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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 have claimed unfair dismissal following whistleblowing and have a 3 days hearing scheduled in September. Due to funds I didn't take on a solicitor, but I am very scared that I have bitten off more than I can chew and will ruin my case due to inexperience. I have had support previously from CAG but in honesty have never been in a position to make a donation, if anyone can help my I will make a donation of whatever I can afford.

 

So the situation, i was dismissed, 5 days before my 2 years service for a completely unfounded, ridiculous allegation of gross misconduct. I was actually suspended immediately after a grievence hearing which I had raised regarding my bad treatment whilst I was signed off work following and assault in the workplace. I was dismissed in my absence as I was infit to attend the disaplinary meeting and they refused to reschedule it.

 

I had prior to this made a disclosure, first an internal one through the correct internal channels, then to the licensing body because my concerns where dismissed which heightened my concerns and made things 100x worse. I know that they know it was me, and I have this in writing. As to I have emails in which HR and senior management discussed me and plans to dismiss me.

 

I also have notes of meetings about me which were held incorrectly and which were unfair and literally just going through the motions.

 

I appealed my dismissal on the grounds of whistleblowing and this was dismissed, although they waited until 3 days before the 3 months tribunal deadline to inform me of this.

 

I am now in a position where I need to send information as to what remedy I am asking the tribunal to award, this needs to be recieved by 4pm Monday and in honesty I don't know what to write nor how to word it.

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Have you brought a standard unfair dismissal claim as well as an automatically unfair one? The only reason I ask is that if you were dismissed five days before you hit the two year mark, your statutory notice of a week is added on so you are actually two days over the required two years service....

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You need to prepare a schedule of loss - a basic example can be found here - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/problems-at-work/employment-tribunals-from-29-july-2013/employment-tribunals-valuing-a-claim/compensatory-award/calculating-the-compensatory-award/employment-tribunals-preparing-a-schedule-of-loss/employment-tribunals-sample-schedule-of-loss/

 

You'd need (as a minimum) to calculate your basic award and compensatory award as well as applying a 25% uplift for their breach of the ACAS Code. If you're claiming detriment compensation regarding the WB claim then add that in too.

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You need to prepare a schedule of loss - a basic example can be found here - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/problems-at-work/employment-tribunals-from-29-july-2013/employment-tribunals-valuing-a-claim/compensatory-award/calculating-the-compensatory-award/employment-tribunals-preparing-a-schedule-of-loss/employment-tribunals-sample-schedule-of-loss/

 

You'd need (as a minimum) to calculate your basic award and compensatory award as well as applying a 25% uplift for their breach of the ACAS Code. If you're claiming detriment compensation regarding the WB claim then add that in too.

 

 

I have prepared this today. Which is to be submitted to them by 4pm Monday. I have asked for more than is realistic under injury to feelings, and more generally than I would expect as I am sure that they will want to settle out of court so would like some wiggle room to negotiate. Although for the loss of earning etc I have been exact as it is in the template that you sent. Do you think overestimating could hinder things?

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ahhhh...

how do you manage to remember how many h's :)

 

were you able to get any applicable union support?

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It's 8. I have to count every time I log in!

 

I didn't, the industry is a very unique one and we have struggled to find a union that would represent us. One that the company would recognise.

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It's 8. I have to count every time I log in!

 

I didn't, the industry is a very unique one and we have struggled to find a union that would represent us. One that the company would recognise.

 

If it too specialised for a specialist union, go general. The GMB?.

The company may not have recognised it, but the union would still have been able to offer you support!.

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So I'm recieved a date for a preliminary hearing which is on Monday, the employer has contacted me with a list of questions that they require with a deadline of Friday. So I am on that now.

What can I expect to happen at the hearing?

Also, the employer sent me a request for information, with a deadline of the 20th June. They sent me a letter and an email with this request. The letter wasn't recieved until the 21st June.

They haven't sent me the ET3 officially, although their solicitor emailed me with a copy of it on the bottom of something else.

I fear that they are trying to be underhand in the hope that I miss something and they can use this to get the case struck out! They are complete crooks.

Could anyone advise me on the best thing to do.

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If it too specialised for a specialist union, go general. The GMB?.

The company may not have recognised it, but the union would still have been able to offer you support!.

 

 

But how would this help if I have never paid I to a union? Surely they wouldn't help me.

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Most people represent themselves in the Tribunal and the Tribunal makes allowance for them.

 

But you really need to up your game. The Respondent would be very brutal so you need to do a lot of research.

 

I honestly think it is too late to join a union now.

 

Regarding free advice I wouldn't count on it. Great if you get it but I wouldn't place my hope in it.

 

Your best chance at this stage is you, you need to step up if not the Respondent is going to crush you.

 

Like I said earlier a lot of people represent themselves and win so I don't see why you can't

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So I attended the second preliminary hearing yesterday, in which the respondent (who have a new, very good barrister) tried to get me to agree to splitting the hearing and doing litigation in one then remedy in another. I didn't sgree, I felt that they were trying to get the upper hand in doing this. I heard the barrister tell his client that 'it would be a lot cheaper.' What did he mean? Is that that he thinks he can win and not have the second hearing or is it that they would have attempted to settle before a full hearing and this way they would settle with a decision and possibly win.

 

After I refused to go ahead with it. The judge raised the question of judicial mediation, the barrister didn't know if his client wanted to do this and asked for 7 days for a decision. Am I right in being positive at this?

 

To add detail, my claim is for whistleblowing and I have extremely strong evidence.

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I though perhaps making a different thread might help me to get some responses. Apologies.

 

An update, and another plea for help.

During the preliminary hearing, the respondent got to spend an hour reading my statements, didn't give me theirs, and ensured that the deadline for statements is now December giving them tonnes of time to change their statements to contradict mine!! I've written to the court asking them to strike out the respondents evidence, going to far quite possibly but it seems crazy to me that experienced barristers should be allowed to be so underhand and just get away with! Thus jeopardising my case and preventing justice from being done.

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in which the respondent .... tried to get me to agree to splitting the hearing and doing litigation in one then remedy in another. I didn't sgree,

...... I heard the barrister tell his client that 'it would be a lot cheaper.' What did he mean?

 

 

Used when they are arguing both:

a) "liability" ; that they aren't liable for the damages, and

b) "quantum" ; if they are found liable for some damages they disagree as to the value claimed, and also

 

Usually when an expert would need to be instructed to come up with a value for the damages.

 

The cost of the process for "quantum" [part b)] (including the cost of the expert) can be avoided if they aren't found liable for anything at the "liability stage", hence the reason to ask for a "split trial" to "reduce costs".

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