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Hello everyone.

I need an advice.

 

Received a letter on 06 July this year from Lowell.

It states I owe them £510.38 for an account I had with Three mobile years ago.

 

As far as I remember from previous letters this alleged debt and another smaller one (60) with Three exchanged hands few times and are now owned by Lowell .

 

The thing is I have no idea where this amount of debt comes from.

I had 2 contracts with Three,

one for mobile broadband (which i closed 5-6 years ago and dont owe anything)

and another one which was opened 8 years ago and i kept renewing until I abandoned about 5 years ago and stopped paying.

 

it is likely they put all sorts of charges etc. , for which i have no recollection of letters etc.

But still the amount seems too too high and dont know if the original account number with Three they have quoted is mine.

 

I think I need to request info from Lowells without accepting any liability or that the account belongs to me, as they might be just shooting in the dark.

 

Kind of '' prove it letter'', instead of request for summary of account under the consumer protection act.

 

The letter from Lowell :

''Dear Mr. source of income

 

Your Three Mobile account remains unpaid. We are now deciding whether to transfer your account to our solicitors to take legal action against you to recover this debt ''

letter continues with explaining what legal action is etc. etc.

 

So in summary :

- received letter from Lowell that they consider transferring my account to their legal team

- i have no idea if that account belongs to me

- i have no idea where the amount of debt mentioned is coming from, have no memory of receiving any letters with charges from original debtor (Three)

- need to establish if account is mine and where this amount has been worked out

 

Thank you in advance

 

Also they put a new default date on that alleged debt in my credit file , although the original default date is years ago.

 

How can I include a request for this default to be removed ?

 

P.S. Having debt on my credit file doesnt mean I owe the debt, as I havent checked my debts and credit file for few years due to illness.

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Consumer protection act ? Not a UK act in that name. Consumer rights act not relevant and did not apply 5 years ago when you had the 3 account.

 

Lowell do issue a lot of court claims, so you might want to raise a query with 3 Mobile using the reference number Lowell have provided. Give 3 Mobile your name/address at the time as well as your new address to respond to. Ask 3 mobile to provide you with last statement of account detailing the last balance owed and also confirm when they last received a payment on the account.

 

In the meantime, just reply to Lowell that you dispute any debt being owed to 3 mobile as you don't recognise the details contained in their letter. As you believe there might be an error, you have contacted 3 mobile for information.

 

That should be enough for now. If you search CAG, you will see threads where Lowell have taken 3 moble debts to court. Also threads where people have received court claims and managed to avoid CCJ's.

 

A default for this debt can be added if the data is correct. If the data is wrong then you can dispute it with Lowell/3 mobile.

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Thank you for responce unclebulgaria67.

Sorry, remembered name of act wrong.

 

 

Do I need to contact Three as well,

because Lowell owes the debt now and are required to provide me with all the information and reply to requests as the original debtor should provide me with.

 

 

Also about the default - there already has been default registered for the same debt years ago.

 

 

How is it legal to give new and new defaults with newer dates

- that will mean it will never go away from my credit file and will never go statue barred.

That doesnt seem right tbh.

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SAR to Three might help, Lowell are noted for gaining default CCJ at old address on Statute barred debt, so get that info from £ asap/

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Also they put a new default date on that alleged debt in my credit file , although the original default date is years ago. How can I include a request for this default to be removed ?

P.S. Having debt on my credit file doesnt mean I owe the debt, as I havent checked my debts and credit file for few years due to illness.

 

The following thread may be of interest and how to deal with incorrect data reporting...

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?479229-Arrow-put-debt-back-on-Experian-with-bogus-default-date-OCs-DN-was-2006!!

 

As regards to the debt itself and Lowell..ignore them and let them transfer it to the next desk near the kitchen...their legal desk...and if they issue a claim we will advise how to defend it.

 

Contact them or acknowledge the debt with them at your peril.

 

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got get your credit file.

statute barring date is nothing to do with defaulted date.

they are not linked.

 

if you have never told lowells [or for that matter any other debt owners on your creditfile]

in writing that you have moved, then you need to do so to avoid backdoor CCJ's IF you cant get mail quickly that is being sent to the address you took any credit out at

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Sorry for late reply, was busy with work and family.

Thank you brassnecked, Andyorch and dx100k for your advice.

 

 

I wiill do the SAR to Three and inform Lowels that I dont recognise the debt and had contacted Three about the debt,

that I am waiting for the reply

and once I have clear and detailed information we can start discussing the options how to resolve the situation.

That will probably calm them down.

 

 

Also will make sure they have my current address and request they send me as much info about that account as well .

 

 

I think that is all I need to do at this point ?

 

 

Will keep you updated, thx again to everyone, who gave me advice and have a good weekend.

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Just don't acknowledge the debt at all.

 

 

So when you say " discussing the options how to resolve the situation", that sounds like acknowledgement.

 

 

You don't need to say that.

 

 

All you need to say is that you don't recognise any debt with Three Mobile and have contacted them for information to help clarify matters.

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Rodger that unclebulgaria. I think that is the best line of action too. And truth to be told I dont know which account they are talking about or where this large amount of debt is coming from ...

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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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I received a Northampton county court claim for the sum of 551.21, court fee 60, legal representative cost 70, to the total amount of 681.21.

 

The particulars of the claim :

 

'' The defendant entered into an agreement with Three mobile under account ref N xxxxx '' and '' failed to maintain the required payments and the service was terminated '' . '' The right to collect the outstanding balance was assigned to the claimant '' .

 

Issue date of claim is 18 July 2018

I entered acknowledgement of service on 18 July 2018

 

According to my own calculations date of service is 23 July 2018 and I need to enter the defence on the MCOl website by end of 21 July 2018 .

 

My defence is that I have no knowledge of this debt. I had various accounts with Three mobile during the years. Last one I had was about 6 years ago and had couple of missing payments ( was in severe depression for years at the time and left things on their own as wasn't in a state to function properly. I don't think this is the debt in question, as there is another debt claimed by the same company for the sum of £60, which sounds about right for what I should owe.

 

Was thinking of sending request to Lowell Portfolio Ltd or/and Three mobile for info about these claimed debts to check what they base their claims on and also to check if 6 years have lapsed on them, as I never acknowledged these debts. But don't think they will respond quick enough and probably is better to request Lowell to provide those at the court hearing. So I am thinking of my defence to be something in the lines of :

 

'' I do not recognise this debt. I am asking the claimant to provide the necessary documentation to prove the debt, that it is owed by me/ is not statue barred and that they own the rights to it. If the claimant fails to do it, I am asking respectfully the court to dismiss the claim, order the claimant to stop contacting me about it, remove it from my credit profile and reimburse me for my expenses. ''

 

My questions are :

 

1. Are my calculations about the last date of defence right ?

 

2. Is the defence I choose appropriate and wording correct/suitable ?

 

Thank you for the help

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Use the holding defence, and do you mean 21st august? You can always edit your defence later on.

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its due Friday by 4pm

 

threads merged and moved to legals for history

 

did you not send a CPR 31:14? when you got the claimform?

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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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I am sorry for the factual mistakes in my comment.

 

'' I entered acknowledgement of service on 18 July 2018 '' - date should be 06/08/2018

 

'' According to my own calculations date of service is 23 July 2018 and I need to enter the defence on the MCOl website by end of 21 July 2018 . '' - the date which I meant was 21 August 2018

 

My apologies, did post in a rush ....

 

Thank you for advice renegadeimp. I don't know what holding defence is ? Have you got any link to explain it pls ? Google gives many answers, but didn't see clear one.

 

'' do you mean 21st august? '' - yes, sorry, my mistake, posted the edit in my earlier reply

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Claim was issued 18 July 2018..that is the date of service...your defence is due this Friday 17th Aug before 4.00pm

 

Link to Legal Success Forum....many examples of holding defences.

 

https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?190-Legal-Successes

 

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Hi again dx100uk and thank you for the help again.

 

'' its due Friday by 4pm '' - do you mean this Friday ?

 

'' did you not send a CPR 31:14 when you got the claimform? '' - No, I have not ...

 

From what i understand i need to send that to the claimant's solicitors before I file my defence ?

 

Thx

 

Thank you Andy for advice.

 

So to summarise based on the advice I have been given I need to :

 

1. Send CPR 31:14 to the claimant's solicitors before submitting the defence

 

 

2. Submit holding defence before tomorrow, Friday 4:00 pm

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Are you not going to draft a defence and post here for checking ?

 

Holding defence still have to be edited to suit your claim.

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Ugh, yes, you are right.

I am going to the search bar to find similar cases and then edit the defence to suit my case and circumstances.

Will post for approval and editing, most likely later this evening ...

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Link already provided in my post#16 of all the successful holding defences.

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Name of the Claimant ? Lowell Portfolio I Ltd

 

Date of issue – 18 July 2018

Date of acknowledgement of service 05 August 2018, received 06 August

 

Date of issue XX + 19 days ( 5 day for service + 14 days to acknowledge) = XX + 14 days to submit defence = XX (33 days in total) -

 

Date to submit defence - 17 August

 

Particulars of Claim

 

1) The Defendant entered into an agreement with Three mobile under account reference …..

 

2) The Defendant failed to maintain the required payments and the service was terminated.

 

3) The right to collect the outstanding balance was assigned to the Claimant by Hutchison 3G UK Limited on 29/02/2016 and notice given to the Defendant.

 

4) Despite repeated requests for payment, the sum of £510.38 remains due and outstanding.

 

And the Claimant claims

The said sum of £510.38

Interest pursuant to s69 County Courts Act 1984 at the rate of 8% per annum from the date of assignment to the date of issue, accruing at a daily rate of £0.112, but limited to one year, being £40.83

Costs

 

Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? received letter from Lowell solicitors June 2018

 

What is the total value of the claim? 681

 

Is the claim for -mobile phone account

 

When did you enter into the original agreement before or after April 2007 ? 2008

 

Is the debt showing on your credit reference files (Experian/Equifax /Etc...) ? yes

 

Has the claim been issued by the original creditor or was the account assigned and it is the Debt purchaser who has issued the claim. Lowell issued the claim

 

Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? Lowell first said they purchased the debt, then sent a letter that it was not factually correct, as they acquired the right to collect the debt

 

Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? don't think so, haven't found any letters

 

Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Default sums” – at least once a year ? don't think so, havent found any letters

 

Why did you cease payments? long term depression, financial difficulties

 

What was the date of your last payment? 2013

 

Was there a dispute with the original creditor that remains unresolved? no

 

Did you communicate any financial prob no

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as you only have little over 2hrs..

 

….

 

adapt AS NECESSARY

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ONLY

 

The Defendant contends that the Particulars of Claim are vague and generic in nature. The Defendant accordingly sets out its case below and relies on CPR r 16.5 (3) in relation to any particular allegation to which a specific response has not been made.

 

1.The Claimant has not complied with paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) Failed to serve a letter of claimicon pre claim pursuant to PAPDC changes of the 1st October 2017.It is respectfully requested that the court take this into consideration pursuant to 7.1 PAPDC.

 

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2. Paragraph 1 is accepted. I have, in the past, entered into a contract with EE Limited , however I do not recall the exact details. I have requested the claimant verify the exact details of this claim by way of a CPR 31.14. The claimant has refused to provide me with a copy of the agreement, stating they are not obligated to do so by virtue of the consumer credit Act 1974. To date, no statement of the alleged account has been received.

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3. Paragraph 2 is noted, again I do not recall any breach and I have never received the stated Default Notice. The Claimant has stated, by letter, that he is not obligated to provide a copy of the Default Notice, again by virtue of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

 

4. Paragraph 3 is denied.I do not recall having received a Notice of Assignment, as stated by the Claimant. They have sent an alleged copy dated 18 November 2016 from my cpr31.14 request. This is the first time i have seen this letter.

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5. Paragraph 4 is denied in regards that the claimant is misleading the court in its pleadings and has never made contact or made requests prior to issuing this claim. Its sole purpose in purchasing this debt was to litigate and secure a county court Judgment and therefore Pre Action Protocol was never attempted and should be considered in deciding the outcome of their claim

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Therefore the Claimant is to provide strict proof to:

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(a) show how the Defendant has entered into a Agreement/ Contract; and

(b) show how the Defendant has reached the amount claimed for; and

© show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim;

 

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6. The Claimant has stated that he has made several requests for repayment, yet I do not acknowledge any debt to the Claimant.

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7. As per Civil Procedure Rule 16.5(4), it is required that the Claimant prove the allegation that the money is owed.

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8. As the Claimant is an assignee of a debt, it is denied that the Claimant has the right to lay a claim, due to contraventions of Section 136 of the Law of Property Act.

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9. Subject to the above, should the alleged amount claimed include an early termination charge(s) amounting to the total balance of the remaining contract, OFCOM guidance clearly states that any Early Termination Charge, that is made up of the entire balance of the remaining contract, is unlikely to be fair, as it fails to take into account the fact that the provider no longer has to provide and pay for their service.

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10. By reason of the facts and matters set out above, it is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed, or any relief

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

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

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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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