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    • They did reply to my defence stating it would fail and enclosed copies of NOA, DN Term letter and account statements. All copies of T&C's that could be reconstructions and the IP address on there resolves to the town where MBNA offices are, not my location
    • My defence was standard no paperwork:   1.The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are generic in nature. The Defendant accordingly sets out its case below and relies on CPR r 16.5 (3) in relation to any particular allegation to which a specific response has not been made. 2. Paragraph 1 is noted. The Defendant has had a contractual relationship with MBNA Limited in the past. The Defendant does not recognise the reference number provided by the claimant within its particulars and has sought verification from the claimant who is yet to comply with requests for further information. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant maintains that a default notice was never received. The Claimant is put to strict proof to that a default notice was issued by MBNA Limited and received by the Defendant. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. The Defendant is unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment allegedly served from either the Claimant or MBNA Limited. 5. On the 02/01/2023 the Defendant requested information pertaining to this claim by way of a CCA 1974 Section 78 request. The claimant is yet to respond to this request. On the 19/05/2023 a CPR 31.14 request was sent to Kearns who is yet to respond. To date, 02/06/2023, no documentation has been received. The claimant remains in default of my section 78 request. 6. It is therefore denied with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant, the Claimant has failed to provide any evidence of proof of assignment being sent/ agreement/ balance/ breach or termination requested by CPR 31.14, therefore the Claimant is put to strict proof to: (a) show how the Defendant entered into an agreement; and (b) show and evidence the nature of breach and service of a default notice pursuant to Section 87(1) CCA1974 (c) show how the claimant has reached the amount claimed for; and (d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim; 7. As per Civil Procedure Rule 16.5(4), it is expected that the Claimant prove the allegation that the money is owed. 8. On the alternative, as the Claimant is an assignee of a debt, it is denied that the Claimant has the right to lay a claim due to contraventions of Section 136 of the Law of Property Act and Section 82A of the consumer credit Act 1974. 9. By reasons of the facts and matters set out above, it is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief.
    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
    • In order for us to help you we require the following information:- [if there are more than one defendant listed - tell us] 1 defendant   Which Court have you received the claim from ? County Court Business Centre, Northampton   Name of the Claimant ? LC Asset 2 S.A R.L   Date of issue – . 28/04/23   Particulars of Claim   What is the claim for –    (1) The Claimant ('C') claims the whole of the outstanding balance due and payable under an agreement referenced xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and opened effective from xx/xx/2017. The agreement is regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ('CCA'), was signed by the Defendant ('D') and from which credit was extended to D.   (2) D failed to comply with a Default Notice served pursuant to s87 (1) CCA and by xx/xx/2022 a default was recorded.   (3) As at xx/xx/2022 the Defendant owed MBNA LTD the sum of 12,xxx.xx. By an agreement in writing the benefit of the debt has been legally assigned to C effective xx/xx/2022 and made regular upon C serving a Notice of Assignment upon D shortly thereafter.   (4) And C claims- 1. 12,xxx.xx 2. Interest pursuant to Section 69 County Courts Act 1984 at a rate of 8% per annum from xx/01/2023 to xx/04/2023 of 2xx.xx and thereafter at a daily rate of 2.52 to date of judgement or sooner payment. Date xx/xx/2023   What is the total value of the claim? 12k   Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? Yes   Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred? No   Did you inform the claimant of your change of address? N/A Is the claim for - a Bank Account (Overdraft) or credit card or loan or catalogue or mobile phone account? Credit Card   When did you enter into the original agreement before or after April 2007 ? After   Do you recall how you entered into the agreement...On line /In branch/By post ? Online   Is the debt showing on your credit reference files (Experian/Equifax /Etc...) ? Yes, but amount differs slightly   Has the claim been issued by the original creditor or was the account assigned and it is the Debt purchaser who has issued the claim. DP issued claim   Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? Not that I recall...   Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? Not that I recall...   Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ? Yes   Why did you cease payments? Loss of employment main cause   What was the date of your last payment? Early 2021   Was there a dispute with the original creditor that remains unresolved? No   Did you communicate any financial problems to the original creditor and make any attempt to enter into a debt management plan? No   -----------------------------------
    • Hello CAG Team, I'm adding the contents of the claim to this thread, but wanted to open the thread with an urgent question: Do I have to supply a WS for a claim with a court date that states " at the hearing the court will consider allocation and, time permitting, give an early neutral evaluation of the case" ? letter is an N24 General Form of Judgement or Order, if so, then I've messed up again. Court date 25 May 2024 The letter from court does not state (like the other claims I have) that I must provide WS within 28 days.. BUT I have recently received a WS from Link for it! making me think I do need to!??
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I sold a non road use racing motorcycle in a private sale back in October of last year. It was a bike that I had only ridden on 4 brief occasions having bought it myself privately a year earlier.

 

I resold the bike using the full description I was given from the guy who I purchased it from. In my ownership I rode the bike on track on just four occasions and had the bike Dyno tested in my ownership where it made the power the guy I purchased it from claimed. The guy I bought it from had claimed that the engine had been refreshed not long prior to my purchase but could not produce receipts for this work so I took a punt on buying the bike as he seemed genuine and was well known in race circles as a genuine guy.

 

I had no reason to believe that the bike had any issues at all. I know a good bike from bad and this one rode well and the engine was very strong on power. I was forced to sell it for financial reasons but sold it on with great confidence and genuinely thought the buyer got a fantastic bargain given the further £500 I reduced the asking price to get it sold to a good home. It was sold for more that £1000 less than I paid for it and I only used it 4 trackdays, plus I paid out £500 for further parts and testing. I was so confident in it being sound I sold it to a mate, genuinely feeling I was doing him a favour.

 

I'm now deeply embarrassed as the bike blew its engine on just its second day on track with its new owner. He has had the engine stripped by a specialist who feels from the condition of the engine that it has not had the recent refresh work done as claimed. I pointed out in the sale that I was told that this work had been done but I couldn't produce receipts but in my brief use of the bike and the testing I had done I saw absolutely no reason to doubt it.

 

I really don't know for sure if the bike has been run low on oil, overheated or over revved. These highly strung bikes have oil changes after every use so it may have been run with the wrong level, they have no cooling fans so have to be kept moving or may have overheating damage and are very easy to over rev when down shifting on track. If the specialist feels the bike has not been refreshed as claimed its hard to contest that without receipts to prove the work and its something that can only really be seen with the engine in bits.

 

The buyer has not asked anything of me yet but if they do I would like to be sure of my rights should he get a huge bill and expect me to do something. I'm worried he may want to reject the bike which I cannot afford to buy back or expect me to pay for the repair which may amount to a huge sum of money which again I don't have.

 

It was a private sale, done for cash with no receipt advertised through an internet forum. Even worse the buyer is a good friend. I'm unsure yet if he is prepared to take it on the chin as it was a private sale on a highly strung race bike. We have all bought and sold a few and you take your chances. I've just passed on the description I had which I had no reason to doubt.

 

I'm hoping its either going to be taken on the chin or if he does feel I owe something legally I don't have any liability and am here looking to confirm that this is the case. I just hope any goodwill gesture I can afford to make will be taken as being fair and better than nothing. I really don't think I'm going to get anywhere going back to the guy who sold it to me either, like me he is not a trader either, just a private individual. The last refresh was done by a mate of his so he may well of believed himself it had been done correctly.

 

Gutted what should have been a sweet deal turned into a mess and I hope it doesn't mess up a friendship. I hate people feeling like I have wronged someone when I genuinely thought the bike was a good one. I want to make it right but have to protect myself and just don't have the cash to do anything but make a small gesture to help.

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If you have been absolutely straight in your advertising and, if I read your post correctly, you even pointed out that the rebuild had been done before you bought the bike and you had no direct evidence, then, I believe the purchaser has no legal recourse.

 

His only likely legal claim would have been for mis-advertising which you do not appear to have done. I think, as you suggest, this is a highly tuned bit of kit, and therefore a failure is always possible when racing.

 

You said you had raced it a few times and saw no problem. Maybe the the new buyer rides just a bit faster and harder than you do! :car:

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Thanks for taking the time to reply. I certainly passed on every bit of information I had and the work was done before I bought the bike so I could only go on the guy I bought it froms word and pointed out I had no way of proving it. If the work had not been done or there were any faults I was certainly unaware.

 

I don't think I legally have to do anything. This is more of a deal to me as its my reputation, made worse by the fact its someone in my circle of friends that involved. I kinda have a feeling of responsibility even though its not my fault.

 

I've yet to be asked for anything and I don't even know if I will yet. I just want to be in a position that should I be asked that its understood that legally I am not obligated to do anything and if I offer up the little bit of money I can afford to help with the repair it is taken in good faith as me doing the best I can to make right as I could have just walked away. This could amount to nothing and we sort it out amicably as friends but I don't know if or which way the buyer will jump yet.

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The bike completed its first outing with the new owner at the controls, any issue with the engine would have manifested itself then, and as you confirm the oil is changed between circuits, there would have been an opportunity to check any filings and bits when the sump was drained.

 

Is it a two or four stroke ? Any other things that might lead to a quicker than normal demise ? (Kawasaki gearboxes spring to mind)

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The bike is being used on a four day event, shared by a few different riders. I supplied it with some spare oil and filters so expect this was changed before the event as the bike had stood for some months over winter with the oil in it when sold. That oil was clean but I would have changed it again prior to such a 4 day event. I'm pretty sure the buyer would have too as he is pretty knowledgeable and understands this type of machine. I got a message at the end of day one that the bike was awesome. The bike then failed some time on day two after one of the riders reported a rattle and found it low on oil. They put more oil in and later it let go. Not sure how much track time it had done between those riders nor if the oil starvation was due to it being underfilled or a fault causing it to burn. I just got a report that it failed on day two, a mechanic who I know has very specialist knowledge had pulled it apart, worryingly found gunk in the oil and didn't feel the condition of the inlet ports showed the bike had been refreshed very recently. The bike is a 4 stroke supersport spec machine. I've yet to get more details of the extent of the damage or cost to put right.

 

Issue is that its a bike that's probably a £20k build 6 years ago and given the level of tuning has the bills to go with that. I sold it for just £4k given its age but a supersport spec engine rebuild could be a big percentage of the bikes overall value. It's already in the hands of a very respected specialist who understandably is going to charge a fair wedge to do a top draw job to put his name to any repair as he is only going to do it to the finest standard, using brand new parts. In the bike racing world reputation is important so a £4k bike is still going to be treated to the same high standard as a brand new race bike by such a mechanic.

 

The other people involved with riding and working on the bike are friends of mine so I don't want to get into accusations as to someone mistreating the bike etc. Likewise I have never taken any part of the bikes engine apart so only have the previous owners word that most resent refresh done prior to my ownership and that the motor is sound. My few outings on the bike and dyno testing showed it to be sound too. If the mechanic has found any issue I don't want to get into any argument over it as I genuinely have no previous idea of any issues at all.

 

Time will tell if I'm expected to do anything or not, still waiting to hear. We may not have any dispute as like me the buyer may understand its one of those things totally beyond my control and I have also been burned. I hope he doesn't want anything then I can offer a small token amount toward the fix, which I can afford which can be seen as me being fair doing something I didn't have to rather than me trying to pay him off on the cheap.

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I got a message at the end of day one that the bike was awesome. The bike then failed some time on day two after one of the riders reported a rattle and found it low on oil. They put more oil in and later it let go. Not sure how much track time it had done between those riders nor if the oil starvation was due to it being underfilled or a fault causing it to burn.

 

As per the last post, the bike was fine throughout day one. Nothing could therefore be attributed to earlier use, or ownership.

The fact you were advised the bike was 'awesome' (keep the text, just in case) after the first race, and it was only during day two that low oil was discovered, before engine failure confirms something catastrophic happened on that day to cause the damage.

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