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    • Hi, despite saying you would post it up we have not seen the WS or EVRis WS. Please can you post them up.
    • Hi, Sorry its taken me so long to get round to this, i've been pretty busy today. Anyway, just a couple of things based on your observations.   Evri have not seen/read my WS (sent by post and by email) as they would have recognised the claim value is over £1000 as it includes court fees, trial fees, postage costs and interests, and there is a complete breakdown of the different costs and evidence. I'd say theres a 1% chance they read it , but in any case it won't change what they write. They refer to the claim amount that you claimed in your claim form originally, which will likely be in the same as the defence. They use a simple standard copy and paste format for WX and I've never seen it include any amount other than on the claim form but this is immaterial because it makes no difference to whether evri be liable and if so to what value which is the matter in dispute. However, I have a thinking that EVRi staff are under lots of pressure, they seem to be working up to and beyond 7pm even on fridays, and this is quite unusual so they likely save time by just copying and pasting certain lines of their defence to form their WX.   Evri accepts the parcel is lost after it entered their delivery network - again, this is in my WS and is not an issue in dispute. This is just one of their copy paste lines that they always use.   Evri mentions the £25 and £4.82 paid by Packlink - Again, had they read the WS, they would have realised this is not an issue in dispute. They probably haven't read your WS but did you account for this in your claim form?   Furthermore to the eBay Powered By Packlink T&Cs that Evri is referring to, Clauses 3b and c of the T&Cs states:  (b)   Packlink is a package dispatch search engine that acts as an intermediary between its Users and Transport Agencies. Through the Website, Users can check the prices that different Transport Agencies offer for shipments and contract with the Transport Agency that best suits their needs on-line. (c)  Each User shall then enter into its own contract with the chosen Transport Agency. Packlink does not have any control over, and disclaims all liability that may arise in contracts between a User and a Transport Agency This supports the view that once a user (i.e, myself) selects a transport agency (i.e Evri) that best suits the user's needs, the user (i.e, myself) enters into a contract with the chosen transport agency (i.e, myself). Therefore, under the T&Cs, there is a contract between myself and Evri.   This is correct but you have gone into this claim as trying to claim as a third party. I would say that you need to pick which fight you wan't to make. Either you pick the fight that you contracted directly with EVRi therefore you can apply the CRA OR you pick the fight that you are claiming as a third party contract to a contract between packlink and EVRi. Personally, I would go with the argument that you contracted directly with evri because the terms and conditions are pretty clear that the contract is formed with EVRi and so if the judge accepts this you are just applying your CR under CRA 2015, of which there has only been 2 judges I have seen who have failed to accept the argument of the CRA.   Evri cites their pre-existing agreement with Packlink and that I cannot enforce 3rd party rights under the 1999 Act. Evri has not provided a copy of this contract, and furthermore, my point above explains that the T&Cs clearly explains I have entered into a contract when i chose Evri to deliver my parcel.    This is fine, but again I would say that you should focus on claiming under the contract you have with EVRi as you entered into a direct contract with them according to packlink, as this gives less opportunites for the judge to get things wrong, also I think this is a much better legal position because you can apply your CR to it, if you dealt with a third party claim you would likely need to rely on business contract rights.   As explained in my WS, i am the non-gratuitous beneficiary as my payment for Evri's delivery service through Packlink is the sole reason for the principal contract coming into existence. I wouldn't focus this as your argument. I did think about this earlier and I think the sole focus of your claim should be that you contracted with evri and any term within their T&Cs that limits their liability is a breach of CRA. If you try to argue that the payment to packlink is the sole reason for the contract coming in between EVRI and packlink then you are essentially going against yourself since on one hand you are (And should be) arguing that you contracted directly with EVRi, but on the other hand by arguing about funding the contract between packlink and evri you are then saying that the contract is between packlink and evri not you and evri.  I think you should focus your argument that the contract is between you and evri as the packlink T&C's say.   Clearly Evri have not read by WS as the above is all clearly explained in there.   I doubt they have too, but I think their witness statement more than anything is an attempt to sort of confuse things. They reference various parts of the T&Cs within their WS and I've left some more general points on their WS below although I do think  point 3b as you have mentioned is very important because it says "Users can check the prices that different Transport Agencies offer for shipments and contract with the Transport Agency that best suits their needs on-line." which I would argue means that you contract directly with the agency. For points 9 and 10 focus on term 3c of the contract  points 15-18 are the same as points 18-21 of the defence if you look at it (as i said above its just a copy paste exercise) point 21 term 3c again point 23 is interesting - it says they are responsible for organising it but doesnt say anything about a contract  More generally for 24-29 it seems they are essentially saying you agreed to packlinks terms which means you can't have a contract with EVRI. This isnt true, you have simply agreed to the terms that expressly say your contract is formed with the ttransport agency (EVRi). They also reference that packlinks obligations are £25 but again this doesn't limit evris obligations, there is nothing that says that the transport agency isnt liable for more, it just says that packlinks limitation is set. for what its worth point 31 has no applicability because the contract hasn't been produced.   but overall I think its most important to focus on terms 3b and 3c of the contract and apply your rights as a consumer and not as a third party and use the third party as a backup   
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      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
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Also bearing in mind single persons under trhe age of 34 are only paid "Shared" Allowence regardless of age......

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well it will probably stay as there was no public reaction when they made the change in the private sector.

 

The key difference with LHA is that it wasn't imposed retrospectively - those who were "under occupying" private sector homes didn't suddenly find their benefits slashed. It only applied to new claims made after the law was introduced.

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Could this be another political ploy in advance of the 2015 election, The Lib Dems have lost a huge amount of ground since becoming the party of political prostitution and jumping into bed with the Conservatives. If they are to make any headway they must be seen to distance themselves from Cameron and his cronies to try and improve their standing in the polls.

 

There again possibly I just have a suspicious mind.

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Could this be another political ploy in advance of the 2015 election, The Lib Dems have lost a huge amount of ground since becoming the party of political prostitution and jumping into bed with the Conservatives. If they are to make any headway they must be seen to distance themselves from Cameron and his cronies to try and improve their standing in the polls.

 

There again possibly I just have a suspicious mind.

 

I don't think you're being unduly suspicious. It's not unreasonable to think that the Lib Dems are trying to distance themselves from an unpopular policy in the lead up to an election. Indeed, isn't that what we'd hope a political party would do?

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I totally agree its a ploy ...... both the lib dems and the torys will be coming up with all kinds of crap to get votes, then as usual will backtrack and not deliver. Its all just crap and I really have a problem with deciding whether its even worth voting for any of them.

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Could this be another political ploy in advance of the 2015 election, The Lib Dems have lost a huge amount of ground since becoming the party of political prostitution and jumping into bed with the Conservatives. If they are to make any headway they must be seen to distance themselves from Cameron and his cronies to try and improve their standing in the polls.

 

There again possibly I just have a suspicious mind.

 

 

Of course this is the first shot in their election campaign. Clegg (he's the leader of the non-party), would like more than his mum to vote for him so they thought up this one.

Him nor his party gives a damn about it, they 'voted it in' when it went through parliament. This isn't a simple change of mind, it's bullpooh.

 

 

Labour and the Conservatives turn on the Lib Dems after they call for an overhaul of the coalition's housing benefit reform, known to critics as the "bedroom tax".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28339128

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If it is the end of THIS punitive tax on the sick, old and poor, I'm confident there'll be another along in a few minutes - just like waiting for a bus with this government. :sad:

 

"You wait ages for an ill-considered benefit reform, and then three come along at once!"

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Since when has cameron ever listened to the other side of the coalition? He's just going to do what he does best. Ensure his business world friends get the best deal and screw everyone else over.

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So let me get this right.

The lib dems, yep them lot who promised not to increase tuition fees then as soon as they didnt get voted into government done a about turn and voted with the nasty party to increase tution fees.

Yeh them lib dems who voted to cut taxes for the rich and for the bedroom tax.

Yeh the, we voted along with the nasty party to cap benefits, are now saying "oh the bedroom tax isnt fair and when we voted for it we meant to vote against it so please vote for us next year in the general election. Pretty please. We wont lie again. Honest."

 

Give me a F...ing break!

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Just to underline my comment above....

 

As Nick Clegg's party announces it will seek to change the policy in this coalition, or pledge to do so in its next manifesto, Newsnight understands there was an opportunity within government for the Lib Dems to amend the policy four months ago.

 

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Also bearing in mind single persons under trhe age of 34 are only paid "Shared" Allowence regardless of age......

 

that is what they changed, it was only done 2 years or so ago. effectively a bedroom tax.

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The key difference with LHA is that it wasn't imposed retrospectively - those who were "under occupying" private sector homes didn't suddenly find their benefits slashed. It only applied to new claims made after the law was introduced.

 

wrong, I was affected and for the best part of a year and half had shared room benefits in my one bed flat as I didn't have the means to move. cost me a fair bit in debt to pay for it. the slash was a lot more as well not the small % for council homes. I had a cut from £327 every 4 weeks down to £225. a third knocked off. £225 HB for £395 rent.

 

Funny the media likes to go on about benefit claimants not managing money, not many would manage how I did probably.

 

I am 35 now so its now reinstated, but you are defenitly wrong on the sudden slash part. The only good thing was it was a bit delayed as they waited until my rent review to slash it which was about 6 months after the policy change, they didn't backdate it on the rent review. Otherwise it would have been about 2 years not 18 months.

 

People on the private sector don't have the home swap scheme, they don't have a social landlord for added security, they applied the change brutally and the person is on their own, with all the thrills of scouring a private market where 99% is no DSS and application fees, credit check fees etc. I actually calculated it would cost me more to move than pay the excess in rent for 18 months. You also may note in the figures I gave that even with the one bed flat rate there was a around £70 different HB to rent.

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wrong, I was affected and for the best part of a year and half had shared room benefits in my one bed flat as I didn't have the means to move. cost me a fair bit in debt to pay for it. the slash was a lot more as well not the small % for council homes. I had a cut from £327 every 4 weeks down to £225. a third knocked off. £225 HB for £395 rent.

 

Funny the media likes to go on about benefit claimants not managing money, not many would manage how I did probably.

 

I am 35 now so its now reinstated, but you are defenitly wrong on the sudden slash part. The only good thing was it was a bit delayed as they waited until my rent review to slash it which was about 6 months after the policy change, they didn't backdate it on the rent review. Otherwise it would have been about 2 years not 18 months.

 

People on the private sector don't have the home swap scheme, they don't have a social landlord for added security, they applied the change brutally and the person is on their own, with all the thrills of scouring a private market where 99% is no DSS and application fees, credit check fees etc. I actually calculated it would cost me more to move than pay the excess in rent for 18 months. You also may note in the figures I gave that even with the one bed flat rate there was a around £70 different HB to rent.

 

Fair enough, I could well be misremembering. Just to be clear, though, I was referring to the original introduction of LHA, and not more recent changes.

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