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    • Hi all, new member, being advised by someone on another forum but looking for the opinion of others to help me decide what to do.  Bit of a long one but I am looking for some quite specific advice or signposting to somewhere that may hold the correct information. Long story short, I bought an Audi on finance years ago and traded my old car in under the diesel scrappage scheme, brilliant. This allowed me to reduce the value of my brand new car by £7,000 Fast forward a few years later and I fell into hardship. Unfortunately I could no longer afford the car and despite my best efforts at trying to negotiate some kind of support from VWFS (Audi financial Services), the car was subsequently marked stolen and I was pulled over at the side of the road using Tactical Pursuit and Contain. My car was then recovered back to the finance company. I struggled for a while, bought an older car to get myself by and eventually got my finances back on track. Then in September of last year I became aware of a CCJ against me filed by VWFS, for the shortfall of the agreement minus the value of the car which was sold at auction. This caused me to do some research into my agreement, legislation and also consult some legal advice. Using another forum and speaking to retired vehicle finance lawyers, it turned out I may have some grounds to apply to set aside the CCJ at a Court hearing, so I drafted some documents and a witness statement and I was successful in setting aside the CCJ, on the grounds that VWFS had no evidence that I had traded in my old car as a part exchange. Now this is where things get complicated. My whole defence on winning the case against VWFS and disregarding liability for the shortfall rested on the fact that, with my old car as a part exchange, I had paid in more than a third of the agreement and VWFS could not repossess my car without a court order or they would be in breach of Section 90 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and I would be entitled to all sums paid under the agreement. I took this all the way, noting that the CCA 1974 and the Consumer Credit Agreement Regulations 2010 state that a deposit is defined as any exchange of goods or by any other means a reduction in value of a purchase by means of a transfer. I recently had my day in Court but as a litigant in person, was cross examined by an all singing all dancing Barrister and of course he persuaded the Judge that I had no case, and that my car traded in under the scrappage incentive was not to be classed as a deposit, despite it literally being written in legislation, amongst other reasons why I found the HP agreement to not be properly executed. I am now appealing this decision as I strongly believe the Judge has misinterpreted the law, What I really need for this to be successful is someone who is knowledgeable in the field of Vehicle Finance to help me understand if I have a possibility of overturning this case, as I have no doubt at all that my car should be classed as a part exchange and a deposit and it is blatantly written in the legislation that the finance companies are bound by. I would massively appreciate if someone can help me decipher this legislation and its application in the sense of my HP agreement, I simply do not understand how I can trade in my car and it not be classed as a part exchange, or a deposit. Similarly, if someone is able to find the exact wording of the terms and conditions of how the Diesel Scrappage Scheme was managed in 2018 that would be an absolute life saver! Thanks so much in advance, this is not a straight forward nor a well documented case but I believe I am onto something and I believe there will be other people in my position who have lost their cars without knowing this clause and could well be entitled to reclaim all sums under the agreement
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I can see it on page 6 (part 11)

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you mean this,

 

Page 6 Part 11 of the ICO Guidelines on Filing Defaults with Credit Reference Agencies States:

Accounts should normally be filed in default where those payments due have not been received for six months.

 

Yes. ( I do know of one creditor who defaulte later than that)

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The ICO Guidance permits creditors some flexibility on filing. Does this extend to WHEN defaults are filed?

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I think the flexibility issue is where a debt problem is out of the 'norm' (arrangement to pay, payment break)

Where a debt is 'cut and dried' then I don't believe much leeway can be given

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And have you had to wait long for the ICO to respond? That's a big problem imo as I have been waiting 9 months for a complaint I lodged last year to even be allocated.

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I don't actually expect them to do anything really, the markers already been removed from my CF.

 

I will be lodging a cheeky compensation claim though very soon.

 

Hopefully it will just be another black mark against a certain DCA's name.

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I will be lodging a cheeky compensation claim though very soon.

 

 

Have you actually incurred any loss? Does that need to be established...? I'm not sure...have read somewhere its a £1K claim for every item of inaccurate data recorded but not sure if this is correct.......................

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as the debt star says, you need to demonstrate that you have actually suffered some damage.

 

Although cerberus quotes the Kpohraror case above, what actually happened in that case is that the bank bounced the guys cheque when he actually had the money in his account. His claim for damages was based on the fact that the bank returned his cheque telling the people he had purchased from that his cheque had bounced.

 

I would suggest that you might not get very far with this unless you can demonstrate that, for example, you have made a credit application that was turned down

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I would suggest that you might not get very far with this unless you can demonstrate that, for example, you have made a credit application that was turned down

 

and of course proving that an application is turned down because of what's on the credit report could prove difficult, if not impossible, to establish.

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IMO the ICO is a waste of time. I have always bypassed them and gone straight to a LBA. I know this goes against good practice, but if you have to wait a year or more to get a decision and then, despite very clear evidence of offences being committed the ICO rules against you, what is the point?

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After the 6 years has expired and the default has dropped off my CF, are DCA's still allowed to carry out searches on my CF? I was under the impression that after 6 years they no longer had any right to process my data?

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After the 6 years has expired and the default has dropped off my CF, are DCA's still allowed to carry out searches on my CF? I was under the impression that after 6 years they no longer had any right to process my data?

 

They can search you i think - and of course continue to pester you for the rest of your natural life. What the creditor cannot do is record any further adverse data in relation to that account. But searches are another matter...

 

I think I'm right in this but stand to be corrected.

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Agreed. But I suspect they will not be soft footprint searches and will show on your files. There should only be one search per DCA anyway, otherwise you will have to write to the data manager at the DCAs.

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I'll write to the CRA's, they know full well DCA's are not allowed to do table 1 searches. Failure to remove them or allow repeated searches will be met with legal action.

After 6 years from the date of default I'll also serve Section 10 notices on any DCA's processing my data, if ignored they will also be challenged in court.

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I review my credit files weekly to see what's going on. All sorts of crap gets put there and you need to keep on top of it and get it taken off. I honestly don't care if Experian get sick to death of my emails and 'phone calls.

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I recently sent Equifax a £2 cheque for my credit report which has been confirmed as cashed by my bank. This was sent mid September and the cheque cashed late September. To date I have still not received my report. I was under the impression that the CRA had 7 days to send my report?

 

If anyone has a contact telephone number so I can pursue this I'd appreciate it.

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I recently sent Equifax a £2 cheque for my credit report which has been confirmed as cashed by my bank. This was sent mid September and the cheque cashed late September. To date I have still not received my report. I was under the impression that the CRA had 7 days to send my report?

 

If anyone has a contact telephone number so I can pursue this I'd appreciate it.

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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.

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Go to "Saynoto0870" do a search for Equifax and you'll find a list of alternate numbers

 

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Information that may help if a CCA request is refused due to the lack of a signature . . http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?248863-Signature-demands-fight-back-possible-!&highlight=

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