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None of these documents were received by the court nor the defendant by that date.   2.        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.   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. 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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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I have worked for my Company since 2012 and as a single Mum, have been in receipt of housing benefit since that time. Last month, I had a conversation with my local council who told me that I have an overpayment of housing benefit totalling almost £4,000! This, I admit is my fault as I failed to inform them of a change of hours in my job.

 

I was told that I would no longer receive any housing benefit until the overpayment was paid off. I supplied the council with wage slips and P60's for the last 3 years and thought that was that.

 

The company I work for is small and this morning I have opened the post and there is a letter enclosing an EQ1 form which basically implies that I am being investigated for fraud! Can anyone please offer some advice, I've gone into meltdown!

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If you failed to notify a change of circumstances within a reasonable time then an overpayment may occur.

 

Second question why is the LA writing to you at work? If you feel that the LA has not had your letters then this could be why you have had an overpayment. Is there anymore information you can add? Are there any other benefits involved?

 

If they did receive them and failed to adjust your benefits then it may make a difference.

 

If on the other hand you failed to tell them then again a different kettle of fish.

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Second question why is the LA writing to you at work?

 

I suspect that this letter may be addressed to the company rather than the OP seeking to confirm hours and wages for the period in question.

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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I admit that the overpayment is down to me and failure to inform them of a change in my hours at work. I told the officer at my LA this and she informed me that I would no longer receive any HB until the overpayment was cleared. The LA didn't write to me personally at work, they wrote to the Company asking that they complete an EQ1 form which details my pay/hours etc.

 

I am confused now at having re-read the letter. It has come from JobCentre Plus and says it is investigating benefit claims. Would DWP become involved with HB overpayments?

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At the time of overpayment I was in receipt of housing benefit (£30ish per week). I also received and still do, working tax credits on a weekly basis. These are updated directly by employer though with any changes to wages or hours.

 

The agreement set in place with my LA was that I now will only receive 50p per week HB until the overpayment is cleared. This was November 2015.

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The investigation of HB claims has gone to the DWP on a rolling programme over the last year, so in short yes it would be DWP. The company can be prosecuted if they fail to provide the information, so you need to bring it to the right persons attention.

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Yes. The letters probably use the phrase "without prejudice" which means that they still can.

 

Reading between the lines it sounds as if RTI has picked up your pay rise. As RTI (that's real time information from the tax office) but as RTI is only available back to 01/04/2013, they are confirming what your wages were before then.

 

Again, this is only supposition on my path, they may well interview you.

If the payrise does predate April 2013 it's possible the overpayment will go up.

 

Sorry, that's probably not what you wanted to read. There's no point replying and not being honest with you.

 

Please don't panic though.. It's possible that they may just correct it and there not be any action.

 

Again all of that is supposition on my part.

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Many thanks again.

 

The payrise was the end of 2014. Paying back the overpayment isn't a concern as it's already in progress, my main concern is that they think I've been intentionally dishonest and go to prosecute. I've googled this (perhaps unwisely) and found that people are quite often invited for an interview under caution which would send me into meltdown!

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My employer has just called the investigating officer to let them know that I have read the letter and am now worried sick. She has asked if they can provide any further information to which the answer was no. I have also called them and got the same answer.

 

The officer said that I shouldn't have caught sight of the letter as I am not meant to know but as they failed to address it to the relevant person or write private or confidential, I have opened it. Standard practice should be for them to call and find out who to address it to before sending out.

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