Received a court claim from Bryan Carter Solicitors **WON THEY GAVE UP**

[DoubleVee]

Hi all. Just thought I'd let you all know that I've just been and posted my defence forms off this morning. Later than I'd planned but I've been working away.

 

Just to clarify, I was only supposed to send form NB9 and my defence attached to it?

[pt2537]

N9B and the defence as posted is all you need to send to the court.

 

the court will send the copy of the defence to the claimant

[DoubleVee]

Thanks mate!! I'll let you know the outcome.

[DoubleVee]

:o

 

Just received a Notice of Discontinuance from Bryan Carters Solicitors!!!! :grin::grin::grin:

 

Is that the end of the matter now?

[pt2537]

:o

 

Just received a Notice of Discontinuance from Bryan Carters Solicitors!!!! :grin::grin::grin:

 

Is that the end of the matter now?

 

well thats about the size of it yep,

 

pretty much game over, as we said it would be;)

 

Congrats

[DoubleVee]

well thats about the size of it yep,

 

pretty much game over, as we said it would be;)

 

Congrats

 

Will I hear anything more of this debt though? Will they try and pursue me further down the line?

 

I can't thank you enough mate!! You've saved me so much hastle and money. I dread to think of the mess I'd been in if I'd have just paid the £229 the day I received the claim form. Thanks!

[pt2537]

i cant really say what they will do next, BUT if they try to start legal action again , send the court a copy of the claim form from now along with the notice of discontinuance and report them for breaching the CPR as they need to permission of the court before they can bring a claim on the same material facts as before

 

and i doubt the court will let them after they have so badly pooched this case

[patrickq1]

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR important law assignment

PT

PATRICKQ1

[The GodMother]

Well done DV Glad u got the decision you should have had.

[citizenB]

Congratulations DV

[jaybee24uk]

Hello,

 

I'm in the same boat, same company and more or less the same amount involved.

 

To be honest I can't even remember even having this littlewoods account, and if I did it would have been pre 2000.

 

The letters I get don't even have my middle name on them, when I apply for credit I always use my full name as that's what is on the deed poll.

 

I'll follow the advice given here, and let you know what happens.

[aloysiush]

You should report any intances of this firm not suing for the full amount to the OFT and SRA. The conduct is outrageous and unbefitting. It is unlawful. They should bring all their clients claim at the same time and they know that. There is plenty of Court of Appeal and House of Lords cases to confirm this. What are they intending to do? Sue on multiple actions and collect costs each time. I suppose they are instructed by a DCA and work from the same address like lots of these 'solicitors'. Some of these firms (maybe not these) have DCA staff working in them, holding themselves out as being employed by the solicitors. Tell the court as well. This is oppressive.

[citizenB]

aloysiush, Bryan Carter is notorious for this practice, Even though lots of people on the forums have reported him, he still continues .

[aloysiush]

Perhaps one way to deal is to pay the small claim and tell him to sod off when he asks for the balance. He will then be sued for negligence by his client for the balance you do not pay - he will soon be out of business, if he does it at scale (he wll be insured), because his indemnity insurers will get sick to death with the claims.

 

This will take a big effort and he is playing a numbers game. Perhaps people should write to the OFT and complain about his clients (the claimants on the POC) as this is against OFT guidelines on debt collection. The clients will not know he is doing this and if the OFT investigate, they will see the problem is at scale.

[citizenB]

Perhaps one way to deal is to pay the small claim and tell him to sod off when he asks for the balance. He will then be sued for negligence by his client for the balance you do not pay - he will soon be out of business, if he does it at scale (he wll be insured), because his indemnity insurers will get sick to death with the claims.

 

This will take a big effort and he is playing a numbers game. Perhaps people should write to the OFT and complain about his clients (the claimants on the POC) as this is against OFT guidelines on debt collection. The clients will not know he is doing this and if the OFT investigate, they will see the problem is at scale.

 

Brilliant idea. Bryan Carter victims... take note

[questioning]

Perhaps one way to deal is to pay the small claim and tell him to sod off when he asks for the balance.

 

This is exactly why I decided not to get the CCJ that my OH got from BC's set aside. At the time of the claim we wondered why it was only for a partial amount, they won by default, (I didn't know about this site then & all the power you could gain from the knowledge here)

After a long thread on here I decided with help from poster Joncris, it was his idea to leave the CCJ as it was satisfied and use it as a complete defence to BC coming back for the rest.

BC tried calling us twice after a couple of letters asking for the remaining balance, when I said put it in writing they eventually agreed, how ever they never put it in writing, they claimed they sent us more letters but they didn't. They really wanted to speak to hubby on the phone. When I again said put it in writing they asked why, I said so we could show the letter to a court. Since then, which was march I think we haven't heard another thing. No calls or letters.

We are ready and waiting Brian! In away i thank him, his greediness becomes our benefit, hopefully. We took over a year to pay his costs on the CCJ, i paid bailiffs who were really alright when I had a spare tenner now and again.

Hope these experiences with BC help others! Well done Doublevee and of course pt2537, who came to the rescue as usual.