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    • The property was our family home.  A fixed low rate btl/ development loan was given (last century!). It was derelict. Did it up/ was rented out for a while.  Then moved in/out over the years (mostly around school)  It was a mix of rental and family home. The ad-hoc rents covered the loan amply.  Nowadays  banks don't allow such a mix.  (I have written this before.) Problems started when the lease was extended and needed to re-mortgage to cover the expense.  Wanted another btl.  Got a tenant in situ. Was located elsewhere (work). A broker found a btl lender, they reneged.  Broker didn't find another btl loan.  The tenant was paying enough to cover the proposed annual btl mortgage in 4 months. The broker gave up trying to find another.  I ended up on a bridge and this disastrous path.  (I have raised previous issues about the broker) Not sure what you mean by 'split'.  The property was always leasehold with a separate freeholder  The freeholder eventually sold the fh to another entity by private agreement (the trust) but it's always been separate.  That's quite normal.  One can't merge titles - unless lease runs out/ is forfeited and new one is not created/ granted. The bridge lender had a special condition in loan offer - their own lawyer had to check title first.  Check that lease wasn't onerous and there was nothing that would affect good saleability.  The lawyer (that got sacked for dishonesty) signed off the loan on the basis the lease and title was good and clean.  The same law firm then tried to complain the lease clauses were onerous and the lease too short, even though the loan was to cover a 90y lease extension!! 
    • Northmonk forget what I said about your Notice to Hirer being the best I have seen . Though it  still may be  it is not good enough to comply with PoFA. Before looking at the NTH, we can look at the original Notice to Keeper. That is not compliant. First the period of parking as sated on their PCN is not actually the period of parking but a misstatement  since it is only the arrival and departure times of your vehicle. The parking period  is exactly that -ie the time youwere actually parked in a parking spot.  If you have to drive around to find a place to park the act of driving means that you couldn't have been parked at the same time. Likewise when you left the parking place and drove to the exit that could not be describes as parking either. So the first fail is  failing to specify the parking period. Section9 [2][a] In S9[2][f] the Act states  (ii)the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver, the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid; Your PCN fails to mention the words in parentheses despite Section 9 [2]starting by saying "The notice must—..." As the Notice to Keeper fails to comply with the Act,  it follows that the Notice to Hirer cannot be pursued as they couldn't get the NTH compliant. Even if the the NTH was adjudged  as not  being affected by the non compliance of the NTK, the Notice to Hirer is itself not compliant with the Act. Once again the PCN fails to get the parking period correct. That alone is enough to have the claim dismissed as the PCN fails to comply with PoFA. Second S14 [5] states " (5)The notice to Hirer must— (a)inform the hirer that by virtue of this paragraph any unpaid parking charges (being parking charges specified in the notice to keeper) may be recovered from the hirer; ON their NTH , NPE claim "The driver of the above vehicle is liable ........" when the driver is not liable at all, only the hirer is liable. The driver and the hirer may be different people, but with a NTH, only the hirer is liable so to demand the driver pay the charge  fails to comply with PoFA and so the NPE claim must fail. I seem to remember that you have confirmed you received a copy of the original PCN sent to  the Hire company plus copies of the contract you have with the Hire company and the agreement that you are responsible for breaches of the Law etc. If not then you can add those fails too.
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    • I understand what you mean. But consider that part of the problem, and the frustration of those trying to help, is the way that questions are asked without context and without straight facts. A lot of effort was wasted discussing as a consumer issue before it was mentioned that the property was BTL. I don't think we have your history with this property. Were you the freehold owner prior to this split? Did you buy the leasehold of one half? From a family member? How was that funded (earlier loan?). How long ago was it split? Have either of the leasehold halves changed hands since? I'm wondering if the split and the leashold/freehold arrangements were set up in a way that was OK when everyone was everyone was connected. But a way that makes the leasehold virtually unsaleable to an unrelated party.
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if they obtain a ccj it wil be enforceable in uK only as diffferent country different law. there is no communication between the bank of england and the banque de france, excetion in case they suspect fraud and etc...

 

however if the sum is very large they may be able to sure you abroad. if you are infrance you could find yourselves with an "interdit banquaire" they passed your detail which mean it will be very difficult for you to open a bank account, obtain credit , etc.... and beware charges are common over there too !!!

 

i doubt they will take this action as it is quite expensive for them to find you abraod sending demand etc...... .

 

for the adress it is quite easy to open a PO box in france.

 

however what they could do get a ccj in uk to your known last adress and when you get back start reclaiming the money.

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don't ignore them as . if i were you ask them a copy of the CCA , only cost 1 pounds, and start your letter with this I DO NOT ACKNOWLDEGE ANY DEBT OT YOUR COMPANY NOR ANY COMPANY THAT YOU CLAIM TO REPRESENT.

 

if you are in the process to have a CCJ yes then contest it as it is probable that they don't have the right paperwork adn so have their claim to be struck out.

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to know if your agreement is enforceable check this

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/debt-collectors-debt-collection/105315-my-agreement-enforceable-useful.html

 

however if you can scan it then do it but obviously remove all personal details. there is a lot of person far more knowledgeable than me who can help you .

 

if you request it and after 12 days you can legally withhold any payment to them. after one month they are in default. it put your account into dispute and they cannot enforce it nor passed it on to any third party until they have comply with your request.

 

it s quite useful i was able via the CCa route to have 2 debt squashed and i repaid some others at a greatly discounted price. when you are erquesting your CCA ask also for a deed of assignment if the debt has been sold to a DCA ( if it is not an absolute one then they cannot apply for a CCJ) good luck.

 

sorry for my typo lol

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botom up i would like to know i know someone close who was in the same situation but that never happened as they could not apply French law within an UK border . ( no pun intended, sorry lol )

 

to get a bankrupcy in france, you must constitute your file to the banque de france and as they have no communication betwen BOE and la banque de france and that an order of judgement has no value in france only within UK.

however and this is what i said previously, by ignoring this problem it could lead to CCJ, bankrupcy etc.. in Uk and when he /she will return then the problem will arise ther and then . this is what i advised to him to opn a PO box in france then ask for a CCA and start from there.

 

tuhe law to chase a debt into an other country are very complicated, and i think they will only doi it if a very large sum of money is owed.

 

i have some french friend with "interdit banquaire" which are opening bank account into an other country, such as belgium, germany, etc.. so they get acces to cheque book , debit card etc.... as ther is no communication between the banque de france.

 

bankrupcy in france is very harsh,. usually people are really struggling to havea bankaccount, no debit crd whatsoever if they get one ....

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yes dave they will need a physical adress but bankrupcy in france doesn;t happened automatically first they willneed to show if you can repay them abnd if yes how it will happened. once you made bankrupt you are in for 5 years with nocredit allowed etc....

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ihi bottomburrp i did not says that you comment were invalid. Having studied french lawi can tell you that english law cannot be enforcved in france as they have no JURISDICTION in France. so the bankrupcy can only be enforced in UK and that is it.

if they wish to chase the debt in france then they will have to comply with the french procedure which is not irrelevant as you may suggest, but rather expensive and legally complicated. he may get an interdit bancaire if he is been chased infrance for this debt. althgouh i doubt it very much they will go that far.

 

your friend mayhave a statutory demandbut it canonly beenforce in UK as far as know, as this taturotry demand was amde in Uk not infrance. howeve if the stat demand was made inf rance then well he has to comply with

 

the example you mention with the investigator well it is class as an unfair practice and may as well be seen as fraud...

 

 

 

however he mentined that he has tried to contact LLoyds toward his debt and he is getting ignored by them so a CCA will do very well in his case .however iof the debt ot trace him is too high then they simply write the debt oof as the status of limitation will apply. it is very rare unless the debt is really large 100k+,or the moeny was acquied by fraud theft tc...

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Exactly, the bankruptcy can be enforced in

 

I realise you are trying to be helpful but what you have said so far is really so wrong I would laugh if it wasn't for the fact that someone may take your advice and get seriously damaged because of it.

 

very constructive comment ..... may be you shoud revise your preconception and cliche a bit further before making sweeping statement on my ability to to tell him what i actually experience while living in france

 

Moreover I didn't know by suggesting to him that to ask for a CCA to see if they have any legal right to collect the debt was very funny and badly advised , so it could challenge them and negotiate properly a reduce settlement if he can !! i have never say as well that i was an expert on british law insolvency far from it.

 

if you have read carefully my post i did suggested that it was possible to enforce a statutory demand however you have chosen to overlook this fact ... i should have made myself a bit clearer ....

 

however that to trace the debt abroad will be , i think ,quite expensive things to do ... so i know for a fact that for small debt some company just decide to write it off. I have seen this by myself a lot of this going on when i was living in france. it may have change now perhaps.

i have seen also some rather large debt being pursue which is another thing.

 

however when he will open a bank account in france, the bak may, and i think they will, decide to contact his english bank to check his credit. i kjnwo this is what happened to me, both in Uk and in France. This is what i said, wait for it, to him don't ignore it !!!! as tghey coudl enforce it in Uk and if for whatewver reasonas to come bak ot live inUk it will have to face it.. but again this was overlook also.... i suggested even further that they may engage proceeding infrance by folowing the law , as i could not see englishlaw being enforce outside their jurisdiction i know european law can ... this was again overlook.... or maybe misread

 

i even mentioned that there is a lot of people far more knowledgeable than me..... and that he coudl sek their advise... i implied that my opinion is no legal advise but what i experienced personally myself, and trust me i know quite few people that i have actually done that with not so much problem.

 

i may get a backlash but well for the sake of this post for the purpose i willtell you my personal experience with debt contracted in france... when i was younger and very careless to say the least .. i contracted an overdraft. however as a student i couldn't repaid it so i moved back to UK. my french bank passed my file to the banque of france to get it "bankrupt". However i did receive some threat, phone call and letters . i choose to ignore them for quite a while. so after getting some advice ,i was told that i have two option i could choose to ignore it as it will be expensive for them t recoup what i actually owed or i coud make them a FUlland Final settlemnt which i did and they were not happy so they passed into the banque de france and to date well i haven't seen any kind of enforcement being placed while i was living in UK. they were threateming me with bailiff action as apparently they had a court order from a french court ( thisw was probably a lie fromthe french DCA) .... well iam still waiting of them to turn up after 20 years ... so you see it is not the cleverest things i have ever done far from it.

 

when i go bak to france, ihave met some peole who have doen just that , they met get letter but well they choose to ignoreit.. it is morally wrong i know .. but i am not their conscience and they know the risk if they to go back to live in UK .

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