HilaryFrances v Yorkshire Bank (Leeds)

[olden]

Listen hils, I will be the same as you, I will be so scared just the thought of going in to a court room is enough to render me speechless:eek: val xx

[Castlebest]

Dont be daft there is nothing to worry about, just watch whats happening and listen to whats being said and when the time comes if you get a chance say your piece

 

pete

[olden]

many thanks castle I was going to read the skeleton argument, am writing a separate bit with a bit ore circumstances?

[hilaryfrances]

YAWN! do you think the judge has forgotten about me? I have not heard from him yet as to if he is going to lift the stay or not! Must be a slow thinker!

[Castlebest]

Same here hill's my hearing was the 8th Oct, I poned the court and the file is still with my judge

 

pete

[olden]

Hi Hils and Castle I don't know if you read my oral hearing outcome in Cardiff CC ? I posted it over on mine (olden v Barclays bank) and one of the others ? if you can't locate I will paste it here, basically we did not get the stay lifted, and it seems the courts have been insructed not to lift any stays, nothing is going to happen until after the OFT case.

[hilaryfrances]

Well speak of the devil!!!! my judgement came through yesterday.....Case dismissed as were all the other cases heard at the same time. Cant say I am shocked at the outcome though

[caro]

As you said, hardly a surprise but I really don't see any stays being removed now.

 

Well at least you still have an excuse to stay with CAG for a while.

[olden]

Hi yes Hils it is such a disappointment, after all the hard work, we are still trying to get more MPs involved, I am waiting to here again from Jessica Morden who has admitted she and the group she calls 'Cross party support group' think it is unfair and one sided, and we hope they will address parliament on this issue. I have asked her how many MPs are involved and she going to get back to me, if she takes more than 2 weeks

I can arrange a meeting at her surgery.

 

WE need more MPs

[caro]

I agree the campaign to get MP's is important to continue, but it was disappointing when CAG wrote to all MP's earlier in the year after the Whistleblower programme, that only Andrew George met with BF and Yoda.

 

My MP is James Plaskitt, who I met, but although he wrote a letter to the OFT did little else. Pretty poor considering he was on the Treasury Select Committee and interviewed Sir Fred Goodwin (the transcript can be found in the CAG library - I think it may be part of the court bundle). You can't help but ask why MP's are not asking loads of questions about our issues given the size of the rebellion against the banks. Should they be more concerned about looking after voters or worrying about powerful institutions.

[hilaryfrances]

good point, I shall contact my mp, ( I am sure he will be sick of me!) He always responds to e-mails, so I will give him a nudge.

[olden]

That is one of the things I have never been able to understand, the whole situation involving what is tantamount to breaking the law, being consistently ignored. There is definately a conspiracy with the OFT, FSA, FOS, supporting the Banks and thats exactly what the government want. Why is there no one powerful enough to stand up for the consumer?

[Castlebest]

Hill's did you get the Carslile v Clydesdale directions with your stay? i.e they cant chase you for the "debt" while the stay is in place?

 

pete

[hilaryfrances]

yes but as I dont owe them any money or bank with them any more it makes no matter. I made a couple of mistakes in my bundle and I did not make it clear that the financial difficulties we went through were because the YB took so much of our money, (my entire salary one month,) The judge thought things were tight because I had lost my job. My fault I did not make things clearer but I doubt if it would have made much difference

[Castlebest]

I know of one case where the claimant proved his case for hardship in court and got a court date for his claim only to have the bank appeal against it and the stay put back

 

the only comfort are the Carlisle v Clydesdale directions (if you still owe the bank money) and the statutory interest which is building on your claim value

 

pete

[caro]

Hils will get a bally fortune in interest the time her claim has been going on!