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I am helping a friend to try and win back his charges from Halifax. He has all his statements so that is handy when doing his spread sheet but he says they only say "charged as per statement" and unlike my charges which said what the charge was for ie Unpaid Cheque etc. Could someone who if fighting Halifax please confirm that the info i will be using is correct?
ie. date - charge desp. = as per statement = amount
Also at what stage do Halifax refund your charges, Nationwide paid me at the Moneyclaim stage but Barclays are making me set a date in court, just wandered how far Halifax are taking there customers and do they close your account once they have refunded.
NATIONWIDE: WON - 26/10/06 FULL REFUND - WITHIN 7 DAYS OF MCOL
Acknowledged - 25/10/06
MCOL Issued - 24/10/06
MCOL Sent - 23/10/06
LBA sent 01/09/06
Prelim Sent - 07/08/06 BARCLAYS BANK:
AQ sent 25/1/07
Defended on last day possible.
MCOL - Issued 13/12/06
MCOL- Sent 12/12/06
S.A.R - Sent - 25/10/2006
S/Ment rec - 4/11/06
Prelim sent - 6/11/06 BARCLAYS LOAN:
S.A.R - Sent - 25/10/2006 BLACK HORSE: SETTLED IN FULL
S.A.R - Sent - 25/10/2006
CCA to get loan agreement info - Sent - 25/10/06
Prelim sent PPI + Charges 11/11/06 CAPITAL ONE
Prem sent 11/12/06
S/Ments Rec - 5/12/06
S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) - Sent - 9/11/06
What most people on here have on their statement is charged as notified.
Just put whatever the statement says, Halifax dont break it down as far as i know.
Also they have been paying out at all different times. Some people get it just after lba, and others have gone as far as setting a court date.
Thats great, thanks for your help and quick responce. Any idea whether they close your account or just pay up and leave the account to run as normal?????????
Hi all,
Just a quick update. My friend has received letter today (after sending his lba) offering him £470 when his claim is for £720. He wants to go for the rest so i guess its off to moneyclaim online now. Does he have to notify Halifax about going to court as i beleive there is a letter about refusing settlement, just cant find it. Can he just proceed to court without contacting them?????
Can someone advise thank you so much.
I telephoned them when the lba deadline had expired, as I didn't really want to go down the court route. They agreed to return the full amount to me on the phone. I did get a bit of a lecture about the cost of running my account, etc. I had the response ready that the interest they'd made alone from the charges on my account would more than cover any costs associated in running the account
The offer was upped from £1445 to what I was claiming of £2281. The funds were in my account shortly after that.
Of course, by going down the court route you can then claim the "little xtra" 8% from good old Howard Halifax!!!
Good luck and best wishes.
jaxads x
jaxads
Halifax - £2281, successfully refunded all charges after LBA letter & telephone call.
Have been offered the difference between the £20 and £12 charges from Capital One -- am sending LBA for remainder.
GE Money - Received settlement of £441, being total charges requested. No interest though.
CCA'd Bank of Scotland / Blair Oliver Scott to produce CCA Agreements on two Credit Cards - well in default, although still chasing payment!!!
EOS Solutions "ceased action on account" on behalf of a friend.
All in all, quite busy at the moment and enjoying every minute of it
What should i do? Halifax have written and raised there settlement figure to the full amount but this was after the deadline which they were given. My friend has not yet started the MCOL but should he or can still claim the interest by going down the MCOL and tell halifax there offer was to late now he wants the costs and interest??
Or do you think it would be best to take the full settlement and close the claim???
Hi - In my opinion I think you would be wise to accept full settlement now. If you were to pursue the claim via the courts purely for the interest element, that is not looked upon favourably!!!
Also, the court would see that the date of the claim forms were after the date of the letter of settlement.
Hope this helps --- this is my opinion only.
Best wishes.
jaxads
jaxads
Halifax - £2281, successfully refunded all charges after LBA letter & telephone call.
Have been offered the difference between the £20 and £12 charges from Capital One -- am sending LBA for remainder.
GE Money - Received settlement of £441, being total charges requested. No interest though.
CCA'd Bank of Scotland / Blair Oliver Scott to produce CCA Agreements on two Credit Cards - well in default, although still chasing payment!!!
EOS Solutions "ceased action on account" on behalf of a friend.
All in all, quite busy at the moment and enjoying every minute of it
PRINCE V's HALIFAX
. He has all his statements so that is handy when doing his spread sheet but he says they only say "charged as per statement" and unlike my charges which said what the charge was for ie Unpaid Cheque etc. Could someone who if fighting Halifax please confirm that the info i will be using is correct?
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