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    • I've given it a try, I expect alot of work required so will give my eyes and brain a rest as I'm getting word blind.. and I'll come back later following your initial bashings Thanks 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. 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 wrote off as a capital loss and claimed against taxable income as confirmed in the claimants 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. The Defendant has not entered any contract with the Claimant. 3. 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The Claimant further claims that the documents are sufficient to pursue a Judgement and are therefore copies of original documents in their possession. 8. Point 3 is noted and denied. 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. 9. Point 5 is noted and disputed. 10. 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. 11. Point 11 is noted and disputed. 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. 12. 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 *** (dates are wrong) 13. Point 13 is noted and denied. Claimant is put to strict proof to prove allegations. 14. The Claimant did not provide a true copy of the CCA in response to the Defendants request of 21/12/2022. Conclusion 15. 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. 16. The Claimant has been unjustly enriched at the expense of the Defendant by purchasing bulk debt at a greatly reduced cost and subrogating for the original creditor in trying to recuperate the full amount of the original debt 17. The Defendant was not given ample evidence to prove the debt and therefore was not required to enter into settlement negotiations. Should the debt be proved in the future, the Defendant is willing to enter into 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. Signed: _________________________ _______ Dated: _____________________
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If i offer to pay them £1 week/month do they legally have to accept it?

 

im a single mum of 2 kids under 3 and on benefits,so money is tight.

 

initially they hounded me for about £53ish a month i agreed to shut them up and managed 1 payment and then realized how short it would leave me every month.

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tell us the full story

 

lewis are a dca they have NO legal powers to demand any money from you.

 

dx

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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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i had a vanquis card april last year,with a £200 limit (i think)

maxed it out and

from what i was away from the info on their website minimum payment was 5% of the balance or £5 if it was under a certain amount.

 

on the premise of having a £200 bill and 5% of that works out around £10 but it started showing on my account they wanted 50 odds a month minimum payment.

 

i had phoned (i know now i shouldnt have phoned) to ask where they were getting this figure from

and every time they just kept saying something about it running over from the previous month.

 

i gave up trying to contact them and buried my head in the sand for a few months,

i had ended up ill and had really bad anxiety from being ill. (i had a close call with swine flu back in 2009 and ever since anxiety of being ill has consumed me) so i dealt with that.

 

i then had a letter from the lewis group saying they were in charge of the debt now and get in touch with them.

 

the agent i spoke to said they would accept the £53ish per month which i could not agree to at the second without going away and seriously thinking about it.

 

was getting 2-3 phonecalls a day on my landline and on my mobile and 1-2 letters per week

 

so i just gave up and agreed to it simply because i couldnt be bothered with them harassing me anymore.

 

i managed the first months payment and was left pretty short for gas&electric and groceries.

 

heard nothing from them til this morning saying that their client had instructed them to offer me a significant discount instead of paying 364 i could pay it off for£182.

 

i wish i could afford it but they way things are i cant.

 

i just want them off my back until i am in a better position to pay a little more so i thought the £1 would do this.

 

i want it paid off cause im trying to rebuild my credit report

,i would like a mortgage one day,

or if i finally decide to learn to drive id like to be able to get finance for a car.

 

after reading to many horror stories about dca's on here i didnt want to contact them without double checking things

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something wrong here

 

they are offering a discount

 

prob loads of unlawful PENALTY charges

or

PPI

 

to reclaim.

 

if you've not got all the statements

 

then you need to SAR vanquis

 

and get relaiming

 

as for paying 'something'

 

if vanquis are still shown as the owner of the debt on your cra file

 

then just pay £1 by your internet banking portal

 

no need to bother with the dca at all. ignore them

 

and stay off that phone!!!

 

 

dx

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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i know there are some dodgy charges on it just not sure how many,i tried to log in to my online account to see if i could get an idea of what they were but i cant remember any of the details.

 

is it just a £10 postal order i stick in the with SAR request?

 

i never even thought about PPI as i didnt think i could claim cause it was with a DCA.

 

silly question,can i send a handwritten SAR or would it have to be typed up? my printer packed up a while ago and our local library is closed for months to get refurbished into some sort of community hub so cant even go there.

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neighbour relative?

 

better to print it

 

yep just a £10 PO

 

dx

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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you dont need any account numbers for an sar.

 

that address is ok

 

 

dx

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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Sent off today,first class recorded delivery.

 

Eager to know what the statements etc say,finally maybe get an explanation where the £50 minimum payment came from.

 

Should i send an account in dispute letter to the dca?

 

At least i dont have to worry about their fake baliffs coming to my door.

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they'll come anyhow i bet.

 

i wouldn't send anything to the DCA

 

a SAR cannot put an A/C into disput sadly.

 

dx

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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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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dont you believe it

 

they'll farm it out to one of the locals

 

just remember, film them and get them to identify themselves

 

then its gameover as they know they should not be doorstepping in scotland

 

you'll get what my mrs got.

 

2 doorcalls, would not id themselves

just wanted money.

 

it was not until i pulled an old string from my ex works

and got the owner of the cars reg number i found out who it was.

 

had parked 3 streets away on a main road superstores carark

 

looked funny with me walking down the road filming him!

 

dx

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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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

:D

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dont you believe it

 

they'll farm it out to one of the locals

 

just remember, film them and get them to identify themselves

 

then its gameover as they know they should not be doorstepping in scotland

 

you'll get what my mrs got.

 

2 doorcalls, would not id themselves

just wanted money.

 

it was not until i pulled an old string from my ex works

and got the owner of the cars reg number i found out who it was.

 

had parked 3 streets away on a main road superstores carark

 

looked funny with me walking down the road filming him!

 

dx

 

Anyone could turn up at ur door and demand money so if they won't id themselves how do they expect to get anywhere.

 

I'm half expecting someone to turn up for the people that used to live here,got fed up returning to sender to about 20 different company's a week so I just ignore them now.

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just to clarify something, that know you know

but others might not......

 

wherever you are NEVER EVER pay ANYONE money on your doorstep

 

regardless to WHOMEVER they are.

 

EVEN A REAL BAILIFF with a warrant or LO.

 

...end off!!!

 

 

dx

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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  • 4 weeks later...

SAR arrived today,loads of interest and late fees i'll list what they show up as

 

default fee plan interest

unpaid item charge

default fee interest

 

adds up to 138.71

 

there are also cash interest and purchase interest (these continue to show after i haven't used the card?) can i claim these?

 

what can i claim back and how do i go about it?

 

Oh and should my cca agreement have been in the SAR?

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default fees [£12] ones only

 

dx

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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dx

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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