Please can someone give me some direction i received below

IT IS ORDERED THAT His honour Judge etc..

siting at teeside combined court center consider ed the papers in this case and upon it appearing that the issues in this claim are identical to those likely to be the subject of proceedings in the commercial court between the office of fair trading and certain financial institutions ("the test cases") pursuant to an agreement made on 25th July 2007.

Ordered that:

1) This claim is stayed until on calendar month after final judgment in the test cases (including appeal) or 31st Oct 2008, whichever be the soonest.

2) Either party may upon notice to the other party apply to lift the stay at any stage up to the earliest of the two dates provided for in para 1 above

3)If no application is made to lift the stay or seek further directions before the earliest of the dates provided for in para 1 above, the claim shall stand dismissed without further order:

4) Because this order has been made by a court without considering representations from the parties, the parties have the right to apply to have the order set aside, varied or stayed. A party wishing to make an application must send or deliver the application to the court (together with any appropriate fee) to arrive within 14days of this service order.

Dated 06th Sept 2007

Can anyone please give me some direction please??????

Thanks Loz xxx

Basically you have two choices. 1. do nothing and wait

2. Apply to have stay set aside.

If you choose option 2 then you will need to file form N244 Application. You will have to give the Judge reason why, hardship is prob best, but you will have to prove hardship to the judge. It will cost you £35 to file for judge to reconsider, or £65 for hearing, You do not have to pay these fees if you are on certain benefits, (the same ones that apply to N1) lots of people are applying to have stays set aside, myself among them. As judge imposed your stay then you are probably best asking for a hearing, as I doubt that he /she is going to change mind unless they have to tell you face to face, and you will prob be like me and prefer to put your case verbally.

read through some threads to see how others are approaching this. good luck.

hadyanth vs Lloyds TSB - Goodbye fingernails...

Also worth putting the name of your court in as an advanced search on the site - you may come up with some previous cases to see if they are sympathetic to claimants or banks

Jan