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    • No hard or fast rules ...if you have referred to it or intend to refer to it and rely on a document as evidence it goes on the list as an exhibit. No you can raise that within your statement but remember that sec 69 is at the discretion of the court a judge may allow the full amount claimed or reduce it to a lower % or none at all. Yes the claimant must serve their N265 on you...any document on theirs that you do not have you can request a copy and then use in your statement. Will it assist your defence ?
    • Hi all, I have previously been helped by the wonderful people on these forums, which helped me out of debt and to a much stronger position that I am in today, for which I am eternally grateful. My debts were all cleared, I now have no debt (apart from a mortgage) and an excellent credit file. I did also show my gratitude with a donation, which even if it helps just one other person out of spiralling debt, it would have been worth it. Sadly, my elderly parents did also run up some debts a few years ago, some through loans and some through credit cards. A few years ago, my father had a medical episode which has left him paralysed on one side of his body and now is confined to a wheelchair, and is pretty much non verbal (he can only manage a handful of words, and gets confused easily). I'm seriously not sure how far any County Court Action would get against him due to his current state, if any of the DCAs were to proceed down that route. Luckily nonw have tried, but can only think that any action would be discontinued by a judge. Before his medical episode he did set up a payment plan with some of the DCAs that were chasing him, which have continused being paid to this day from his bank account. They are literally minimum amounts, but obviously these actions have kept those debts current. However, some of the other debts have since become statutory barred due to the time elapsed since the last COA. My mum does have Power of Attorney over his financial affairs so can act on his behalf, with me as backup if god forbid anything happens to my mum. Their wills are set up for everything to go to the other should either of them pass away, and then to their children upon the passing of both of them, with myself being named as the executor on both of their wills. I have recently been reading up on the role of an executor, and part of the duties is to pay any outstanding liabilities before distributing the remainder of the estate. I have seen, in several instances, of a recommendation of posting about any death in the local newspaper column and the gazette to limit any future liabilities as executor in case of any debts that are unknown to myself. But this does lead me onto the debts I do know about. Am I right in thinking that the current debts that my dad has been making token payments on would have to be repaid in full to the DCAs upon his death? If that is the case, is it worth negotiating a full and final settlement, with a discount, on his behalf now? And with the debts that are statutory barred, am I correct in presuming that they would not need to be paid upon my dad's death as they wouldn't be legally enforcable in court? Thanks in advance for all of your help!
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Yes, but you don't need to acknowledge the claim just yet. You have 14 days to do that -although obviously you don't want to leave it until the last minute. Just get the letters sent for now.

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Update.....just received a phone call from Weightmans. They had spoken to HFC who said that they had not received any letter or correspondence regarding my SAR & wasn't aware of any dispute.

 

I told them that I have proof that my SAR was signed for on xxxxxx & I have received a partial response from HFC.....

 

They said 'Oh', I can't understand why HFC have said that then.

 

I said 'not my problem'. Weightmans are going to speak to HFC & get back to me....

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I find this very strange....yesterday they said that they had/were issuing legal proceedings and didn't have to speak to HFC. Today they have spoken to HFC and then rang me to discuss it.......what they playing at??

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It would appear to have dawned on them that a judge would not be overly impressed by their conduct if they failed to even contact their client as to whether a dispute exists when they have been informed by you that one does.

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Is it 14 days from date of issue to acknowledge the claim,

No. It's 14 days fom date of service. Date of service is the date that you received the claim.

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Unless they want to drop the case.

 

Generally I don't advise people to speak to solicitors as they are not representing you, they are representing the best interests of their client and are very far from your friend. Really we need communication to be in writing so that we have a record of it which is admissable and to ensure that any communication is perfectly clear and can not be misunderstood in any way.

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You can acknowledge them whenever you like as long as it's within the 14 days (although you need to allow a couple of days for processing).

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I think it's best if you defend in full.

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It makes it more difficult for them if you defend in full. By only partially defending you will have to admit that you owe x amount of money. While you are not trying to avoid paying what you do owe you don't want to make life any easier for them.

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Right....I thought that you defend in full if you don't agree that you owe the money and partially defend if you owe money but not the figure they are claiming, which is my case :o

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Well ideally you want their case thrown out which is why you are defending in full.

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Excellent I will log on tomorrow morning & acknowledge the forms.

 

Rory, im sorry to drive you mad, but if I defend in full is it not saying that I don't owe them any money. I have never been in this situation before & am so nervous.

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but if I defend in full is it not saying that I don't owe them any money.

No. You are just placing the emphasis fully on them to prove that any amount is owed. If the admitted amount was below £5K then it would possibly be worth making a partial defence and moving the claim into small claims. However a partial defence may still result in a CCJ. At the moment we want to see what they supply in terms of documents (if they don't supply anything then all the better as this will annoy the judge) and ideally avoid the CCJ in its entirety.

 

I understand that you are nervous so don't worry about asking questions. After all it's your claim to defend and you must be comfortable with what you are doing - if you don't understand why you are doing something obviously you won't be comfortable with it.

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No. You are just placing the emphasis fully on them to prove that any amount is owed. If the admitted amount was below £5K then it would possibly be worth making a partial defence and moving the claim into small claims. However a partial defence may still result in a CCJ. At the moment we want to see what they supply in terms of documents (if they don't supply anything then all the better as this will annoy the judge) and ideally avoid the CCJ in its entirety.

 

I understand that you are nervous so don't worry about asking questions. After all it's your claim to defend and you must be comfortable with what you are doing - if you don't understand why you are doing something obviously you won't be comfortable with it.

 

Thanks Rory I now understand why a full defence is better.....I just got a little worried about it earlier as I thought if I fully defend the claim & it goes to court would the judge not think that I have been wasting time when I knew that I owed money to them and I would be asked the question ' why did you fully defend when you knew that you owed money to HFC in the first place.

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I am currently on the website acknowledging the claim forms now & want to defend. Is it just the acknowledgement of service form I click on?....what happens next?

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You wait to see what they send in response to your request for information. If they don't send you anything or state that they don't need to supply anything then don't panick. It's actually to your advantage if they take this approach as it will annoy the judge.

 

You'll want to send in your defence a few days before the actual due date, so when it gets close to this time let me know.

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