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It wasn't their error, it was my error :oops:... Apparently my County court is closing/has closed and they've moved it to what they thought was the nearest.... i'm just gonna go with it as it is now... No wonder they couldn't find it on the system! Thanks for your help again Andy

 

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Oppss..

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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- Letter from court arrived today with a hearing date of the 12th of September and Lowells have until the 16th of August to pay the trial fee of £170.

 

The witness statements have to be delivered to each party and the court office no later than 14 days before the trial date.

 

I guess it's time to now prepare a witness statement... or should I wait to see if they pay the trial fee??

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No harm in preparing one

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Hi again,

i'm just preparing a draft witness statement and i've noticed an anomoly

- When Cohen Cramer initially responded to my CPR request, they have put Our Client - Lowell Portfolio, Account Number xxxxxxxxxx, Court Name -Northampton, Claim Number xxxxxxxx

 

 

- The account number doesn't correspond to any of the references or the account they are claiming.

 

 

My immediate guess would be that it's their reference for Lowells and nothing to do with my claim, would this be a correct assumption?? The Claim number is correct.

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^^ Can anybody confirm my suspicions? ^^

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makes no odds

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Raise it in your witness statement

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My first go at a witness statement:-

In The xxxxxxxxx County Court

Claim No. xxxxxxxx

 

BETWEEN:

Lowell Portfolio I Ltd

Claimant

 

 

AND

Mr xxx xxxxxxxx

Defendant

 

 

_________________________ ________

 

WITNESS STATEMENT OF Mr xxx xxxxxxxx

_________________________ ________

 

 

 

I xxx xxxxxxxx, being the Defendant in this case will state as follows;

 

I make this Witness Statement in support of my defence in the claim.

 

1. The claimant is an Assignee a buyer of defunct or bad debts which are bought on mass portfolios of debt at a much reduced cost to the amount claimed and which the original creditors have already wrote off as a capital loss and claimed against taxable income.

 

As an assignee or creditor as defined in section 189 of the CCA this applies to this new requirement on assignment of rights. This means that when an assignee purchases debts (or otherwise acquires rights under a credit agreement) it also acquires certain obligations to the borrower including the duty to comply with CCA requirements (such as the rules on statements and notices and other post-contractual information). The assignee becomes the creditor under the agreement. This ensures that essential consumer protections under the CCA cannot be circumvented by assigning the debt to a third party.

 

2. On or around the xx th April 2017, I received a claim form from the County Court Business Centre, Northampton, for the amount of £xxxx.xx. The claimant contends that the claim is for the sum of £xxxx.xx in respect of monies owing under an alleged agreement with the account no. xxxxxxxx pursuant to The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA).The particulars of claim fail to state when the alleged agreement was entered into.

 

3. Contained within the claimants particulars the claimant pleads that The defendant has failed to make contractual payments under the terms of the agreement and that a default notice has been served upon the defendant pursuant to S.87(1) CCA. There are no details contained within its particulars about when the alleged default occurred or date of any alleged Default Notice or the degree of default or details as to how the sums claimed have accrued. The claimant is put to strict proof to evidence details of the default and service of any Default Notice.

 

4. The particulars of claim state the debt was legally assigned by Provident Personal Credit Ltd. to the Claimant and that Notice was provided by way of a Notice of Assignment. The claimant is put to strict proof to evidence the details of assignment.

 

5. On xx of April 2017 I made a formal written request to the Claimant solicitors who at the time were Cohen Cramer Solicitors requesting that the Claimant provides copies of all documents mentioned in the statement of case [EXHIBIT A]. I also enclosed a copy of the letter sent directly to Lowell Portfolio I Ltd, requesting a copy of my Consumer Credit Agreement as entitled to do so under sections 78 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 [EXHIBIT B]. Both items were sent by Signed For delivery [EXHIBIT C] and both were signed for on delivery {EXHIBIT D]

6. On the xx of April 2017, I received a letter from the claimants solicitors, Cohen Cramer acknowledging receipt of my request and that they have notified the claimant, Lowell Portfolio I Ltd., of this request. [EXHIBIT E]

7. As of the date of the submission of this witness statement, I have not received any of the documents requested in the content of the aforementioned letters.

 

8. The Claimants pleaded case is that the Defendant entered into an agreement with Provident Personal Credit Ltd. under account reference xxxxxxxxx. I am uncertain as to which account this refers to. It is accepted that I have had banking products with Provident Personal Credit Ltd. in the past however I have no recollection the alleged account number the claimant refers to and I am under the impression that any debt to Provident Personal Credit Ltd. was paid in full. Therefore the claimant is put to strict proof to disclose this agreement on which its claim relies upon.

 

Until such time the claimant can comply and disclose the agreement they refer to within the particulars of this claim they are not entitled while the default continues, to enforce the agreement pursuant to section 78.6 (a) of the Credit Consumer Act 1974.

 

 

Statement of Truth

 

I, xxx xxxxxxxx, the Defendant, believe the facts stated within this Witness Statement to be true.

 

 

Signed: ________________________________

 

Dated: _________________________________

 

 

I take It that when it's time to submit, I send the original Exhibit documents to the court and photocopied ones to Lowells....

Kind regards

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Send copies to both...dont part with the originals.

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Hi Again,

I've received a pack from Lowells that includes signed credit agreements from 2008 and 2009, there is also an Excel spreadsheet that shows payments made and letters that they say they have sent to me... I shall scan them up as soon as I get chance...

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why would you pay £1.53 and £5.63 randomly after months of not paying

to kill the SB date...weird

and the agreements say regulated

the WS says they were not

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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a) Looking at it, it say's I made a final payment of £7.16 on the 29/11/11 but then continues to list payments after that date up to 2013... I'm confused.

 

 

.. I have looked at my bank statements for the period and can only go back to 08/11 but can see no payments at all to Provident coming out of my account.

..how else could they have been paid other than those where a doorstep collection has been made for which I requested (and didn't receive) a copy of the collection agent's book?

 

b) As it says regulated by the CCA on the paperwork, could I challenge their paragraph on where it says there was no requirement to issue a default notice, yet my credit file is clearly showing one.

 

c) I have never received the letters as stated in exhibit 6 and 7, can I put them to proof of delivery? The first I knew of this alleged debt is when the court papers were delivered.

 

d) I think given half an hour, I could rummage up an excel spreadsheet like they have supplied....hardly the most compelling of evidence, and the dates are all over the place!

 

Any help progressing would be appreciated..

 

 

.. I'll ring the court tomorrow to see if they have paid the court fee as directed as it's the last day for payment...

 

Kind regards

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wont be on bank statements

cash at the door.

but why pay then random amount after months of not paying.

 

 

fake IMHO

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

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are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Can I refer to their disclosed 'evidence' in my witness statement?

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yes ofcourse you can.

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Update - Just rang the court, the hearing fee has been paid... :sad:

 

Onwards now to a witness statement based on all their 'evidence'

- Whilst I accept I took out the loan, I believe the second one was to pay off the first and to get some more short term money...

 

I entered into a DMP with the CCCS although they have no record of anything as it was in 2009 and they hold no records over 6 years old...

 

I'm at a loss how to prove this..

 

. At no time did I complete a 'comprehensive affordability assessment' that they state otherwise, I probably wouldn't have entered into a DMP in the first place....

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Whilst going through my paperwork, the alleged allocation notice where it gives a breakdown of accounts, contains 2 account numbers that do not bear reference to any account numbers included at any point in the claim, can I state that I believe this letter to be fraudulent in it's nature?

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probably their ref numbers?

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

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are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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No, not their reference numbers which are completely different

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well simply question how this relates to your alleged debt

as numbers do not match.

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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an updated draft Witness Statement - I know the contents are probably not right yet but any help offered would be accepted greatfully...

 

In The xxxxxxxxx

county court

Claim No. xxxxxxxx

 

BETWEEN

Lowell Portfolio I Ltd

Claimant

 

 

 

 

AND

 

 

Mr xxx xxxxxxxx

 

 

Defendant

 

 

 

_________________________ ________

 

WITNESS STATEMENT OF Mr xxx xxxxxxxx

_________________________ ________

 

 

 

I xxx xxxxxxxx, being the Defendant in this case will state as follows;

 

I make this Witness Statement in support of my defence in the claim.

 

1. The claimant is an Assignee a buyer of defunct or bad debts which are bought on mass portfolios of debt at a much reduced cost to the amount claimed and which the original creditors have already wrote off as a capital loss and claimed against taxable income.

 

As an assignee or creditor as defined in section 189 of the CCA this applies to this new requirement on assignment of rights. This means that when an assignee purchases debts (or otherwise acquires rights under a credit agreement) it also acquires certain obligations to the borrower including the duty to comply with CCA requirements (such as the rules on statements and notices and other post-contractual information). The assignee becomes the creditor under the agreement. This ensures that essential consumer protections under the CCA cannot be circumvented by assigning the debt to a third party.

 

2. On or around the xx th April 2017, I received a claim form from the County Court Business Centre, Northampton, for the amount of £xxxx.xx. The claimant contends that the claim is for the sum of £xxxx.xx in respect of monies owing under an alleged agreement with the account no. xxxxxxxx pursuant to The consumer credit Act 1974 (CCA).The particulars of claim fail to state when the alleged agreement was entered into.

 

3. Contained within the claimants particulars the claimant pleads that The defendant has failed to make contractual payments under the terms of the agreement and that a default notice has been served upon the defendant pursuant to S.87(1) CCA. There are no details contained within its particulars about when the alleged default occurred or date of any alleged Default Notice or the degree of default or details as to how the sums claimed have accrued.

In respect of this and in the claimants’ court disclosure, Paragraph 7, the claimants state that ‘The Agreements were fixed sum loans which expired by the passage of time and as such were not regulated by the provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Therefore there was no requirement to issue a Default Notice’. I refer you to The Claimants Exhibits xx(2) and xx(3) which clearly state in the Heading Line ‘Fixed – Sum Loan Agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974’. The claimant is put to strict proof to show why a default notice should not be sent out when the original claim states there was a Default Notice issued and I as the defendant maintain that no Default took place as the sums owed were paid.

 

4. The particulars of claim state the debt was legally assigned by Provident Personal Credit Ltd. to the Claimant and that Notice was provided by way of a Notice of Assignment. The Claimants Exhibit xx(6) allegedly shows a Notice of Assignment sent to myself. I refer you to the Account numbers and dates of agreement contained in the account breakdown in the context of the letter, these account numbers do not refer to any accounts contained at any time within this claim and ask how these account numbers relate to this claim. I do not recall ever receiving this letter. The claimant is put to strict proof to evidence the details of assignment and to show what the alleged account numbers are for.

 

5. On xx of April 2017 I made a formal written request to the Claimant solicitors who at the time were Cohen Cramer Solicitors requesting that the Claimant provides copies of all documents mentioned in the statement of case [EXHIBIT A]. I also enclosed a copy of the letter sent directly to Lowell Portfolio I Ltd, requesting a copy of my Consumer Credit Agreement as entitled to do so under sections 78 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 [EXHIBIT B]. Both items were sent by Signed For delivery [EXHIBIT C] and both were signed for on delivery {EXHIBIT D]

 

 

6. On the xx of April 2017, I received a letter from the claimants solicitors, Cohen Cramer acknowledging receipt of my request and that they have notified the claimant, Lowell Portfolio I Ltd., of this request. [EXHIBIT E]

 

 

7. As of the date of the submission of this witness statement, I have only received copies via way of the court disclosure, the signed credit agreements, and the alleged Notice of Allocation which I have previously stated that I believe to be in error due to the erroneous account numbers within it. I have not received a Default notice or evidence of the doorstep collectors pocket book to reference any payments made by myself.

 

8. The Claimants pleaded case is that the Defendant entered into an agreement with Provident Personal Credit Ltd. under account reference xxxxxxxxx. It is accepted that I have had personal finance products with Provident Personal Credit Ltd. and I am under the impression that any debt to Provident Personal Credit Ltd. was paid in full and this is evidenced by the Claimant unable to produce a Default Notice and they are put to strict proof that a default took place and a debt existed. I, The Defendant entered into a Debt Management Plan with the CCCS in late 2009 who I believe made the necessary payments of the outstanding monies to Provident Personal Credit Ltd. Unfortunately, as my account was settled over 6 years ago, CCCS (Now known as Stepchange) have no record of my account.

Until such time the claimant can comply and disclose the agreement they refer to within the particulars of this claim they are not entitled while the alleged default continues, to enforce the agreement pursuant to section 78.6 (a) of the Credit Consumer Act 1974.

 

I also ask the court to enforce that the claimant remove the default placed on my credit file unless the claimant can prove that any alleged default took place.

 

 

Statement of Truth

 

I, xxx xxxxxxxx, the Defendant, believe the facts stated within this Witness Statement to be true.

 

 

Signed: _________________________ _______

 

Dated: _________________________ ________

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Hi again,

Reading everything over and over, i'm under the impression that the main crux of my argument would be

 

a) the fact they haven't issued a Default Notice as per their court disclosure and under the CCA 1974 regulations of which the loan would be regulated on, they would have been expected to.......

 

b) the erroneous account numbers not relating to my account

 

c) they state a comprehensive affordability assessment was made - This was never done and led me to entering a DMP as I was in a desperate state and borrowing money from everywhere!

 

Anything else anyone can point me too?

 

Thanks in advance.

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