Hi there, very strange, just received my latest estimated bill, the amount they are claiming is still showing on my bill and a litigation fee, today was another upload of the bill issued on the 27th August and showing £1535.97 estimated billing. I thought when a County Court Claim was made that the amount was taken out of the new billing period, am I wrong. Have now adapted the response sent, thank you all very much. I have had a look at the Back Billing guidelines and from what I can see they cannot Back Bill me further than 12 months, however, as I have not had a meter reading for now 17 months, even if they reproduced a bill for the 12 months it would still only be an estimate, so how does that work.? have now put the response in, hope they accept it. Thank you for your help

any change you could point me to a similar one, I'm having trouble enough navigating the site. But thank you for your help.

what I submitted is on the slightly pinkish for I uploaded, I printed it off, notthing else done since then. sorry Iam frustrating, I have no idea what I am doing. FND is a neurological problem, I have related to a head injury and triggered by stress, it basically comes and goes, good days and bad, you can loose control of body function, anything related to the nervous system including main organs. But mostly it effects short term memory, I loose my phone about 200 times a day, and loose sensation in hands, feet and legs. It can be progressive, was diagnosed just before lockdown.

no I have not, I thought I had 30 days from submitting the response, but then I forgot about it, which is the FND, my daughter reminded me last night, I went on, it has not been actioned at all, no judgement, I thought if I just popped in a defence with a note saying the FND. they may accept it.

I have sent a response and heard nothing back, not even a letter, on MCOL nothing is showing, just my response, its asking denying the claim as the section schedule 2B says 2 that they genuinely believe the money stated is in owing". obviously its isnt because every one of my last bills going back 16 months is an estimated bill. MCOL is showing next step to submit a defence and or submit a claim against them.

HI there thank you for responding, I have uploaded the county court claim form my response the letter before legal action and two of the latest bills I was originally with Npower, moved house and it was a new account 7 years ago. They cancelled my DD over a single missed payment they tried to take and funds were not in my account, but cannot remember when. I have had running battles with them, including two disputes over payments ( which is why I have just asked for a SARS) a few years ago, but mostly over meter readings they just don't read the meter at all, the last payment I made was I think by phone, the one before that was a doorstep payment. I live in the sticks and used to have the meter read twice a year which was fine. The amount of electric I actually owe is over 1500 kw less than what they are claiming for. I hope the uploads work, I cant figure out how to simplify the uploading them. So any help would be appreciated. many thanks Sue Full.pdf

i received a county court claim pack for eon for supply of electric for the past 7 months, I have been in dispute with them over reading the electric meter for the past 24 months. I downloaded the the app, but I am a technic-phobe it always ends up breaking in my hands. I have FND which is a neurological problem affecting balance, sort term and long term memory and glaucoma, and fibromyalgia and my daughter is helping me with sorting this county court claim out. the claim is dated the 19th July, I have responded and denied all the claim as the bill they sent me is purely an estimation. I have also asked for a transfer to the local county court. I am now stuck on what to fil the defence in, I know its late but the case has not been actioned yet and I am hoping I can get a response in and explain my condition and why it is late. have sent off a SARS today to [email protected] the particulars of the claim are as follows 1.the claim is for the claimants charges for supply of electric and or gas to the Defendant made under express contracts deemed by schedule 6 of the Electric Act 1998 and or schedule B2 of the gas Act 1986 with the defendant as the occupier, consumer and or site owner by which the payment was due within 14 days of the invoice. 2. the defendant has failed to pay the energy invoice for the account xxxxxx at address xxxxx rendered up to the 27/05/2023 for £1,0881.96 3.the Claimant claims £1,081.96 and £11.63 INTERST PERSUANT TO s69 county courts act 1984@ 8% per annum from the date due to the date hereof at £0.27daily thereafter. The claimant may be responded to directly on 0808 501 5200 or [email protected] eon is the Claimant but WEDLAKE BELL LLP ARE THE SOLICITORS I paid one payment in December 22, but the amount of charges and fees on my account for the last 16 months is horrendous. I received a letter before action on the 12th of June but this went to the neighbours house. we live in a country lane and our letter usually are hit and miss, but have good neighbours. I do not have a DD set up with EON, and usually pay out of protest of not having my meter read at all at the last minute. I missed this as my dad had a stroke and was in hospital throughout June, with mum having a fall in the carpark of the hospital and them ending up one in the GWENT in Newport and one in the Grange in Cwmbran..... it was a horrible month. if anyone could help me work out a response to this I would be extremely grateful.

A claim was started over 4 years ago, Ist credit fail to respond to a information gathering, original copies of signed debt etc and time lapsed on case. Now they have sold debt on to Interim Finance (or name change from 1st Credit) The debt was an overdraft from 2012. Sold to 1st credit on 25/11/2014 I am abdolutely sure this case was discontinued I have just received another letter dated11/02/22 from Intrum, a demand for £10k + default was 2012. No information provided and lloys has not continued with yearly statements since Case discontinued, this was never on my credit file. Old business Ltd Company overdraft they say I'm personally liable for. How do I stand with the case already going to court. Can they apply to continue case or should I just ignore all the letters Many thanks in advance

and just made a CONTRIBUTION TO The Consumer Action Group Reading the posts are a great help, but individual advice is fantastic MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP BOTH ANDY AND DX

Thank you dx I was just reading some other posts on here about reinstating the case, and double jeopardy, they did not send any evidence to the court or me by due date, I have the unbelievable bad luck (if you believe in that) and wanted to cover my behind. The form enclosed with their letter is a N279 -w3 notice do I have to sign and return it to the county court. thanks DX

Good afternoon Andy Today I received through the post a letter as detailed below From Cohen Solicitors Dear Mrs...... HOIST PORTFOLIO HOLDING 2 LIMITED V............. CLAIM NUMBER ........... SMALL CLAIMS HEARING ......... JUNE 2016 We refer to the above mater. We can confirm that we have been instructed by our client to discontinue the country court claim issued against you, therefore, please find enclosed by way of service upon you a Notice of Discontinuance. Further, we can confirm that a copy of the same has been filed at the Court and we have requested that the above hearing be vacated. We trust this clarifies the position. Yours Sincerely Howard Cohen and Co. Enc a copy of Notice of Discontinuance which I'm not sure if I need to sign and return as is has a space for my signature and not sure what it means. Does it mean that its over in which case HORAY!!! OR does it mean that thy have not got the information yet and may issue another county court claim later. Sue

hi Andy this is where its get a bit complicated. The account was in OD since 7th May 2009 however the DWP had decided to pay a huge sum into my account in July 2009 which subsequently I had to repay ASAP, and I have all the paperwork which proves this, and I am still repaying the remainder. Nothing else was paid into the account apart from the DWP and interest earned on that money and retruned DD's. As they do not appear to have sent a copy of that - they have not responded to the CPR31.14 coupled with the claw back of the money letters from the DWP I am hoping that the magistrate will see that the account should have been terminated at least a year before it was, if this makes any sense. Now all I have to do is word it correctly and in order. Its either that or not mention it at all, go in with the CPR31.14 request etc and hope it does not come up. Sue forgot to mention that I have the original copy of the contract for the account, terms of business. which says, if you exceed an agreed overdraft limit you would have broken the terms of the account and you must repay the unagreed amount immediately.

hi Andy I am due to send in all papers relating to the case by the 18th May. I sent HOIST a CPR 31.14 on the 19th December had a reply from their solicitors Howard Cohen: We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19th Dec 2015 made under the CPR 31.14 mentioned in our particulars of our claim We are currently in the process of retrieving the documents requested therefore, please accept this as our agreement to a general extension of time, Once we have provided you with the documents requested we will grant a further 14 days for you to respond to the claim Form as you feel appropriate. Having read on here about ignoring such letters I returned the Direction Questionaire with Mediation and sat back. I received a Notice of Proposed Allocation for small claims on 19th Feb for a defended claim Still awaiting the reply to the CPR 31.14 to date I am due to sent all paperwork to all parties by 2 days time. Not a problem as I can overnight it, but need help with missing articles ( overdraft agreement, assignment of debt, yearly statements, date of default etc) not supplied by COHEN or HOIST. how do I proceed, is there an extension I can apply for, the Court is on my doorstep so I can literally walk in. Regards Sue should of added that I could not mediate because of the lack of paper work not supplied by the Claimant

Thanks Andy

Hi Andy, dx this is the defence I used as it seemed to be the one everyone was pointed towards. However on a fewof the other posts there was a fourth line about costs which I did not spot till after wards 1 The Claimant's claim was issued on (insert date). 2 The Defendant contends that the Claimant's claim so issued is a claim in contract and is statute barred pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the limitation act 1980. . If, which is denied, the claimant contends that the Defendant is in breach of the alleged contract, in excess of 6 years have elapsed since the date on which any cause of action for breach accrued for the benefit of the Claimant. . 3 The Claimant's claim to be entitled to payment of £x or any other sum, or relief of any kind is denied. I changed to suit the amount in thier claim, I hope it was the correct one. .