I am now heavily involved in the case and I worked with the company for over 22 years, I take this case very personally. Reason for DSAR is we are building a case against the solicitor and we wanted to see what sort of communication they have had and how the solicitor explained our case to them. We are planning to sue the solicitor for their negligence and for wrongly making a part 20 claim against our Accountant. They made the judgment that the collapse of the company was due to the accounting firm that did the restructuring plan a few months before the company collapsed.

It's a rather very complex case that started around 2018/2019 ( so I will keep it short) where the company I work for has been sued by the liquidator. The claim is for just over a couple of millions. The solicitors we had is one of the biggest law firms in London. I will not mention the name here. We had the option to get an expert opinion on the case with court permission however our solicitor approached a QC and an expert witness (without discussing fees with us) without obtaining court permission. QC and Expert Withness billed us (via Solicitor) in the region of £50k for their advice. The solicitor will not disclose those advice and expert reports to us until the company pays them. Then we were embroiled in a rather ugly argument and the solicitor pulled out of the case reasoning non-payment fees. Now company/boss is self-litigating as the boss has no money to find another solicitor and already spent over £500k just on different fees. I am trying to help where I can. So we sent DSAR to QC, the expert witness, and the solicitor. The solicitor asked for more time, QC and WI both sent DSAR but none of them disclosed the content in the email between them and the solicitor. I also asked for copies of the invoice and the description of the invoice it relates to. They both said they were instructed by my solicitor and I have to request this from my solicitor. I have a feeling they all three spoke to each other since our DSAR and are now finding a way to hide exactly what went on between them. I think they saw the company and boss as a cash cow. I recently found out that the biggest lack of negligence from the solicitor is they didn't even respond to the PAP sent by the liquidator. The case's final hearing is towards the beginning of next year.

Not sure if this is the correct place to post, please move if not. I recently sent a DSAR request to one of the expert witnesses who briefly got involved with my rather complex case. He was approached by my solicitor who no longer represents me. I wanted to see what communication they have had about me. The company has sent me DSAR details with just the date and time them and my solicitor had the communication (mostly via email) and is refusing to disclose the content saying ICO website states: “The right of access enables individuals to obtain their personal data rather than giving them the right to see copies of documents containing their personal data “. My question is - should they disclose everything including email content or they can get away with just the date and time of the communication they have had? Thanks in advance.

Never heard from Lowell since my SB letter. should they have confirmed receipt of my letter and confirmed when my last payment was? On separate debt, the last payment was Sept 2023, should I send them a SB letter or request CCA? I sent the previous collector CCA in Sept 2017 but they never sent me one.

Letters are on the way. Thanks

Lowell sent me a letter telling me that they acquired hoist finance and are now managing couple of my debts from 2003, defaulted around 2005. I was in token payment with Eurodebt until 2013. With help from this site, I sent CCA request to both DCA which they failed to produce. Then they sold the debt to Robinson Way and then to Hoist and now to Lowell. The last payment was probably around the end of 2013. Now I get at least a text message from Lowell every day and a letter through the post once every forthnight. I am pretty sure this debt is statute-barred. How should I handle this or should I ignore it completely? One thing I don't want is to go to court as I recently lost a case. Thank you.

Does that mean I need to pay in full to avoid CCJ on credit file? No other payment plan will avoid it?

Unfortunately I have lost the case. Judge didn’t think original default notice was required to prove the debt. I now want to avoid CCJ. I already told the court that I won’t be able to pay the lump sum and will offer to pay £100 a month to which claimaint solicitor said will discuss with his client. what’s the best way to approach claimant to set this up so the judgement is not visible in my credit file? is Tomlin order the best way? How do I set this up? Is it done through the court or just between the two party? I don’t have much time as I am away from work next week for 3 weeks so ideally I want to set this up before I go. Thank you.

UPDATE: Sincere apologies for being so late. I have been in and out of the hospital and did not have much time to post. My previous hearing got canceled and the new hearing is tomorrow. The claimant sent me their statement of cost. Does it look ok? Appreciate your feedback. I will update the outcome tomorrow and please wish me luck. Thank you all for your time. Really appreciate it. claimaint fee.pdf

Received another email from their solicitor. They recon they don’t have to provide original default notice. Please see attached. Scan 28 Sep 2022.pdf

Received 118 pages, nothing new. Default notice is still screenshot. their letter says I am not allowed to share redacted deed of assignment which are all statement entry from 2003/2004. there are several page of this. They have also included several pages of terms and conditions. majority of these documents are on post #31 to 44. please advise. CDocs.pdf

Claimant solicitor just now emailed me their documents after receiving mine. They are almost two weeks late.

I have emailed them. Should I call them?

Apologies, I mostly travel away for work, I was away and only arrived this weekend to find the NOA. I am away again next week and won’t be around on the 4th for hearing.

NOA Dated 16th August.