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    • 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.
    • No, nothing from Barclays. Turns out i have 2 accounts on here, and i posted originally on the other one. Sorry about that.  
    • Always send with proof of posting from your Post Office, so there is a trail. Conversations , are designed to intimidate into paying, Emails are designed as another way of bombarding. Only EVER communicate in writing, by post.  
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Hi everyone,

 

Please help if you can

 

I was handed a letter today from a lady who knows me, We live in a small village and the lady lives at my old property,

 

It was for a council tax bill that i owe ( Apparently ) I split from my girlfriend a few years ago and so moved into a rented property and payed a £1000 bond , I got back with my gf after about 6 weeks but was still into a 6mnth contract on the house, when i asked could i terminate the contract i was told no and if i did not pay the rent every mnth then she would take me to court and also lose the bond so decided to keep paying for the remaining mnths and got my bond back

 

Well like i said now i have this letter saying that i owe concil tax for £540 for the 6mnths, I called the no on the letter and explained that i had not lived there for 5mnths of the 6 and that i was also a single guy so should of at least had a discount, I was told i had to pay the full ammount now as it has been 2yrs

 

Can they make me pay for the time i was not living there as my gf was paying full council tax at our place as this letter now says unless i pay they will issue a summons for my comital to prison

 

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you could apply for a second home discount on the rented property, think level of discount can vary depending upon the council, but it is a 10% discount in my area

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no send them proof

 

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please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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as you held a tenancy agreement which was for 6 months or more, i believe the council treated you as having a beneficial interest in the property and therefore you remain liable for the council tax bill

 

am not sure who else you think might be liable to pay the council tax for the property?

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as you held a tenancy agreement which was for 6 months or more, i believe the council treated you as having a beneficial interest in the property and therefore you remain liable for the council tax bill

 

am not sure who else you think might be liable to pay the council tax for the property?

 

 

The Owner of the property or the letting agents but not me as i only lived there for just over a mnth, Quite happy to pay my time there but only kept the rent going as not to get thrown into court and lose my bond

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if your tenancy had been terminated, liability would have reverted to the owner

 

if you had been able to get someone else to move in or take over tenancy, liability would have passed to new resident

 

but unfortunately as neither of these seem to have occurred, liability remains with you because although you chose not to occupy the property, you could have occupied it

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you would get the single person discount of 25% for the period you were resident

 

however you would only get the second home discount for periods you were not resident - what council's area is property in?

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your local council does not allow any discount on second homes, so the effect is:

 

for the first month when you were living apart, you would each get 25% discount on both properties (assuming neither of you had a ny other adults living in properties)

 

for the remaining 5 months when you were both living in one propertt, you are liable for the full charge for both properties (with no discounts)

 

this means that you would be better off for council tax purposes if you had lived apart for the full 6 months

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Hi, when you moved out of the rented property after one month, did you move all of your furniture out?

 

My local council do not charge council tax on empty property for a period of up to six months so it may be worth checking to see if your council have similar rules.

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