Hi Mistermind, We have only just got past the grievence letter stage, the solicitor said yesterday that it will be at least another 4 months before we go to tribunal. She has just filed the claim now. yes we believe she will settle out of court as she has made far too many mistakes in the case so far and also written one's, that she has basically hung herself with. We also have many txt messages saved as evidence from her own asst manager dropping her right in the sh....t that she's not aware of yet. Tracey...

Hi, Mistermind, Firstly, I'd like to apologise for taking over your thread the other day. I don't know if this is of any help to you but i have just spoken to my employment solicitor today and she said there are plenty of barristers that will give voluntry help if you can't aford one as long as they have at least 3 to 4 weeks notice or failing that, it's not ideal, but there is she said, always, no-win, no-fee, solicitors. also if it's any help to either you or your friend, i have obtained a couple of phone numbers from her for tribunals, i don't no where you are located in the country but if you ring Leicester on 01162550099 or Bedford on 01234351306 you can ask if there are tribunals held in your town and where the venue is located cos the public are allowed to sit in to observe. Tracey...

Thanks for your reply SJ. You sound like a very decent person and im truly sorry that we got off on the wrong footing. but i would like to ask you a question if i may??? firstly i'd like to say that if someone has reported you, in what way do they let you know? is it via an email? or have they got somewhere on here that tells you?? as i would like to check this out to see if they have done the same to me. and secondly, i feel that if someone has got a problem with who-ever and feels the need to report them, then it should not be shielded by the site and the person should be brave enough to disscuss it and talk it through and certainly not be allowed to hide behind closed doors as i feel that this kind of behaviour could happen to any inocent member on here for no good reason. Concerned :o :o Tracey...

Dear whisperwolf, Can i please just say, as far as im concerned, there is NO ARGUMENT and there never was, it was a complete and utter missunderstanding, and once i had read the post to whom he was addressing it to, once more, i had fully understood exactly what he was saying and to be fair it was late at night but i did not expect an answer that was quite so blunt as it was, and in all fairness once again, SJ does not know me. I would also like to make this point VERY CLEAR I sincerely hope you don't think it was me that reported SJ cos im very new to this site and am still trying to navigate my way around it. i only found out yesterday how to use a thread and would not even know HOW to report you. YOU HAVE MY SINCERE WORD ON THAT... I haven't even got much knolledge of the pc yet. But there is one thing im very certain of and thats, if my daughters solicitor feels she needs representation by a solicitor then she will be given the very best chance she has, cos, she and me has a Mother have had a year of hell with this BULLY. Now can we please put this to bed and get on with the more finer and important things in life. like i said in an earlier post, NO HARD FEELINGS!!!XXX SJ PLEASE ACCEPT MY APPOLOGIES. :) PS, Can i just please say, this experience has certainly knocked my confidence and i will think twice before replying again. im not here to offend anyone and would rather do a good turn in life and certainly not a bad one!!!...

My appologies SJ, For replying to the wrong post but maybe if you was to address it to that person there would have been no mistake in who you were addressing the post to??? i felt your remarks were uncalled for and i was only taking a lighthearted view on things. but im quite sure i will manage with or without representation and will take advice on that nearer the time. i have an excellent employment law solicitor at present as i said earlier and maybe it won't even go to the tribunal day as many don't. Thanks for your comments though no hard feelings...

Thankyou for replying Michael, Thats why im in a panic cos i don't have the time to waste and quite frankly, dont want to loose out. I have no paperwork or details on them other than what is in my experian report. so do you think if i get this off in monday's post i will still stand a chance of getting in with this claim??? all i have is seven days. Thakyou for the address also, what would we do without people like yourself that are willing to give your time to help out. Thankyou so much!!! you don't know just how much i appreciate this. Kind Regards Tracey....

Thankyou for your reply, Im not entirely sure what you mean by it (typical dumb blonde ya see) sounds tooooo technical to me. Please be gentle with me when answering, very fragile and cower with harsh words.lol,lol:) :) ...

Hi to you all, Im sooooo sorry to be a pain but could someone just give me some help please, im so bogged down with all the abbreviations and all that i have to do to claim back my bank charges. I have read most of the glossary's and most of the technical stuff but im slow to learn plus dont know a great deal about the pc either, but time is running out fast on one of my defaults. I will have the time to study everything on here for my other creditors but not for this one. My dilemma is, I have a default on my experian report with Barclays Credit Card/Store Card. the details are as follows: the card started on the 26/9/00, and defaulted on 28/2/02, the debt is all paid up and satisfied. Can i still claim on this and does the claim have to be in before the 26th of this month??? will i be in time for this still??? and does anyone know what address i send this to??? as time is closing in. also could someone kindly tell me what letter i need to send first to get the ball rolling pretty quick??? (IF I CAN CLAIM ON THIS STILL) HUGE THANK YOU!!! To anyone in advance for any,any,any. HELP with this. Tracey..... :)

Im in the throws of a employment tribunal as we speak and have just got my paperwork out to double check and from(offence to claim) there is a 30 day period only to make your claim to them and if there is so many of us on here with so many different spec's on this?? is there anyone out there that can clarify cos even im confused now??? :confused:

THIS IS THE BEST ADVICE EVER, THAT ANYONE SHOULD FOLLOW. THIS PERSON IS SPOT-ON!!! TAKE NOTE!!! ALL. :)

Hi, Mistermind, Im not sure if this will be of any help to you but my daughter is in the throws of an employment tribunal as we speak for exactly the same reasons as yourself. This is the route we have gone down and have found it extreamly helpfull has we had no knolledge either. Telephone the Community Legal Services on 0845-3454345, they will go through your details and tell you firstly if you are entitled to any legal aid, if you are (which we were) then they will give you two hours of legal advice on your individual case with either a legal advisor, solicitor or trainee solicitor and will then do all the legal representation (letter writing) on your behalf, up to the point of the tribunal day cos like any company they won't represent you in court, thats up to you to then choose your own representation. In my Daughters case, im going to represent her. By the way, when you ring the above number, they are just the call centre for the assessment of legal aid, they then use about five different company's of legal advisors, our's is Capita and they are brilliant. We have fully trained solicitor of many years experience. To find these people all we did was type into google (employment tribunals) and it came up with some very informative sites. Hope this may have been of some use or help to you. Keep us posted. Good Luck!!! Tracey... :) PS, Please exuse any spelling mistakes. pps, have just seen the date of this post and feel that this info maybe too late for you. SORRY!!!!!!!!!....

Hi All, I have a Barclaycard that was defaulted on the 28/02/02 and i paid it up in full in april 2004 it's still showing on my Experian report and have just obtained an account number for this from experian has i no longer have any paperwork for this. I think, but can't be sure that i had to pay the money to a debt recovery firm via giro slips into barclay's bank. My question is, can i still make a claim on this and who to??? the debt recovery firm or straight to barclay's themselves. Thankyou!!!... GREAT WORK YOU ARE ALL DOING ON HERE!!!... :)

Im new to all this and hope im in the right place???. Just wanted to say hi to everyone in the consumer action group. I came on to find out more about getting these bank charges back in my purse and i guess i will have to look up some info on divorce further down the line cos since joining this site i can't stay off of it and never see the old man anymore. lol,lol my friends are sick of hearing me go on about it, it's fantastic!!! and thanks to all you that are making it possible.xx