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    • the claimant in their WS can refer to whatever previous CC judgements they like, as we do in our WS's, but CC judgements do not set a legal precedence. however, they do often refer to judgements like Bevis, those cases do created a precedence as they were court of appeal rulings. as for if the defendant, prior to the raising of a claim, dobbed themselves in as the driver in writing during any appeal to the PPC, i don't think we've seen one case whereby the claimant referred to such in their WS.. ?? but they certainly typically include said appeal letters in their exhibits. i certainly dont think it's a good idea to 'remind' them of such at the defence stage, even if the defendant did admit such in a written appeal. i would further go as far to say, that could be even more damaging to the whole case than a judge admonishing a defendant for not appealing to the PPC in the 1st place. it sort of blows the defendant out the water before the judge reads anything else. dx  
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    • Euro have got a lot wrong and have failed to comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4.  According to Section 13 after ECP have written to Arval they should then send a NTH to the Hirer  which they have done.This eliminates Arval from any further pursuit by ECP. When they wrote to your company they should have sent copies of everything that they asked Arval for. This is to prove that your company agree what happened on the day of the breach. If ECP then comply with the Act they are allowed to pursue the hirer. If they fail, to comply they cannot make the hirer pay. They can pursue until they are blue in the face but the Hirer is not lawfully required to pay them and if it went to Court ECP would lose. Your company could say who was driving but the only person that can be pursued is the Hirer, there does not appear to be an extension for a driver to be pursued. Even if there was, because ECP have failed miserably to comply with the Act  they still have no chance of winning in Court. Here are the relevant Hire sections from the Act below.
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Dear xxxx

Following my phonecall with you on the 14th January and subsequent email from you, I would like to clarify that I still require all the water bills that the claim is relevant to.

 

I did not receive the Pre Action Protocol from Southern Water and as a result, had no opportunity inspect the charges prior to the claim form arriving from the court.

 

Also, the court claim form sets out the particulars of the case, however there is no breakdown of how the particulars are made up, and the dates are inconsistent with my time at the property. In addition to this, there is a large part of the claim with is statute barred which you have yourself agreed with, although you have not detailed how you calculated the reduction.

I have requested a CPR 31:14 from Shulmans and have yet to receive the requested information.

 

OR

 

Dear xxxx

Please send me a copy of all water bills relevant to the county court claim form sent to me reference …..

 

I’m thinking the second approach as the first alerts them to their errors early in the process.

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urm..yes!!

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Looking for some extra advice.

 

I’ve received the copy bills, and they are all in order, and the total outstanding, corresponds with the updated total that Southern Water came back with after affording that some of the debt was statute barred.

 

I’ve also received from the court, a letter which says that my case is suitable for fast track to the small claims court,with a mediation form and details of how to request mediation with the company for free.

 

Does anyone have experience of this?

I’m inclined to fill the form off a send it to the court asking for mediation to help agree a payment plan.

Is that what the mediation can help with?

 

and what happens with the county court claim, as I assume the small claims process is different?

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What have you received from court....? a Notice of Proposed Allocation... or Notice of Allocation?

 

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So you have the Directions Questionnaire N180...dont be inclined to fill it in ...you must fill it in its the next part of the process.. and file and serve a copy on the claimants solicitor by the date stated..failure to complete the DQ will result in your defence being struck out.

 

This allocated the claim to track ...Small claims in this instance and transfers the claim to your local county court.

 

Simple to complete.

 

Yes to mediation (you are expected to participate in mediation whether it actually happens is another matter)

Yes to SCT

State your local county court

1 witness...you.

 

The rest is self explanatory tick boxes.

 

Run 3 copies ..(Court/Sol/file) you can use the following link to complete it on your PC....looks far more professional than pen.

 

https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?406099-LEGAL-N180-Directions-Questionnaire-(Small-Claims-Track)-**Correct-at-Sept-2016**

 

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You cant fill it on line...you complete it on your computer and print 3 copies

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All done. Thank you.

 

Should I try to make an arrangement to pay the outstanding debt.

I agree with the amount, but I didn’t receive the pre action protocol and the original debt being claimed included some debt which was statute barred.

SW have amended this, but I don’t want a ccj if possible.

 

If I agree that I owe this money, should I ask for time to pay (I have a small lump sum I can give to reduce the debt) by way of a Tomlin order.

This was mentioned before.

Or do I wait for the court process to progress

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No.... by all means attempt settlement..the further this progresses the more it will cost SW.

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I'm back for Round 2 of my Southern Water debt issue.

 

Situation so far:

 

I received a claim form from Northampton County Court in Dec 2018 with Southern Water being the claimant. 

The amount being claimed was for dates 11/07/2007 through to 07/07/2018 for £4559.62.

 

After advice on this forum I ran off a defence citing Statute Barred for some of the dates, and that I had no Pre Action Protocol.

 

A solicitor letter preceded this from Shulmans, who I believe are linked to UK Search who are the preferred debt collection company for Southern Water.

This is a Letter Before Court Action letter .

I'll get back to this in a bit.

 

Shulmans then wrote to say that they were no longer involved in the case, referring me to Southern Water.

After I had sent a defence off,  I received correspondence from the courts to inform me that they were transferring the case to a court local to me, and allocating the claim to small claims track. They also sent forms for the mediation service which we have both agreed to, and are waiting for this department to contact either/both of us.

 

During the time since I sent the defence back to the court, I have corresponded with Southern Water via the litigation department after I wrote to them asking for a breakdown of costs being claimed.

 

They agreed that some of the costs being claimed were statute barred, and adjusted their claim via email with attachments of the bills being claimed.

 

I have offered a token payment (without prejudice to save costs) which has been accepted, and they are open to offers of regular payments. They also suggested mediation and suggested a Tomlin order may be a viable option.

 

Finally, I have now received a Notice of Allocation to the small claims track which states the following:

1. Allocate this claim to small claims track

2. The Claimant do send a reply to the defence to the court and the Defendants by 4pm on 8th April 2019

3. This order having been made by the Court pursuant to CPR Rule 3.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, any party affected by this order has the right to apply to set it aside, vary or stay it by application made not more than 7 days after this order was served on the party making the application.

 

Here goes:

Back to the Shulmans issue.

On 30/10/2018 I received a 'LETTER BEFORE COURT ACTION'.

The claim for from the court arrived on 12/12/2018.

Which means this is definitely the letter sent prior to instructing the court to issue the claim form.

 

My question, before I decide whether to continue defending this claim, is that I wasn't to be sure I'm legally sound on believing that this letter is not classed as a Pre Action Protocol

 

What does number 3 on the newest form from the courts mean? 

This is the part that  have copied above.

 

Finally, I'm the defendant, so what should the Claimant be replying about on number 2.

Do I need to do anything regarding this form. I'm reading it as there is work for Southern Water to do, but nothing on there suggests I have anything to send off.

 

Thanks in advance,

Bekki

 

 

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rigHt ive moved your post to your thread

please post here not on someone elses.

 

letS now read your latest POST.

 

 

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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YOU DONT NEED TO DO ANYTHING.

BALLS IS IN THE CLAIMANTS COURT TO COMPLY WITH THE JUDGES ORDERS BY 8TH APRIL.

 opps sri caps

 

dx

 

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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you cant on that alone no AFAIK.

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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11 hours ago, dx100uk said:

you cant on that alone no AFAIK.

What is AFAIK? 

Mom getting notifications for both my thread and jerrythompson thread, so when I have replied, looks like I’ve replied on the other thread by accident 

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As far as I know

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Thank you!

 

The reason I thought this might be the case, is because I believe the Pre Action Protocol should have given me the amount being claimed, the costs and how they were incurred, and at least give me a statement of the costs I was incurring.

 

Instead, it was a letter for £4000+ from Shulmans which said Letter before court action.

I ignored it at this point, as we’ve had a few of these type of letters in the past, and they’ve then bounced them back to the original debtor. 

 

Interstingly, although I can’t prove it, the tiny date on Shulmans letter is October 31st, and the Claim Form from Northampton court is 12th December, so the we’re super prompt in sending it through to court proceedings after 30 days. 

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It's a mute point but worthy of a mention if this ever got back in court

As it is..theyve run out of time .

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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I applied for help with my water bills back in February. In my email to Southern Water this month, I explained I was waiting for someone to contact me.

 

This was his reply 

 

As yet I have not received any contact form the mediation service. Please feel free to contact me direct to pay the £1,500.00 and at the same time we could run through your income and expenditure to agree repayment options. I could also refer you to our Debt advice team to discuss the various schemes and tariffs you may be eligible for? 

 

I am available Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm on 0330 303 1261.

 

I feel this is coercing me to pay and then arrange to see if I am eligible for a scheme.

I believe this should be a separate issue, and cannot understand why they can’t deal with this independently.

I wanted to make payment towards my current bill, and feel this is holding me back from doing so. 

 

I don’t see why he should be referring me to the debt advice team when they can contact me from my water scheme application in February 

 

Can someone advise me what I would do if the claim was struck out.

I know it hasn’t been, it’s a general question on how a debt like this works.

 

 The debt would still be there, so would I speak to Southern Water to negotiate payment? 

By that I mean, if it’s struck out, the debt isn’t written off so what happens to the debt??

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