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The claim includes statutory interest under S.69 of the County Courts Act 1984 at a rate of 8% per annum from the date of assignment to the date of the issue of these proceedings in the sum of £49.15 The Claimant claims the sum of £972 What is the total value of the claim? £1112 Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? I dont know the details of the PAPDC to know if it was pursuant to paragraph 3, but I did receive a Letter of Claim with a questionaire/form to fill. Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred? No Is the claim for - a Bank Account (Overdraft) or credit card or loan or catalogue or mobile phone account? Credit Card When did you enter into the original agreement before or after April 2007 ? no Do you recall how you entered into the agreement...On line /In branch/By post ? Online Is the debt showing on your credit reference files (Experian/Equifax /Etc...) ? Yes Has the claim been issued by the original creditor or was the account assigned and it is the Debt purchaser who has issued the claim. Assigned/purchaser Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? I was aware, I'm not certain I received a 'Notice of Assignment' from Capital One but may have been informed the account had been sold without such a title on the letter? Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? Yes Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ? Not since the debt purchase, and not from Capital One. Why did you cease payments? I can't remember - it was the tail end of the pandemic and I may not have had enough income to keep up payments - I am self-employed and work in the event industry - at that time. I also had a bank account that didn't allow direct debits and may have just forgotten payments and became annoyed at fines for late payments. What was the date of your last payment? Appears to be 20/4/2022 Was there a dispute with the original creditor that remains unresolved? No Did you communicate any financial problems to the original creditor and make any attempt to enter into a debt management plan? No Here is my Defence: Defence - 1. The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are vague and generic in nature. The Defendant accordingly sets out its case below and relies on CPR r 16.5 (3) in relation to any particular allegation to which a specific response has not been made. 2. Paragraph 1 is noted. I have in the past had an agreement with Capital One but do not recognise this specific account number or recollect any outstanding debt and have therefore requested clarification by way of a CPR 31.14 and section 78 request.. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. I am unaware of having been served with a Default Notice pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. I am unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment pursuant to the Law and Property Act 1925 Section 136(1) 5. The Defendant has sent a request by way of a section 78 pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act 1974, for a copy of the agreement, the Claimant has yet to comply and remains in default of said request. 6. A further request has been made via CPR 31.14 to the Claimants solicitor, requesting disclosure of documents on which the Claimant is basing their claim. The Claimant has not complied and to date nothing has been received. 7. It is therefore not accepted with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant and the Claimant is put to strict proof to: a) show how the Defendant has entered into an agreement and; b) show how the Claimant has reached the amount claimed for and; c) show the nature of the breach and evidence by way of a Default Notice pursuant to sec 88 CCA1974 d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim 8. As per Civil Procedure 16.5 it is expected that the claimants prove the allegation that the money is owed 9. On the alternative, as the Claimant is an assignee of a debt, it is denied that the Claimant has the right to lay a claim due to contraventions of section 136 of the Law of Property Act and section 82A of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 10. By reasons of the facts and matters set out above, it is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief. .................. Please note that I had to write a defence quite quickly as I hit the deadline. At the time of writing the defence, I hadn't been able to find correspondence from Capital One, but had since found default letter etc. I submitted CCA request and CPR 31.14. However, I didn't get any proof of postage or use registered post for the CPR (an oversight) but did with the CCA request. I received a pack which included a letter from Overdales, going over the defence I'd filed, as well as letters of Lowells and reprints of letters from Capital One. But I have no idea if this pack is in response to the CCA request or the CPR ! I would have expected two separate responses ... although I do know they are both the same company. Looking over the pack today, and looking through old emails .. I find some discrepancies in the Capital One default letters (notice of default and Claim of default). They are both dated *before* an email I have stating that a default can be avoided. The one single page of agreement sent (so not the full agreement) has a 16 digit number at the top in small print, next to 'Capital One' which corresponds to a number called 'PURN' printed at the top of each of the 10 pages of ins and outs of the account (they're not official statements, but a list of monthly goings) yet no mention anywhere on either of the account number. I cant really scan them at the moment - I can later tomorrow, but that will be after the mediation call I'm sure. I guess I may be on my own for this mediation ... I am not certain the CCA request has been satisfied .. or if the CPR has been . And then I appear to have evidence that the Default notices provided are fabricated ? Yet, I do have (elsewhere ... not at home) Default letters from Capital One I can check ..
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Ok, so say for instance the car was indeed fault free when it was purchased and the seller was telling the truth, the buyer went down the road and hit the kerb resulting in the problem discribed. The buyer then claims the car has a problem, without telling the seller about hitting the kurrb. It would be for the buyer to prove it had this unroadworthy fault prior to purchase.

 

Unfortunatly unless the fault was due to wear and tear making it unroadworthy then even an Independant Inspection could not state when the problem first came about.

 

I,m not being arguementitive here, just giving advice which after all was what was initially asked for.

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I understand that, but this is where the balance of probabilities comes into it and other elements, such as seller's other feedbacks on car selling (Ooops, not looking good for him there!), his response when notified of the problem, etc... And yes, it could be sod's law that something happened after buyer drove off, it does happen, but that would be down to the judge to decide, as I said before.
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Hi, Thankyou all for your replies very very helpful! .. Here's an update;

 

The person who also left him, feedback did not reply to my message unfortunately.

The seller sent me this message;.. please withdraw the bad feedback you left and il withdraw mine as your the one thats loseing your 100% feedback worh thinking about thanks

i replied as follows;.. no sorry i have lost a lot of money as this car is undriveable and dangerous, the MOT will be investigated and i will be speaking to your local trading standards agency, and tax office unless you make arrangements to refund in full and collect the car. only then i will consider withdrawing the feedback, i am not fussed at the feedback you left me.

I have doubts that this car passed an MOT a week before picking up the car. i will now contact the garage it was serviced at and to see if they can cast any light on it..

The seller has not replied to the letter that my local TSA told me to send him and i want to check the MOT and speak to his local TSA and maybe even Tax office? before i take this any further as i cannot afford to lose on court expences, (i am a full time apperentice roofing apperentice supporting my fiance' and our 5 month old baby). Which brings me to the next potential problem (if i was to win the case) could i end up with him paying me small monthy payments? In addition to the loan re-payments i have to make for this car i must also now find another car :(. Thanks again for all of your help, much appericiated.

 

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Complaining to the Tax office won't help you - indeed if he does owe tax on his additional income, and charge him for it - it takes precedence over any claim YOU have, and he will not be in a position to repay you. Yes, he can ask for time to pay (this is assuming you win) and £50 per month over the next 2 years is a possibility!

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They amount he pays will be upto the court. However if you explain to the court fully your circumstances they will probably order he pay as much as much as he can or you could request an oral examination after he has completed an income form.

 

There's a long way to go before it gets into court & in the meantime he might come to his senses & repay you as even if he only has an unpaid CCJ against him then he's going to find it difficult to move on his life

 

Once he realizes you mean business & the effect it will have on him if he doesn't he may just repay you

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He may claim he can't afford but he could then be summoned, at the claimants request, to an oral hearing where if he tells porkies to answers of the court he would be guilty of perjury.........more than one way to skin a cat

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First off I would start to do things in a proper manner if not already done so. Like for instance; sending a letter before action,

conducting negotiations to settle this claim without court proceedings

 

Please bear in mind however that even though you have filed for Small Claims this is not yet set a track and the Judge may ask for a pre-hearing trial before deciding this. He/she is likely also give both parties directions. i.e. Independant Inspection.

 

I think you need to get your case in order as the points you make about the MOT, Trading Standards, Tax Office will not help you in your case. All these people will give you advice be it right or wrong for you, however, they protect the position in terms of there individual Laws and will not act in a way to support your case directly. You can refer the findings to the court in support of your case, but these things take forever.

 

Fees

 

When you make a claim you will have to pay a court fee. (Correct me if I am wrong)

 

If you are claiming:

 

Up to £300 £30 fee

£301 to £500 £50 fee

£501 to £1000 £80 fee

£1001 to £5000 £120 fee

 

This is what I would do. Gather your facts, Send a letter recorded delivery giving 14 days to reply. No reply with satisfactory resolution? Then fill in a claim form (N1) and make a copy for each defendant and the courts.

 

Don't worry to much at this stage as the defendant has 14 days to reply to the claim form.

 

At anytime you need a little extra time then submit a stay of proceedings and the reason why.

 

You really need to stop communicating through eBay and stop messing around and show him you are for real without empty threats. Until you do this then persoanlly I think your chances of a refund are slim.

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Actually, the fees changed a few months back:

 

up to £300

£30

£300.01 – £500

£45

£500.01 – £1,000

£65

£1,000.01 – £1,500

£75

£1,500.01 – £3,000

£85

 

£3,000.01 – £5,000

£108

 

 

See here:

Fees

s.14 for possibility of exemption or remission.

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As a connisseur of bangers of the highest order (with 27 years driving experience of some of the finest examples of jalopies) I suggest that one of the wheels simply needs balancing or at worst a wheel bearing may need replaced.

 

You can get this done or checked for buttons at any tyre place, like Kwikfit or ATS.

 

Other pearls of oil stained wisdom:

 

1) Never buy or bid on a car without actually driving it first, at speed with the engine hot.

 

(Assuming you know what you are on about. Buying cars off Ebay or any auction is asking for trouble, unless you really know about cars or are prepared to take a gamble.)

 

2) Never buy a car with more wheels than seats

 

3) Green cars bring bad luck and red cars cost more to insure.

 

Before you do anything, get the wheel balancing checked. If the wheels are out of balance, they can do nothing but vibrate at speed.

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Oh yes, I do like my bangers!

 

Model Owned Price paid

 

 

1959 Austin A35 1980-81 (£10)

 

1964 Austin-Healey Sprite 1981-82 (£175)

 

1963 Austin-Healey Sprite 1982-83 (£150)

 

1972 MG Midget 1982 (£75)

 

1969 Triumph Vitesse 1983-4 (£200)

 

1969 Triumph GT6 1984-5 (£200)

 

1973 Triumph Spitfire 1985-7 (£250)

 

1972 Triumph 1500 1985 (£45)

 

1971 Triumph 2000TC 1985-92 (£145)

 

1981 Triumph TR7 1992-99 (£750)

 

1980 Triumph Dolomite Sprint 1999- present (£1000)

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My 1st car was an E type:D ......................A Morris E type:rolleyes:

 

It even had cruise control............a dam great knob on the dash that you turned to increase the throttle:-D

 

It also had air con....................a bottom opening windscreen:-D

 

It had 4 inbuilt hydraulic jacks (1 in each corner).................but cable brakes:eek:

 

The headlight dip switch was on the steering wheel.................& the starter was a dip type switch on the floor. Could start it whilst shouting "look no hands":-D

 

Happy days

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Bunch of hippies:eek: I'll have you know BW that I was a teddy boy long before I was a hippy (changed habits because of all that free lurv) & had you noted my 1st car your would have realized it.........was a 1939 model

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Jon- interesting your Morris had built in hydraulic jacks. About ten years ago one of our local scrapyards was having a clear out. Basically he was closing down and get rid of everything.

 

In the middle of the vast yard, (where he had started piling up scrap cars just after the War) was a pile of 1920s/30s cars, vans, tractors, steam rollers, ex-RAF WW2 radar equipment, a narrow gauge steam loco from the local gas works and half a Halifax bomber.

 

At the top was a Wolseley of the same vintage as your Morris.

 

I climbed up this mountain of stuff to have a look and spotted the built in jacks. You just reminded me.

 

Under what was left of the carpet was a copy of the Belfast Telegraph dated 1947. The Wolseley must have been perched on the top of this pile since you were driving your Morris E Type!

 

The next time I called by, the collection of 1930s cars, vans and steam rollers was gone. I hope they found good homes.

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May I repeat some advice that I received from a QC some years ago - sue on a point of money, not a point of principle. If you don't think that you will get any judgement paid, then don't throw good money after bad.

 

Having said that , you may be able to register a judgement (on the basis of misrepresentation or sales description) and then apply to garnish his Paypal account. This requires that you find a UK address for Paypal to be effective though. A court garnish is a direction to divert funds issued to the holder of those funds (usually a bank or other debtor to the defendant). The garnish is only effective on the day it is served, so you need some luck on your side as well.

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