred to Southend CC. They never had a hearing as they were all settled before the date.
If I'm wrong I'm sure some other helpful soul here will correct me.
Yes they did do that in southend -they are also doing it in bedford - Can you type out the full order which states its being transferred to Cardiff please ? Cheers
The cardiff one as I remember a few claims were transferred there and then Distrioct Judge Hendicott ordered a stay awaiting the outcome of a hearing in London.
Ex parte usually means only you have been told (in this case only you know its gone to DJ Hendicott I think ) I assume this is for the allocation hearing ?
Okay at the moment you dont have a hearing - I assume your claim has just gone into Hendicotts pile of bank claims to deal with and he'll issue directions when he has looked at them all. It may well be hes asked for all claims in his area to go to him so he can allocate a bulk hearing aka bedford/southend.
Thanks for the info. Will let the forum know how things develop! I know Barclays play a waiting game, so I'm expecting them to pay up at the last minute....
I think I made this comment in another thread but now that the judge has put these cases on the back burner while waiting for a case to held at a higher court, what happens if, as is usual, the bank settles the case before the hearing?
I'm just guessing here but the judiciary are probably increasingly aware of the many cases of this nature being brought against banks. It is also likely that they know these cases never reach court so as Welshman says, the case has probably been bundled with other similar cases and sent to one court.
Claiming £865 from Barclays.
6 years of statements already on file (never threw them out)
Preliminary letter sent 10/08/06
£420 Offer received from Laurence White on 30/08/06
Letter of rejection sent 06/09/06
LBA sent 21/09/06
MCOL Submitted 4/10/06
Acknowledged on 23/10/06 - Barclays have filed a defence 7/11/06
Case transferred to Cardiff Court and a directions hearing set for 21 December 2006
Barclays caved in on 18th December and made an offer to settle in full
Money in my account 2 days later.
Case closed I won Follow my thread here
I've got a directions hearing on 21st Dec in Cardiff, but I'm not attending as I'll be out of the country. The court told me this was OK. I'm not sure if a directions hearing is the same as an allocations hearing - maybe someone else can help? I think a directions hearing is basically when the court decides how the case should proceed. I'm hoping Barclays will give me my money back really soon!
Chesterb
I doubt very much whether the hearing actually took place. I know Barclays were contacting everyone who was due to have their case considered for direction, looking to settle their claims. I know mine was (I have a full refund plus interest and costs) and many other people on this board were paid as well.
Claiming £865 from Barclays.
6 years of statements already on file (never threw them out)
Preliminary letter sent 10/08/06
£420 Offer received from Laurence White on 30/08/06
Letter of rejection sent 06/09/06
LBA sent 21/09/06
MCOL Submitted 4/10/06
Acknowledged on 23/10/06 - Barclays have filed a defence 7/11/06
Case transferred to Cardiff Court and a directions hearing set for 21 December 2006
Barclays caved in on 18th December and made an offer to settle in full
Money in my account 2 days later.
Case closed I won Follow my thread here
Court Order ** WON **
and am waiting for my court date (although I hope it doesn't get that far!!)
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