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    • Here is my final draft: I, XXXXXX, being the Defendant in this case will state as follows; I make this Witness Statement in support of my defence in the claim and further to my set aside application dated 1 November 2022. The claimants witness statement confirms that it mostly relies on hearsay evidence as confirmed by the drafts in person in the opening paragraph. It is my understanding they must serve notice to any hearsay evidence pursuant to CPR 33.2(1)(B) (notice of intention to rely on hearsay evidence) and Section 2 (1) (A) of the Civil Evidence Act.   1.        The claimant failed to comply with the additional directions ordered by District Judge Davis on the 2 February 2024 'The Claim shall be automatically struck out at 4pm on 3 April 2024 unless the Claimant delivers to the Court and to the Defendant the following documents.' 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This ensures that essential consumer protections under the CCA cannot be circumvented by assigning the debt to a third party.   3.        The alleged letter of claim dated 7 January 2020 was served to a previous address which I moved out of in 2018, no effort was made to ascertain my correct address.  I have attached a copy of my tenancy agreement which is marked ‘Appendix 1’ and shows I was residing at a difference address as of 11 December 2018 and was therefore not at the service address at the time the proceedings were served.  I have also attached an email from my solicitors to the Claimants solicitors dated 14 July 2022 which was sent to them requesting that they disclose the trace of evidence they utilised prior to issuing the proceedings against me.  This is marked ‘Appendix 2’.  The claimants solicitors did not provide me with these documents.   4.        Under The Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims 2017 a Debt Buyer must undertake all reasonable enquiries to ensure the correct address of a debtor, this can be as simple as a credit file search. The Claimant failed to carry out such basic checks. Subsequently all letters prior to and including ,The Pre action Protocol letter of claim dated 7 January 2020 and the claim form dated 14th February 2020 were all served to a previous address which I moved out of in 2018.   5.        I became aware of original Judgement following a routine credit check on or around 14th September 2020.   6.        Upon the discovery of the Judgement debt, I made immediate contact with the Court and the Claimant Solicitors, putting them on notice that I was making investigations in relation to the Judgement debt as it was not familiar to me.  I asked them to provide me with a copy of the original loan agreement but this was not provided to me.   The correspondence to the Claimant Solicotors is attached and marked ‘Appendix 3’   7.        I then sent a Data Subject Access Request to Barclays but no agreement was provided. Details the timeline of communication between myself and Barclays are attached and marked ‘Appendix 4’and the copies of correspondence between myself and Barclays are attached and marked ‘Appendix 5’.   8.        The claimant relies upon and exhibits a reconstituted version of the alleged agreement.   It is again denied that I have ever entered into an agreement with Barclaycard on or around 2000.  It is admitted that I did hold other credit agreements with other creditors and as such should this be a debt that was assigned to Barclaycard from another brand therefore the reconstituted agreement disclosed is invalid being pre April 2007 and not legally enforceable pursuant to HH Judge Waksman in Carey v HSBC 2009 EWHC3417.  Details of this are attached and marked ‘Appendix 6’.   The original credit agreement must be provided along with any reconstituted version on a modified credit agreement and must contain the names and address of debtor and creditor, agreement number and cancelation clause.   9.        Therefore the claimant is put to strict proof to disclose a true executed legible agreement on which its claim relies upon and not try to mislead the court.   10.   As per CPR 1.4(2)(a) the court encourages parties to cooperate with each other in the conduct of proceedings in order to try and save time and costs for the parties and to also save the time and resources of the court however, despite vast attempts at mediation the claimants have been most unreasonable and have remained unwilling to mediate. Until such time the claimant can comply and disclose a true executed copy of the original assigned agreement they refer to within the particulars of this claim they are not entitled while the default continues, to enforce the agreement pursuant to section 78.6 (a) of the Credit Consumer Act 1974. I believe that the facts stated in this Witness Statement are 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 its truth. Signed                 ………………………………………………….. Name                  XXXX Date                     30 April 2024
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Need some advice feel like a criminal and so stupid! Phoned my tax credit renewal and then got a provisional award notice this was followed 3 days later by a letter from the compliance people!! Now this is where I have been stupid put in my husbands yearly earnings ( he is self employed ) then I never declared any earnings for mysel as I thought u had to be working for 12 hours to have to declare it ( I only work 11 a week ) now I realise am wrong can't beleive am so dumb! The letter says i did not declare any earnings but they see what I had earnt! Now it says I can leave it and they will then amend it and work out what am due and maybe a penalty or even court action if I have deliberately misled them!! Or I can call them and speak to them! I am so scared never had anything like this in my life before ? Will I go to jail or have to pay back the money ( or both ) please can someone give me some advice on wha to do I can't sleep , eat or function !!!! I feel disgusted in myself for making the mistake in the first place

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Hi

Sorry you've not had a response before now.

I know its easy for me to say, but please don't panic!

Just respond to the compliance letter, just say you've taken advice and realise you have made an error in not declaring your income for the reason as you've stated on here.

Any underpayment of tax credits will be collected from a subsequent award.

Gbarbm

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Hi thank you! I phoned them today and the lady I spoke to was very helpful and said I had to stop panicking and worrying!! I explained as I said above and she said she would now hand it back to the case worker! I asked her what would happen next and she said they would adjust the award and that we may have to pay back the overpayment ( thought it strange she said we may have to )!! She said we would have letters in the next 2 weeks ! Am hoping that this means no further action will be taken as she never mentioned anything else ? Would she have said if there would be ??

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Depends on the case worker I suppose; as I say, I think the most likely scenario (and HMRCs preferred option) will be to recover it from a subsequent award.

Just for your info, I owed them £1500 In 2003/04 (error with Childcare) and they have just taken it from my subsequent award.

The balance is now £88 and they are taking £1.50 a week off me...I'll be fully paid up by Feb 2013!

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Jings bet u will be glad when that is finally paid off! Feel much calmer today after phoning but won't feel 100% till have received all amended paperwork! Read some other cases on here and can say I know now exactly how they feel never been so worried in my life ( all cause I made a stupid mistake ) note to self; always check facts in future so no more mistakes! Thank you for taking the time to reply !!

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Yeah will be glad when it's finished; I did offer to pay the £88 in full but they said no, it's on the system now... Ah well I did offer :-)

Glad you're feeling a bit better about it now

Gbarbm

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Having another day of stressing about all this! Was wondering if I should phone and ask if it has been dealt with! I am away on Saturday to visit family for a week and am dreading feeling like this all week ?

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Think I will tomorrow ( it's only been four days since I called the compliance person ) was not sure if it would seem silly phoning so soon!!! Just stressing myself out that although in the phone call the lady told me not to worry that the award would be amended and my overpayment calculated , seems to simple , so keep expecting them to say they taking it further

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Update is still not had any amended award notice from tax credits and am still receiving my same payments!! I phones them last Friday and the call handler said it had been sanctioned to be amended , so how long does this take? This is ruining my life at the moment so worried

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Still heard nothing from tax credits and in all this time I am still being over paid!! How long does this take to get amended? Am really losing it now don't think u can take any more stress

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Why are you so worried? All that will happen is youll get a small deduction each week from the next award if you have to repay it. It's not like theyll demand thousands in one go.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

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Why are you so worried? All that will happen is youll get a small deduction each week from the next award if you have to repay it. It's not like theyll demand thousands in one go.

 

It's the ongoing not knowing how much we owe or how much will be deducted or if we are entitled to anything at all anymore! Have phoned again today still nothing showing on the system they said that it has not been done yet! I did say that the longer it takes the more we owe is going to go up but they don't seem to interested!! Why is it taking so long I have given them the information they need they said but yet still not done ??

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If they have said, then it will happen. Its a government department and they take FOREVER to do anything.

 

If you are concerned, then call them back up but demand to be put through to a supervisor or manager. Not a min wage call centre lackey.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

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If they have said, then it will happen. Its a government department and they take FOREVER to do anything.

 

If you are concerned, then call them back up but demand to be put through to a supervisor or manager. Not a min wage call centre lackey.[/QUOT

 

Well I phoned and spoke to a case worker who said she was not sure what had happened but that someone had done a final award ( no paper work sent ) on the 6th of July and had not used any of the new details!! So if I had not phoned this would have went on for another year!!! She said she would deal with it and now it's a waiting game again to see if we still get tax credits and also how much we owe! Am really angry they scare u to death with letters and then muck it all up and leave u waiting again!!! Wish this was all over

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It will be over soon. Unfortunatly HMRC are staff mostly by min wage idiots. Most arent even trained properly.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

If my advice helps you, click the star icon at the bottom of my post and feel free to say thanks

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How rude, you are implying because they are low paid they are stupid?

 

That's not very nice.

 

In regards to HMRC call centres its right on the mark. I know 2 people who work in one of their main call centrers. Both regularly complain about the people who work there. They are inept and most of the time either dont turn up for training courses, or simply cant follow basic instructions.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

If my advice helps you, click the star icon at the bottom of my post and feel free to say thanks

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