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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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Hi all, my husband has not worked for 19years due to ill health and severe mobility needs, he is now 57 and is getting very stressed about the changes to the benefits which are being almost daily in the media. He currently gets IB/IS/and DLA but, he has been told that at 60 he could be paid pension credits does anyone know if this is right? If this is right does that mean he will no longer get his other benefits and that he will no longer have to attend medicals and fill in those dreaded ib50`s? Sorry for so many questions but I can`t get my head around this as they say people should have to wait longer for their pensions then he is told this. Thanks

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not knowing full ins and outs of new legislation, but have some knowledge of old Pension credit, I think thats right if so he should be no worse off in fact he may still get some disability benefits on top so may be better off. No he shouldn't have to undergo medicals anymore as he will be classed as retired, this was the old system (went through it with inlaws) however not up to speed on new benefits so i may be wrong not much use eh?

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Its changed slightly , I.S used to be paid up to the customers sixtieth birthday and on their birthday they went onto penson credit automaticallly, now they are transferred across on a series of qualifying dates , we have a few of these dates each year.. The last date applicable date was 7th March, on that date if you were sixty then you went across. to penion credits... Pension Service write out and tell you the exact date and make the transistion smooth so there are no worries..

 

So he may be on I.S till slightly over sixty.. However IB is ending soon so he will be transferred over to ESA and then rules may change again

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as things currently stand, your husband will reach the qualifying age for pension credits in approximately 6 years

 

if his date of birth is between 1 - 5 august 1953, he will reach qualifying age on 6 november 2016

 

if his date of birth is between 6 - 31 august 1953, he will reach qualifying age on 6 january 2017

 

(this is assuming he is older than you - if you are older than him, then you may achieve qualifying age earlier, and as a couple only one of you has to achieve the qualifying age to move on to pension credits)

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as things currently stand, your husband will reach the qualifying age for pension credits in approximately 6 years

 

if his date of birth is between 1 - 5 august 1953, he will reach qualifying age on 6 november 2016

 

if his date of birth is between 6 - 31 august 1953, he will reach qualifying age on 6 january 2017

 

(this is assuming he is older than you - if you are older than him, then you may achieve qualifying age earlier, and as a couple only one of you has to achieve the qualifying age to move on to pension credits)

 

That loophole is to be scrapped. In future both parties (husband & wife etc) will have to have reached an age where they BOTH are entitled to the OAP. This will stop claims when the wife is say 62 and the husband 55. In this example it is intended that Pension Credit can only be claimed when the husband is 65 and the wife 72, or 68 & 75 depending on when they raise the retirement age! At the moment in that example, they could have claimed Pension Credit when he was 53 and his wife 60.

 

This will have the effect in that example of making the husband claim JSA and look for a job until his normal retirement age. A sensible thing really. You really shouldn't have a male retiring at 53 in that example, claiming Pension Credit which is an enhanced payment over JSA/ESA, when he has at least another 12 years or working life still in him.

 

The same will apply for IB/ESA, he will have to prove that he is unfit for work for another 12 years.

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Not heard anything about the change you mention, do you have a link to information on these changes?

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Not heard anything about the change you mention, do you have a link to information on these changes?

 

Sorry that I have not been back earlier.

 

This is taken from the WRB

 

Welfare Reform Bill Explanatory Notes:

 

Page 22

145. Paragraph 64 amends the State Pension Credit Act 2002 so that a member of a couple who has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit may not receive state pension credit if the other member of the couple has not attained that qualifying age. This is to ensure that all claimants who have not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit are required to claim universal credit and, if appropriate, be subject to work-related conditions of entitlement.

 

And in the Welfare Reform Bill itself,

 

"Quote"

Page 113

State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)

 

Paragraph 64 In section 4 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (exclusions), after subsection

(1) there is inserted—

 

“(1A) A claimant is not entitled to state pension credit if he is a member of a couple the other member of which has not attained the qualifying age.”

 

This effectively stops the current situation of a man reaching 61 and his wife who is 55 being able to claim Pension Credit. Both have to be of the normal retiring age, currently 65, increasing to 68 for a male and 61 increasing to 65/68 for a female, before a claim can be accepted.

 

Until both reach the normal retirement age they will be required to either claim JSA and look for work or have a claim accepted for ESA after an assessment. (JSA & ESA are to be combined under Universal Credit)

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you may think it sounds sensible to close this, but it worries me

 

there is a 16 year age between me and my partner, so if we pretend there will be anything left of the welfare state when i reach retirement age at 68 and if my partner was out of work, we would have to make a joint claim for JSA/UC?

 

hmmm...

 

so i would have to be available for and actively seeking employment until i am 84, oh, what a prospect

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you may think it sounds sensible to close this, but it worries me

 

there is a 16 year age between me and my partner, so if we pretend there will be anything left of the welfare state when i reach retirement age at 68 and if my partner was out of work, we would have to make a joint claim for JSA/UC?

 

hmmm...

 

so i would have to be available for and actively seeking employment until i am 84, oh, what a prospect

 

That would seem to be the case unfortunately.

 

The only reason I can think that they have come up with this change, is that anybody claiming JSA (not so much ESA as they don't regularly see anyone from the DWP) is currently being pushed over to Pension Credit by the Jobcentre when the first party reaches the qualifying age.

 

This has meant that people are being written off the unemployment register far too early. It can't be right that a male who gets to 61 automatically gets his benefit without having to sign on or produce evidence of disability. Especially if his wife is a lot younger than him - she is also written off.

What they seem to be saying is that until you reach the normal retirement age you WILL either have to continue to look for work or prove a genuine sickness why you can't do any type of work.

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The thing is about this new change comming to Pension Credit about couples is that if you are 60 and single you will still be able to claim Pension Credit and not have to look for work.

This is totally biased towards single people.

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The thing is about this new change comming to Pension Credit about couples is that if you are 60 and single you will still be able to claim Pension Credit and not have to look for work.

This is totally biased towards single people.

 

That is how I read it also. However the retirement age is now 61 and will increase gradually until it gets to 68.

 

It is certainly biased towards the single people - maybe that is the answer - get divorced, live apart and have the privilidge of claiming Pension Credit!!!!

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