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    • Your point 4 deals with that and puts them to strict proof .....but realistically they are not in a position to state that within their particulars they were not the creditor at the time of default but naturally assume the OC would have...so always worth challenging and if you get a DJ who knows his onions on the day may ask for further evidence from the OC internal accounts system. 
    • I see, shame, I think if a claim is 'someone was served' then proof of that should be mandatory. Appreciate your input into the WS whenever you get chance, thanks in advance
    • Paper trail off the original creditor often confirms the default and issue of a notice...not having or being able to disclose the actual copy or being able to produce a copy less so. Creditors are not compelled to keep copies of the actual default notice so you will in most cases get a reconstituted version but must contain accurate figures/dates/format.     .    
    • Including Default Notice Andy? Ok, I think this is the best I can do.. it all makes sense with references to their WS. They have included exhibits that dates don't match the WS about them, small but still.. if you're going to reference letters giving dates, then the exhibits should be correct, no? I know I redacted them too much, but one of the dates differs to the WS by a few months. IN THE ******** County Court Claim No. [***] BETWEEN: LC Asset 2 S.A.R.L CLAIMANT AND [***] DEFENDANT ************ _________________________ ________ WITNESS STATEMENT OF [***] _________________________ ________ I, [***], being the Defendant in this case will state as follows; I make this Witness Statement in support of my defence in this claim. 1. I understand that the claimant is an Assignee, a buyer of defunct or bad debts, which are bought on mass portfolios at a much-reduced cost to the amount claimed and which the original creditors have already written off as a capital loss and claimed against taxable income as confirmed in the claimant’s witness statement exhibit by way of the Deed of Assignment. As an assignee or creditor as defined in section 189 of the CCA this applies to this new requirement on assignment of rights. This means that when an assignee purchases debts (or otherwise acquires rights under a credit agreement) it also acquires certain obligations to the borrower including the duty to comply with CCA requirements (such as the rules on statements and notices and other post-contractual information). The assignee becomes the creditor under the agreement. This ensures that essential consumer protections under the CCA cannot be circumvented by assigning the debt to a third party. 2. The Claim relates to an alleged Credit Card agreement between the Defendant and Bank of Scotland plc. Save insofar of any admittance it is accepted that the Defendant has had contractual agreements with Bank of Scotland plc in the past, the Defendant is unaware as to what alleged debt the Claimant refers. 3. The Defendant requested a copy of the CCA on the 24/12/2022 along with the standard fee of £1.00 postal order, to which the defendant received a reply from the Claimant dated 06/02/2023. To this date, the Claimant has failed to disclose a valid agreement and proof as per their claim that this is enforceable, that Default Notice and Notice of Assignment were sent to and received by the Defendant, on which their claim relies. The Claimant is put to strict proof to verify and confirm that the exhibit *** is a true copy of the agreement and are the true Terms and Conditions as issued at the time of inception of the online application and execution of the agreement. 4. Point 3 is noted. The Claimant pleads that a default notice has been served upon the defendant as evidenced by Exhibit [***]. The claimant is put to strict proof to verify the service of the above in accordance with s136 and s196 Law of Property Act 1925. 5. Point 6 is noted and disputed. The Defendant cannot recall ever having received the notice of assignment as evidenced in the exhibit marked ***. The claimant is put to strict proof to verify the service of the above in accordance with s136 and s196 Law of Property Act 1925. 6. Point 11 is noted and disputed. See 3. 7. Point 12 is noted, the Defendant doesn’t recall receiving contact where documentation is provided as per the Claimants obligations under CCA. In addition, the Claimant pleads letters were sent on dates given, yet those are not the letters evidenced in their exhibits *** 8. Point 13 is noted and denied. Claimant is put to strict proof to prove allegations. 9. The Claimant did not provide a true copy of the CCA in response to the Defendants request of 24/12/2022. The Claimant further claims that the documents are sufficient to pursue a Judgement and are therefore copies of original documents in their possession. Conclusion 10. Without the Claimant providing a valid true copy of the executed Credit agreement that complies with the CCA, the Claimant has no grounds on which to enforce this alleged debt. 11. The Defendant was not given ample evidence to prove the debt and therefore was not required to enter settlement negotiations. Should the debt be proved in the future, the Defendant is willing to enter such negotiations with the Claimant. On receipt of this claim I could not recall the precise details of the agreement or any debt and sought clarity from the claimant by way of a Section 78 request. The Claimant failed to comply. I can only assume as this was due to the Claimant not having any enforceable documentation and issuing a claim in hope of an undefended default judgment.   Statement of Truth I, ********, the Defendant, believe the facts stated within this Witness Statement to be true. I understand that proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against anyone who makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without an honest belief in it’s truth. Signed: _________________________ _______ Dated: _____________________
    • AMEX and TSB the 2 Creditors who you need to worry about the least, ever!  Just stop paying them and forget about it, ignore all their threat o gram letters.  Only if, and with these 2 it's a massive if, you end up with a claim form you need to respond, and there will be plenty of help here.
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Im posting here for some advice i dont know where to start :(

In 2005 i moved in with my partner . Anyway in february 2008 i found my partner had been cheating and i asked him to leave which he did and i then claimed as a single parent !

We had been engaged and had set the wheels in motion for the wedding .. after the split he told me he was going to visit family abroad and would be in touch when he was back .

Anyway we got back together on and off and we got married later on in 2008 on the evening of my wedding reception the girl he was having an affair with told me that yet again it had still been happening based on that me and my new husband never moved in together as planned . i contacted income support who said if he was not living with me it wasnt relevant information .

Since then we continued to try again , i cant go into all the information as i would be here all day but my daughter has lots of medical issues which puts a huge strain on our relationship .

in 2009 we had another child ( a suprise )

i moved house and due to my partners poor credit he continued to use my bank account and if im honest he paid the sky bill for the kids and also my internet bills . Some catalogue bills that i used to buy the children clothing etc

We also had an outstanding electric and water bill he continued to have go out of this account and i paid him so much , my landlord wanted a bank transfer into his account so my partner paid it and i gave him the cash .

since moving to a small upmarket village iv kind of blended in not wanting to appear to be a single mum on benefits which obviously will have gone massively against me !

Anyway i had an IUC and wasnt sure what to expect at all and after 30 mins of aksing me questions as far back as 2004 my head was baffled i possibly answered a lot uncorrect and contradicted myself as i wasnt sure of different dates when we split / got back together . they had all the bank statements which show he has 'paid' all my rent and a lot of my bills etc... Anyway im now left in a situation which since i have been home and thought about it i have been incredibly stupid and niave about things and i thought my partner was just being a good dad when infact the evident confirms no matter what i say i have been commiting benefit fraud on some level :(

Because i havent openly admitted all the above they are investigating further and im terrifed and feel so stupid .

Also now my daughter is getting medical help we are very much back together and hoping to become a proper family again in the new year and he spend a lot of time with us helping me out .

i dont know what the next step is or what to do about anything im terrified ill go to prison and lose my children and secondly if this got into the local paper id have to take my children out of school and nursery where they are happy and move into hiding somewhere where no one knew us as i live in such a close knit community :(

Can anyone tell me what to do now ?

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Hello and welcome to the forum. Please don't panic over this, we have plenty of people like you and I haven't heard of anyone going to prison yet.

 

Have you contacted the CAB for instance, or have you had legal advice? I'm sure there will be more advice here, but if you have time, read around the forum for other benefit fraud cases and what the advice was. Someone like you turns up most days, you shouldn't have far to look :).

 

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Since then we continued to try again

 

in 2009 we had another child ( a suprise )

 

due to my partners poor credit he continued to use my bank account

 

he paid the sky bill for the kids and also my internet bills .

 

Some catalogue bills that i used to buy the children clothing etc

 

electric and water bill he continued to have go out of this account

 

my landlord wanted a bank transfer into his account so my partner paid it.

 

they had all the bank statements which show he has 'paid' all my rent and a lot of my bills etc...

 

Because i havent openly admitted all the above they are investigating further

 

we are very much back together and hoping to become a proper family again

 

 

I've picked out a few of the important things from your query. I'm afraid you don't have to be a rocket scientist to guess what a decision maker is going to make of this.

 

You have said that as you did not admit the offence they are going to continue investigating. I think you need to sit down & try to make a note of all the relevant dates. Periods you were together, periods you were split, where was he during this time. You need to fully explain all the financial links (& there appear to be many) & finally when you are invited back for another IUC a knowledgeable solicitor would be advisable.

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i was trying to reply and the cat sat on the laptop and lost it all grrr !

what i was saying was i feel that i will be brought back for a further IUC ?

iv spoken with my OH and we cant place every bank transaction and every where abouts he was staying over almost 156 weeks :(

I know i dont have the strength to cope with this from an emotional point of view :(

i feel if i am called back ( i assume i will ?) then i should say i did it all knowingly ? I just want this to stop ?

The 3 addresses my oh was at people who live there have all moved away & got married etc and also he is in a caravan at the minute with his brother :/

I imagine the severity of this it would go straight to court ? possibly crown court ?

i just dont know what to do ? Just wiat for them to request another IUC ?

sorry to go on

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It's difficult to tell if you'll be called in for another IUC, but if the further investigations throw up any new evidence then they'll have to give you the chance to explain it, in order to use it in the case. Personally speaking when I was an investigator, with the unsatisfactory ending to the 1st IUC I'd have made sure there was a reason to call you back in, but different areas & investigators work differently.

 

 

These are the basic guidelines:

 

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verpayment over £2000 – Repayment & attempted prosecution.

 

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verpayment less than £2000 but offence not admitted – Repayment, administrative Penalty (30% fine) & Departmental caution.

 

Overpayment less than £2000 but offence admitted – Repayment & Departmental caution.

 

The departmental caution is kept on file for 5 years. It is NOT a criminal record & does not show up on any checks.

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Unfortunately, it does look like there are two main issues that will be looked at.

 

1) Was he living live you and for what periods. A post by Erika (post 4) on this thread http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?279139-Confused-about-fraud!!!(1-Viewing)-nbsp shows the types of evidence you can use to show that he was living elsewhere and when.

 

2) This may be the more problematic issue especially if you can show evidence that he was living elsewhere, because regardless, you were receiving income from him which wasn't declared. Its a mistake many people make in thinking that they don't need to declare income that they think is for the children alone, or for previous bills etc. This is where you need to go through all bankstatements, payments etc and work out what each one is for. You then need to find a welfare rights benefits adviser to help you with this. There are various disregards for different types of income, and an adviser will need to go through all the payments and what they are for and work out any potential disregards.

 

While your case is being investigated, try to provide as much information as possible, showing what all the payments were for, and also the periods you were living together, and where he was living when you were apart. Eventually, the case will be passed to a senior investigator who will make a decision firstly on whether there has been an overpayment, and secondly what further action to take. This isn't always prosecution, and if it is, in many cases it does not mean prison. The other alternatives to prosecution, is an administrative penalty, meaning you have to pay an additional 30% of your overpayment, or a caution. it is best to find a solicitor to represent you now, so that they can give you more in depth legal advice based on the specifics of your case. That's for any criminal case.

 

In benefit fraud cases, civil and criminal matters are dealt with separately. So as well as needing a solicitor, you will also need your benefits adviser to help you with the civil case - this covers the decisions made in actually calculating whether you have been overpaid and by how much, using benefit law. If when you get a decision, an overpayment has been found, then in cases like these it is often a good idea to automatically put in a request for an appeal. This is because the calculations and disregards involved are quite complex, and I haven't seen many overpayments of this type that are calculated correctly. An appeal needs to be requested within one month on the date of the decision letter you receive telling you that you have an overpayment. If your adviser finds that the overpayment has been calculated incorrectly, or that disregards have been forgotten etc then they can go ahead with getting an appeal date and assisting you with preparing your case. An appeal tribunal judge will then decide the correct level of overpayment.

 

This is a really long process and I can tell how anxious you are, but trust me when I say that worrying about the possible outcomes will only make you feel worse. People make mistakes, without having been deliberately fraudulent - judges do understand this and even if it does go to court, take all the mitigating factors into account, The best thing you can do is get the right representation in place - a solicitor and benefits caseworker, and also to put together as much information as possible to try and help your case.

 

If you have further questions we'll try to help as best we can.

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i am so grateful for the advice i have been given i feel sooo stupid :( im going to ask the bank for print out of the last 3 years bank statements and try and go through them :(

im worried about paying for a solicitor :(

i really wish id been more prepared for the iuc :(

Your a really helpful bunch of people xx

thank you xx

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Hi what

 

The bank might charge you something silly for each statement, if you send a SAR Request with £10, they will give you all the statements for a 6 years plus.

They have 40 days to send them to you. It shouldn't take that long.

 

Heres a template.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/content.php?552-Data-Protection

 

Are you entitled to legal aid?

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The only thing you can do is live your life. If he's not living with you at the moment but would normally come over and help you then that's fine. When he does move in, just make sure you inform the benefit depts that day. What's your thinking in asking him to stay away?

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to be honest in the run up to xmas and with the drs appointments im having now for my daughter he does spend time here helping with childcare ifeel if they are watching me and see him being here ill look worse ? :(

Rebel i should be ok to get legal aid right now yes

i definitely will inform the relevant people when he moves in yes

Iv spoken with CAB today and have an appointment too see them next week x

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Hi i posted here before christmas re an iuc i had despite being a very complicated case ( lots of me and my oh splitting up even got married and split etc etc etc ) they were not happy with my answers and decided to dig up more info then call me back for another IUC?

I have heard nothing at all ?

how long could this normally take ?

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There's no time limits I'm afraid. The case could have been sent to a decision maker, the 2nd IUC might have thrown up a further line of enquiry, the case could be awaiting advice etc etc. All you can do for now is wait.

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Just picked up on this thread and scanned through the details. Although I can't offer you an advice I know how difficult an IUC is, I had one in 2005 for not declaring Maternity Allowance when I claimed HB/CTB for a short period. I was 36 weeks at the time and it was very, very stressful so my thoughts are with you and you will receive some fantastic advice and support on here.

 

I am sure government departments understand that peoples circumstances are NOT straight forward.

 

Good luck! When is your 2nd IUC? x

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