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The claim includes statutory interest under S.69 of the County Courts Act 1984 at a rate of 8% per annum from the date of assignment to the date of the issue of these proceedings in the sum of £49.15 The Claimant claims the sum of £972 What is the total value of the claim? £1112 Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? I dont know the details of the PAPDC to know if it was pursuant to paragraph 3, but I did receive a Letter of Claim with a questionaire/form to fill. Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred? No 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 ? no 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 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. Assigned/purchaser Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? I was aware, I'm not certain I received a 'Notice of Assignment' from Capital One but may have been informed the account had been sold without such a title on the letter? Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? Yes Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ? Not since the debt purchase, and not from Capital One. Why did you cease payments? I can't remember - it was the tail end of the pandemic and I may not have had enough income to keep up payments - I am self-employed and work in the event industry - at that time. I also had a bank account that didn't allow direct debits and may have just forgotten payments and became annoyed at fines for late payments. What was the date of your last payment? Appears to be 20/4/2022 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 Here is my Defence: Defence - 1. The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are vague and 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. I have in the past had an agreement with Capital One but do not recognise this specific account number or recollect any outstanding debt and have therefore requested clarification by way of a CPR 31.14 and section 78 request.. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. I am unaware of having been served with a Default Notice pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. I am unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment pursuant to the Law and Property Act 1925 Section 136(1) 5. The Defendant has sent a request by way of a section 78 pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act 1974, for a copy of the agreement, the Claimant has yet to comply and remains in default of said request. 6. A further request has been made via CPR 31.14 to the Claimants solicitor, requesting disclosure of documents on which the Claimant is basing their claim. The Claimant has not complied and to date nothing has been received. 7. It is therefore not accepted with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant and the Claimant is put to strict proof to: a) show how the Defendant has entered into an agreement and; b) show how the Claimant has reached the amount claimed for and; c) show the nature of the breach and evidence by way of a Default Notice pursuant to sec 88 CCA1974 d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim 8. As per Civil Procedure 16.5 it is expected that the claimants prove the allegation that the money is owed 9. 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 10. 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. .................. Please note that I had to write a defence quite quickly as I hit the deadline. At the time of writing the defence, I hadn't been able to find correspondence from Capital One, but had since found default letter etc. I submitted CCA request and CPR 31.14. However, I didn't get any proof of postage or use registered post for the CPR (an oversight) but did with the CCA request. I received a pack which included a letter from Overdales, going over the defence I'd filed, as well as letters of Lowells and reprints of letters from Capital One. But I have no idea if this pack is in response to the CCA request or the CPR ! I would have expected two separate responses ... although I do know they are both the same company. Looking over the pack today, and looking through old emails .. I find some discrepancies in the Capital One default letters (notice of default and Claim of default). They are both dated *before* an email I have stating that a default can be avoided. The one single page of agreement sent (so not the full agreement) has a 16 digit number at the top in small print, next to 'Capital One' which corresponds to a number called 'PURN' printed at the top of each of the 10 pages of ins and outs of the account (they're not official statements, but a list of monthly goings) yet no mention anywhere on either of the account number. I cant really scan them at the moment - I can later tomorrow, but that will be after the mediation call I'm sure. I guess I may be on my own for this mediation ... I am not certain the CCA request has been satisfied .. or if the CPR has been . And then I appear to have evidence that the Default notices provided are fabricated ? Yet, I do have (elsewhere ... not at home) Default letters from Capital One I can check ..
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A bailiff called today but didn't explain who he was properly so hubby let him in, the man then said who he was and hubby quickly escorted him back out the front door. Hubby told him he wasn't going to be coming in and doors and windows would be locked. The man wrote a few things down and left. Is this now seen as allowing him in and I wonder if what he wrote down was a list of things he had seen. He also came at 6.30am I didn't think they were allowed to come that early. Can anyone help please

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Hi selinajayne,

 

As you say, this is a big mistake. The fact that you allowed him in once means he can re-enter.

 

There are others on the forum with more knowledge than I have who will come to help, but

 

1. Who is he collecting for?

 

2. How much is the debt?

 

3. Have you got a car parked anywhere nearby? If so, move it immediately.

 

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The bailiff should only be there with a Court Order. Did he leave you with a copy of the documentation? If so, call the Court and see what they say. Do that now as Courts close at 4 or 4.30.

 

If your husband didn't know about this and feels it was a fine he should not have received you can apply to have it set aside, but the main thing is to get the bailiff called off.

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Sadly, it would seem that the bailiff gained "peaceful entry" .

 

If this debt is in relation to one that your husband did not know about then he can file a Statutory Declaration with the court.

 

If you can provide a few more details this would be of help.

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If he was removed from the premises BEFORE he began a levy, then he would not have peaceful entry, he would need to have handed a list of goods on a Form 7 to your husband, or put ut through the letterbox at the time, however if it is a criminal fine, they may claim right of forced entry under the DCVA. Others will know more

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Get to the court first thing in the morning and get a stat dec sorted out.

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Might be worth sending detals to BBC watchdog, they are on the case of DVLA who have form for fraudulent and baseless prosecutions, it is up to them to prove you didn't send it, not you to prove you had, a statutory declaration that you had posted the V5 on whatever date, and s you can consider First class post as sufficient proof of delivery, there is NO legal compulsion as DVLA have tried in court and been spanked for to claim you MUST contact them after a month if you have heard nothing from them. A stat dec as to not getting the summons would allow you to challenge. DVLA have lost in this scenario, andWatchdog have caught them out on just this very thing..

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DVLA go on and on trying to prosecute everyone and it's all a money making exercise. They took me to court over not paying my car tax which was delayed in the post due to a postal strike. It was a newly bought car and being a good girl I paid the tax from the beginning of the previous month even though there were only four days to go. I even sent them copies of the actual tax disc showing I had paid for the full six months but that didn't stop them. It was only when I got to Court and showed their lawyer that I had paid that he stopped it before we went into Court. Even he said he'd couldn't understand why they had done it.

 

You really must fight them on this, so do get the Statutory Declaration done first thing tomorrow.

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They (DVLA) also have form for going to court and gaining the criminal version of a default judgement by "neglecting or forgetting" to send out a summons so the first you know is when the Marstons, collectica Excel or other knuckledragger tries to kick the door in on the hapless, unbeknownst to them debtor.

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Apologies if this is slightly off topic, but it may help others on this thread at some time:

 

Did you know there is now no 'period of grace' for car tax renewal? There used to be 14 days, and then it was reduced to five days, but now you only get five days grace if you have renewed online by the last day of the previous month. If you renew after that they can fine you even if you have paid online and the tax disc is in the post. :mad2: So if, for example, you are away from home on the last day of the month and don't renew online until, say, the 2nd of the following month you are supposed to take your car off the road until the tax disc arrives.

 

You can of course challenge this - there is a nice House of Lords' Authority about this kind of thing - but who needs the hassle?

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It says on the log book if you don't get an acknowledgement letter within x amount of weeks, contact them because he didn't it means he's at fault

No he isn't there is NO LEGAL COMPULSION to contact DVLA after you send something in a judge found that you can assume delivery after 3 days or so by first class post BBC Watchdog are on the case as per below

 

see :http://whatconsumer.co.uk/forum/consumer-rights-television-programmes/10610-bbc-watchdog-dvla-dock.html

 

"Duncan Peck is a motorcyclist who took on the DVLA - after applying to take his vehicle off the road. He posted his SORN application but then six months later he received a penalty for £80. The DVLA insisted they hadn't received Duncan's application and told him it was his responsibility to contact them when he didn't receive acknowledgement of receipt. Duncan refused to back down and refused to pay the fine, so the DVLA took him to court. When the case was heard in March, the judge found in Duncan's favour saying the DVLA has no statutory power requiring anyone to contact them should they not receive an acknowledgment letter."

 

DVLA are woefully unfit for purpose, and have lost in court or withdrawn the case on similar facts to OP where they claimed non reciept of V5 for change SORN or whatever.

 

If Op had no summons then Stat Dec and a defence claiming docs posted should kill the DVLA and their scrote bailiffs pig.

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If he goes to court does he say the dvla have no legal standing on it

He tells them that it was posted First class on Xth of whatever 20ish, and assumes that they had it via normal post 3 days later, and that there is no compulsion to contact DVLA to check anyhing, quoting the cases of Duncan Peck and James Collins who were prosecuted by DVLA (which had lost the documents) and appeals found in the favour of the defendants

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?380711-Collectica-and-DVLA-Fine

 

see also: http://www.rac.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?10714-DVLA-SORN-notification-system-is-a-shambles-legally-unenforceable-and-administ

 

http://www.bitterwallet.com/dvla-act-unlawfully-whilst-losing-your-letters-and-blaming-you-for-it/29151

 

I would suggest OP googles DVLA and unlawful fines

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