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    • 05.05.24 Ever so sorry if I have entered this in the wrong part of this website.   My grandfather is in his 70's and retired.  He asked me to help him find a work pension that he was paying into when he was working. From 1967 - 1982 he worked for a Fabric Dying Company, Celanese, Spondon Derby UK. I have already used the GOV.uk Trace Pension Scheme. It listed a few pension companies : Akzo Nobel (CPS) Pension Scheme formerly Courtaulds Pension Scheme.  I do not fully understand how this works but I think this scheme is administer by a company called Willis Tower Watson. We have called this company, got through to the pension department submitted all my grandfather's details (D.O.B. , N.I. no. etc.) but that agent tells that they have no record of my grandfather and ask what is the name of the pension scheme. Here is the problem, his home was burgalled in 2005 and a briefcase which contained his legal documents was stolen. So he does not know who was the Pension Scheme company. I have a this phone number 01332 681 210 for Celanese but it just rings and never gets answered. So I am asking for help if anyone can tell us where we can try next. I am also hoping for a massive long shot that one of them members on this website, worked for or knows someone who worked for British Celanese Spondon Derby and could tell us of any pension company. Thanks for any help.
    • Well I sent them the letter of claim, the only responses so far was a few emails reopening the claims on the parcels where they asked for information such as proof of value (which I get) but other things like photos of the parcels, which I haven't got as I never took photos of them. It's been well over the 14 days since I sent the letter now anyway, so what do you think I should do now?
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    • Since you were stopped at the time there is no requirement for the police give you anything there and then or to send you anything before they have decided how to deal with the offence.  They have three choices: Offer you a course Offer you a fixed penalty (£100 and three points) Prosecute you in court  The only option that has a formal time limit is (3). They must begin court proceedings within six months of the date of the alleged offence. Options (1) and (2) have no time limit but since the only alternative the police have if you decline those offers is (3) they will not usually offer a course beyond three months from the date of the offence and will not usually offer a fixed penalty beyond four months from that date. This is so as to allow time for the driver to accept and comply with their offer and to give them the time to go to option (3) if he declines or ignores it.  Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, the action they take will usually be in accordance with the National Police Chiefs' Council's guidance on speeding enforcement. In a 40mph limit this is as follows Up to 45mph - no action. Between 46mph and 53mph - offer a course Between 54mph and 65mph - offer a fixed penalty Over 65mph - prosecution in court So you can see that 54mph should see you offered a fixed penalty. Three weeks is not overly long for a fixed penalty offer to arrive. As well as that, there has been Easter in that period which will have slowed things down a bit. However, I would suggest that if it gets to about two months from the offence date and you have still heard nohing, I would contact the ticket office for the area where you were stopped to see if anything has been sent to you. Of course this raises the danger that you might be "stirring the hornets' nest". But in all honesty, if the police have decided to take no action, you jogging their memory should not really influence them. The bigger danger, IMHO, is that your fixed penalty offer may have been sent but lost and if you do not respond it will lapse. This will see the police revert to option (3) above. Whilst there is a mechanism in these circumstances  to persuade the court to sentence you at the fixed penalty level (rather than in accordance with the normal guidelines which will see a harsher penalty), it relies on them believing you when you say you did not received an offer. In any case it is aggravation you could well do without so for the sake of a phone call, I'd enquire if it was me.  I think I've answered all your questions but if I can help further just let me know. Just a tip - if you are offered a fixed penalty be sure to submit your driving licence details as instructed. I've seen lots of instances where a driver has not done this. There will be no reminder and no second chance; your £100 will be refunded and the police will prosecute you through the courts.
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Hi all, I have been going through all the problems with the Personal Guarantees and i have the same problem with Natwest bank. i had a personal guarantee with the bank which was set up in 2004 in the amount of GBP 30,000. We had this for sometime and it was automatically renewed every year without signing anything, don't know if that is possible, i just saw the renewal fee debited in the account, and never got a copy of the Guarantee.

Business wasn't going very well for us and we needed a further overdraft to be able to pay our suppliers so we asked the bank for a further 30k for a period of 3 months. This would be repaid from the sale of some property we had already sold, but was not yet completed. The bank asked us for a letter from the lawyer organising the completion which should mention that he as a lawyer was responsible for the payment of the full 60k on completion, we were never asked for another guarantee letter for the new amount of 60K, nevertheless, completion date was adhered to and we paid the 60k. And my account was again charged with renewal fee for the 30k. My company is now closed, and an amount of GBP -35000 dr left in the account. The bank now says that the 60k guarantee is still in place, but we never signed a guarantee for that amount and have asked the bank for a copy of this and find that it is signed on the last page, surely the bank would require a document such as this to be initialled on every page? Surely when the 60k was paid the guarantee was no longer in force as according to the bank it was specifically for a 3 month period.

 

I hope someone can help me or guide me with this.

 

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Situation Report...Please help if you can.

 

The Bank do have the signed guarantee and bank statements, but these were sent after the last date for the allocation questionnaire.

 

It is now clear that I am indeed doomed to fail defending this action.

 

How do I go about now admitting the claim and asking the court for an instalments order for what I can reasonably afford?

 

It's all about damage limitation now. What if the bank won't accept the instalments if given as they are too low? i.e £5 a week on a 40K+ debt!

 

Thanks.

I'm not a legal expert. Any help or advice I offer is based upon experience gained from this fantastic forum.

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Guys

 

I've got a similar situation - but it's my "trusted" CA who is now pursuing me for Company Debts.

 

Can any of you please help?

 

BD

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?329855-I-m-getting-pursued-personally-for-debts-incurred-by-my-failed-limited-company.&p=3642760&viewfull=1#post3642760

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I have a comparable difficulty with my Bank who claims the business debt was individually guaranteed by me and is secured on our house - but the standard safety says it only apply to joint debts - not my own human being debt. They can't find the unique business loan paperwork by the way.

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It's amazing how often Banks lose such paperwork! I saved a few K with the opposite situation to you. I had signed a security securing ALL debts to the Banks including a Term Loan, Credit Card, Personal and Business Overdrafts. The Bank focused only on the Buisness Term loan (over £100k).

 

Becasue the Bank couldn't find its copy of the Term Loan agreement (and I wasn't about to lend them mine!) I managed to negotiate a confidential pretty low F&F which applied to all SECURED DEBTS. The Bank had forgotten about the fact ALL my debts with them were actually secured - base don paperwork THEY drew up - so as well as them agreeing to a hefty confidential discount on the Business Term loan, they unwittingly had to write off ALL the other debts - which they tried to say were unsecured "because they existed before the Term Loan was set up and the Security signed". I told them to sue me which they haven't done but they still haven't admitted the other debts must be written off - but have not ever chased me for them and I'm just waiting on SB coming in in due course.

 

Because of the confidentiality of the F&F this saving is not shown on my signature.

 

This is a long winded way of saying that if the Bank has lost its paperwork then YOU hold all the aces - and if the paperwork they do hold doesn't suit their urrent stance then that's just too bad.c

 

Stick to your guns.

 

Good luck!

 

BD

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I have recently been asked by a friend to help him out with his stuff.

He had a PG which was then extended to a second loan.

He had a limited company,which was voulntary wound up.

He then opened up a new company doing the same business.

The bank are chasing the PGs on 2 loans and were chasing a third which he got under the government guarantee scheme for the former business.

The gov i think were guaranteeing 80% in default.

The bank added this loan onto the original PG.

Knowing RBS I was pretty certain that they would have got their 80% back-which they denied saying that they had a duty to exhaust all avenues.

When they realised we were asking a few questions,they then changed tac and said erm no...that loan was not included in the PG -yet we have it in writing that they said it was earlier.

I think that there is a need for the CAG to explore all this and share info.

I am proposing to make a sub forum in the business bank section where everyone can post their threads,and that we can get some help and support together and share it.

Have a happy and prosperous 2013 by avoiiding Payday loans. If you are sent a private message directing you for advice or support with your issues to another website,this is your choice.Before you decide,consider the users here who have already offered help and support.

Advice offered by Martin3030 is not supported by any legal training or qualification.Members are advised to use the services of fully insured legal professionals when needed.

 

 

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Hope you are resolved. I have a VERY similar problem - except my wasnt in the little chef, but leaning against the photocopier and probably took 15 minutes as we had a cup of tee.

 

 

Can you please explain exactly what you mean here ?

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