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    • Which Court have you received the claim from ? Northampton  Name of the Claimant ? Overdales solicitors  How many defendant's  joint or self ?  Self Date of issue – top right hand corner of the claim form – this in order to establish the time line you need to adhere to.  13 may 2024 What is the claim for – the reason they have issued the claim? the claim is for the sum of £6163.61due by the defendant under an agreement regulated by the consumer credit act 1974 for hsbc uk bank plc. Account 4546384809766042. The defendant faild to maintain contractual payments required by the agreement and a default notice was served under s 87(1)  of the consumer credit act 1974 which as not been compiled with. The dbt was legally assigned to the Claimant on 23/08/23, notice on which as been given to the defendant.  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 issue of these proceedings in the sum of £117.53 the Claimant claims the sum of £6281.14. Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ?   Not to my knowledge. Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred?  No Do you recall how you entered into the agreement...On line /In branch/By post ?  Online but it was for a smaller amount they kept on increasing this with me asking 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.  It was assigned to a debt collection agency  Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? yes  Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor?  Yes I also made offers to pay original creditor a smaller amount but was not replied to Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ?  No Why did you cease payments? I was made redundant and got a less paid job I also spent some time on furlough during covid and spent some 3 months on ssp off work. What was the date of your last payment?  May 2021 Did you communicate any financial problems to the original creditor and make any attempt to enter into a debt management plan? Yes at the time I communicated with all my creditor's that I was running out of funds to pay the original agreements once my redundancy money ran out that was when my accounts defaulted. I then wrote to all my creditor's with pro rata offers of payments but debt collectors took over the accounts.
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    • So, your response was not received by the SCP as you did not send it with a valid stamp. Therefore, from my two option in post #14, the first option is the only one available to you, but you do not have the option of asking to be sentenced at the fixed penalty level as the reason the SCP did not receive your response was down to you. Here's a reminder of what to do: Respond to the SJPN by pleading “Not Guilty” to both charges. In the “Reasons for pleading Not Guilty” box state that you are willing to plead guilty to the speeding charge providing, and only providing, the “Fail to Provide Driver's Details" (FtP) charge is dropped. This is a tried and tested method to deal with your problem and is almost always successful. Before the pandemic it was necessary to attend court to do this "deal" because it needs the agreement of the police prosecutor.. During the pandemic courts made every effort to have as few  people as possible attend and they began doing this deal under the "Single Justice" procedure without the defendant's attendance. Some courts have carried this procedure on whilst others have reverted to a personal attendance being necessary. If you are required to attend, your case will be taken out of the SJ procedure and you will be given a date for a hearing in the normal Magistrates' Court. If that is the way they do it in the area involved you will have to attend, see the prosecutor and offer your "deal" in person. 
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Dear all,

 

First of all, I am very new, so please be nice! I have been looking to claim bank charges from first direct for a total of £665. I sent of the letter requesting statements for the last 6 years and they sent me all of these free of charge - posted the cheque back for £10 whihc was nice of them!

 

I then wrote and claimed the full amount back and they have offered me £555. Tempting to accept that, bearing in mind it'll cost me £80 to claim through moneyclaim, but I have a couple of questions:

 

- if I make a claim through moneyclaim, will I get the £80 back?

 

- is there a template letter to say "thanks but no thanks to your offer" - i can't find one on here at all, but maybe that's me being dim!

 

Good luck to all of you claiming charges back - I have found this website an absolute godsend and have passed details on to many friends and family members, so keep doing what you're doing!

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Hi :)

 

Yes you will get your £80 back plus the 8% interest if you file through money claim. I don't believe there is a template for that letter but it is not too hard to do a letter saying that - the others are just more legalese :)

 

Good luck - you'll get it all back soon.

Please note that I am not a legal expert and all advice given is without prejudice and is purely my opinion only.

 

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First of all it's your claim, so do what you feel best, however lots of people get these offers, carry on claiming the full amount and succeed. So go for the lot I'd say!

 

When you file the claim and win, not only do you get your costs back but you will also get 8% APR on each unlawful charge levid from your account.

 

I would write back saying something like:

 

I write in reference to your letter dated *****.

 

I confirm that I accept your offer of the sum of £*** as an interim payment against the full amount requested, but not as a full and final settlement. Please contact me so that I can confirm which account I would like this to be paid into and to confirm a date by which this payment will be made.

I now give you a further 14 days from the date of this letter to return the remaining £*** (total amount £***) and confirm what date payment will be made.

 

Failure to respond positively to my request, within this time frame, will leave me no alternative than to issue a claim. After that there will be no further communication from me.

Looking forward in earnest to hearing from you.

Hope that helps.

It would also be worth starting a thread in the relevant bank forum.

Lloyds TSB - £972

S.A.R, prelim and LBA sent

Claim acknowledged

Defence received

AQ 20/06/06

***FULL SETTLEMENT RECEIVED 20/07/06***

 

Woolwich - £2288

S.A.R, prelim and LBA sent.

Offered half

Moneyclaim filed online 02/08/06

Judgement filed online 23/08/06

WARRANT FILED ONLINE 30/08/06

MONEY RECEIVED BY BALIFF 04/10/06

***FULL SETTLEMENT RECEIVED 09/10/06***

 

Smile - £175

Pelim 23/06/06

***FULL SETTLEMENT RECEIVED 07/07/06***

 

My Ex vs Woolwich - £715

S.A.R sent 30/08/06

Pelim 06/10/06

LBA 20/10/06

 

Advice & opinions provided are personal, and not endorsed by CAG or BAG, and are offered informally, without prejudice & without liability. Your decisions and actions are your own, and should you be in any doubt, you are advised to seek the opinion of a qualified professional.

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Hi, I'm very new too, both to this site and the computer in general. Just sick of all these charges, then to find out the Halifax has been taking them illegally! Well that puts the cherry on the cake so to speak. I sent for my statements on 21st June and they cashed my cheque but I'm still waiting. Anyway it seems I've got a human interest story as my son died and my account went a bit haywire, I got no sympathy from the bank then and I don't need it now so I'm going for all the charges going way back. Not sure how much it will be but hey! Hope you get yours all back, if they've made an offer it just shows. Joyce.

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Hello people!

 

I have just landed on this forum, & guesswhat? I claimed £494 from FD, & have had an offer of £377.50! I've just amended the LBA to acknowledge but reject their offer. Should i accept it as part payment as is suggested above?

 

Now this may sound very silly indeed, but isn't it BETTER for me if we end up in court & i get my 8% interest on top?! It's over £100 more!!

 

Finally (for now), they've offered to make the payment to reduce my O/D. I've said I want the full amount, & as a CHEQUE. Am i within my rights? Will this really antagonise them?

 

PLease reply if you know any of this type stuff.

 

Thanks,

Mel

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If they end up offering you the full amount you asking for then you can't claim to get the 8% APR. Only issue a claim one the deadlines are up and the full amount hasn't been offered to you.

 

You can also ask for the amount by cheque, but if you are going to use it clear the overdraft then you're probably best having it paid directly into your bank account.

Lloyds TSB - £972

S.A.R, prelim and LBA sent

Claim acknowledged

Defence received

AQ 20/06/06

***FULL SETTLEMENT RECEIVED 20/07/06***

 

Woolwich - £2288

S.A.R, prelim and LBA sent.

Offered half

Moneyclaim filed online 02/08/06

Judgement filed online 23/08/06

WARRANT FILED ONLINE 30/08/06

MONEY RECEIVED BY BALIFF 04/10/06

***FULL SETTLEMENT RECEIVED 09/10/06***

 

Smile - £175

Pelim 23/06/06

***FULL SETTLEMENT RECEIVED 07/07/06***

 

My Ex vs Woolwich - £715

S.A.R sent 30/08/06

Pelim 06/10/06

LBA 20/10/06

 

Advice & opinions provided are personal, and not endorsed by CAG or BAG, and are offered informally, without prejudice & without liability. Your decisions and actions are your own, and should you be in any doubt, you are advised to seek the opinion of a qualified professional.

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thanks, Closey, i find it ironic is all...i'd much prefer that they pay up for peace of mind...i don't get why we can't claim the 8% unless we end up in court!

 

the way i see it is - FD is a bank, i am not. they have some of my money that i didn't lend them. i have some of their money that they did lend me, & on which they charge interest (not disputed). actually i'm keen to pay off the debt that remains, but take umbrage at their imposition of a debt reduction using my money when i'm already paying my negotiated instalment unfailingly each month.

 

bottom line is that the full amount will be lovely & i will be delighted if i don't have to wrestle with any default they might enter against me. hopefully that won't happen as they have had no cause thus far. i get a bit scared they might do something vengeful.

 

thanks soo much

Mel

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Thank you ever so much for al your help here - I hav written to fd now and said that whilst I accept their offer, if they do not pay the extra £100 I will take them on in court! Still waiting on a response, but thanks ever so much to all that helped. :)

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