New Claim (joint one)

[Carl Stevens]

Hi phoned barclays customer services and asked for previous statements going back 6 years on 7/3/06 sent 10/3/06 quiete fast. They charged £5 for the lot not bad really compared to their normal charges.

Sending my letter tomorrow 13/3/06 to the freepost address found in the library section along with a letter modified to be from both my wife and myself because its a joint account hope this wont matter. Will let you know how it goes fingers crossed now

[richardc]

Welcome. That's fine. Keep us posted.

[Carl Stevens]

Sent letter requesting repayment of unfair charges for 2000 they replied and said they would get back to me. 2 weeks later 31/3/05 a reply came saying they are acting in accordance with their t&c the charges were known about when opening the account and therefore acceptable. They then go on to say that they will make a goodwill gesture payment of 850 strange if they think they are in the right. How do they manage to pay themselves the costs at the same time they return a payment one rule for one and one rule for another. I shall send a letter before action as found in the library section. Am I being greedy. Has anyone had this amount paid back.

[richardc]

People have received that sort of money. Just keep focused and stick to your timetable.

[kaznelson]

Just keep the pressure up and submit a claim if they dont give you a full refund

[Carl Stevens]

We are sending the letter before action tomorrow 3/4/06 for the full amount 2065 ignoring the offer of approx 1/3. We shall use the prepaid and addressed envelope supplied to send our acceptance back in but go to the post office and pay for it to be signed for. so heres hoping.

[Carl Stevens]

Just received letter back from customer relations manager in only 2 days turnaround now withdrawing the offer of a goowill gesture payment and saying thats all they can do. Should I give them a courtesy call to give them a chance to pay up or just proceed with the claim. Have I blown it now or do you think by claiming we have a good case.

[kaznelson]

Its will probably be a complete waste of time. I phoned them and they said they would pass on the comments to their legal department. I then immediately submitted my claim.

[Carl Stevens]

Going to fill out the court forms to try and get our charges back the banks offer has been withdrawn now. Could you advise if it is just made out against Barclays bank plc and address where to get the court proceedings papers sent. aswell as this do we have to sue jointly because it is a joint account or can a single person sue on a joint account. dont want to mess up the form and lose case by default

[kaznelson]

You can claim just in one name & good luck

[Carl Stevens]

Filled in moneyclaim form and i am now issuing court proceedings only way to get the money back now.

[Carl Stevens]

Barclays sent summons 11/4/06 by moneyclaim they said it would assume it had been served on 15/4/06 will wait for response from them now.

[Carl Stevens]

Received reply from Barclays from their legal bod saying that they intend to defend the claim do they have to let me know now what their defence will be before the 28 days expires, and if they dont send anything do I file for judgement. Am a little confused how the thing goes from here

[Janet-M]

You will get a copy of their defence , don't be suprised if you get an offer soon after .

Can you let us know what their defence says please.

[Carl Stevens]

Do I need a copy of manual interventions to use if the case goes to court or is it an extra weapon in the armoury against the bank. I have not asked for these because mine have all been for returned direct debits, paid referalls, and going over the overdraft limit. I notice that the bank manages to pay itself despite the account being over the limit but cant pay other people surely that cant be right either

[Carl Stevens]

how do I go about putting my claim number on the litigation section have this barclays one to do plus standard Life Bank

[johnfower]

You need to PM the details to dave or bankfoder, they can add the claim. Good luck! I'm just starting one with Barclays, finishing one with Abbey and starting one with Barclaycard.

[Carl Stevens]

At present Barclays have acknowledged and stated their intention to defend the case on 12th April is it 14 days from then that I can file for judgement if i dont hear anything or is it 28 days from acknowledgement, Im not to sure about this. Goodluck to all who are ahead of in in the chain of claiming.

[johnfower]

Its 28 days from the date of which you issued your claim. Abbey waited right up until the last day. When they went to enter defence, thats when they sent me a letter offering me 50%. Am sure Barclays will do the same.

[kaznelson]

There a few of us about who have just received Defences from Barclays, and yes they left it to the very last day to do so!!

[Carl Stevens]

My claim was acknowledged on 12/4/06 so I make D day for defence 10/5/06 they only said at the time that they intended to defend the case on the note back from moneyclaim. Good luck everyone whos before me.

[exBarclaysBanker]

Hey, im a little bit behind you, (claim acknowledged by Barclays on 18th April) So I will be watching your thread anxiously. Good Luck and keep us posted!

[Carl Stevens]

Just a few anxious days to go now. If they fail to respond to moneyclaim by sending the reply to them can I file for judgement the next day or do i need to wait a couple of days for the post to get to moneyclaim or do they have to take posting into consideration of the 28 days

[kaznelson]

No you can file for Judgement straight away but Barclays have the habit of filing on the very last day, just to keep you waiting!

[Carl Stevens]

Does barclays defence have to arrive at moneyclaim by the 28th day or from them to me before i can make a claim for judgement.