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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.
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Hi A Couple Of Weeks Ago I Recieved A Letter From Lowell Finance Asking For A Payment Of 1400 Pound For An Old Cahoot Debt.i Ignored The Letter As It Was Over Six Years Old,a Week Later I Recieved Another Letter Saying They Would Send A Licenced Home Visit Agent To Discus Payment Options,i Also Ignored This Letter As I Thought They Were Just Trying To Scare Me Into Payment.this Morning I Recieved Another Letter Saying I Could Pay In Full,or Three Payments Of 400 Mplus A Month Or 50 A Month Until Paid Of,and If They Dont Here Back From Me By The 24th Of December They Will Take Further Action . Im Pretty Sure This Debt Is Statute Barred As I Have Made No Payment Or Contact Since Jan 2003 And I Have Been Out Of The Country Until April This Year.any Advice Would Be Great Cheers

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If the debt or alleged debt is enforceable then its for them to prove it.

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Lowlifes are having quite an urgent push toward the end of the year it seems!

 

:confused:Theres something wrong with that statement, just can't think what:confused:

 

'Further Action' in Clownells speak is to use all their threatogrammes the machine can send out in the hope they can intimidate you sufficiently enough to pay what you don't owe, and if all else fails, they'll simply flog it on, which is exactly what they'll do when you tell them it's SB.

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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At The Bottom Of The Letter It Says,if There Is Noresolution To This Account By 24th December We Will Asume You Are Unwilling To Pay And We Will Take Appropriate Steps To Recover The Outstanding Monies

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Ha HA Ha Oh please, Christmas eve of all things, they are the most deluded of DCA's, you have sent them a Christmas card filled with Monopoly Money to cover your 'alleged' debt?

 

They are so incompetent, laugh a minute jokers.:lol::lol:

 

Assume=Ass out of U and ME, never ever assume!

 

Appropriate steps=Two to the left to pass it to the next desk, then two back to my desk.

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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Yes File under ignore, surely you have better things to be spending your money on than these wasters.

 

All you will get in the post will be more of their empty threats and drivel.

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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Lowell are the market leaders in the posting of meaningless and pointless drivel. I have the full range of their EMPTY threats so any further letters you receive from them will be nothing new.

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Send the statute barred letter:

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Acc/Ref No 4563210025897412

 

You have contacted us regarding the account with the above reference number, which you claim is owed by ourselves.

 

We would point out that under the Limitation Act 1980 Section 5 “an action founded on simple contract shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.”

 

We would also point out that the OFT say under their Debt Collection Guidance on statute barred debt that “it is unfair to pursue the debt if the debtor has heard nothing from the creditor during the relevant limitation period”.

 

The last payment of this alleged debt was made over six years ago and no further acknowledgement or payment has been made since that time. Unless you can provide evidence of payment or written contact from us in the relevant period under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, we suggest that you are no longer able to take any court action against us to recover the alleged amount claimed.

 

The OFT Debt Collection Guidance states further that “continuing to press for payment after a debtor has stated that they will not be paying a debt because it is statute barred could amount to harassment contrary to section 40 (1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1970”.

 

We await your written confirmation that this matter is now closed and that no further contact will be made concerning the above account after that last letter.

 

We look forward to your reply.

 

 

Send recorded keeping a copy for your own records with the postal reciept, do not sign, print your name and if they continue to harass you get back to us :)

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I Havent Made Any Payment Since Jan 2003 So Is This Definitley Statute Barred

 

 

Let them keep churning out their increasingly desperate Threatogrammes for a bit of sport.

 

Even when you do send them the Stat Barred Letter they will continue to invent imaginary payments and even the laughable Attempted Payments. These are the ones that you walked past a bank on a Sunday and thought about paying even though you were in the middle of a Peruvian rain Forest at the time

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Hi guys...

sorry to post a bit of a downer:mad:

 

just for the record i ignored letters from Lowlife, then in sept i received a Statutory Demand from them, i have a hearing in Jan.

 

If its statute barred send them the letter and get rid of them, but deal with anything they throw back by posting on here for advice, just to be on the safe side.

 

£1400 is prob not a great deal to them as mine was more, but none the less always be on your guard.:D

 

regards

 

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ODC, here is a link to my thread if you want to read, from this post is were i got the SD....

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/legal-issues/195656-egg-barclays-help-please-3.html#post2448000

 

The server was HM investigations and they first tried to serve personally but couldnt so next day posted through the door.. there is another thread in legal same as mine!

 

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Hi had a letter of lowell this morning dated 24th december giving me 7 days to pay or they will get accj against me.i have already sent stat barred letters,and this must have been posted before they recieved my letter. any ideas what to do next

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This is their last throw of the dice. You will get another couple of letters from them offering you a once in a lifetime discount before they give up.

 

In the meantime make a formal complaint to them for threatening action of a Statute Barred debt as well as a complaint to the OFT and your MP

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Hi received a letter today saying my account has been put on hold and i will receive no communication from the collections agency while they look into it,but this letter was from red and all previous letters were from lowells.I know they are the same company but is this not a bit strange?

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