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By unclebulgaria67 · Posted
Sure start maternity legislation was subject to changes in 2012. Are you sure the 2011 guidance still applies ? Sometimes guidance is changed for a period, but Government then issues legislation to ensure that the benefit restriction they originally intended applies. -
By unclebulgaria67 · Posted
Reply from Frances sent but not to the thread. Many thanks for your replies. I have followed your advic in post 1 and written to DWP for statement of reasons etc. However, your 2nd reply, which quotes parts of the legislation/ policy for the grant, seems very clear with regards to the 'exceptions' for having another child in family (under 16) in stating you must not be the parent of or other exceptions in terms of multiple births etc? However, a further publication 'Restricting payment of the Sure Start Maternity Grant to the first child' [Equality Impact Assessment - January 2011 (DWP)' gives very clear & specific guidance in its definition of a 'first time mother' being awarded the grant. Even if their are other children in the family from her partners previous relationship. It seems to suggest that provided children under 16 living with them, are from the 'fathers previous relationship, if the woman is then pregnant with her 'first child' a payment would be due? It also states, that if the circumstances reversed, and it was the fathers first child, a payment would not be due. All a bit misleading, as in the one hand there are very clear and specific circumstances related to other children of the family etc which seem to contradict the situation above? confusing really? But thanks for the advice. Very helpful. -
By theoldrouge · Posted
Yes you are going to have to put payplan in the picture Agree with dx that they are unlikely to try anything then whilst the matter is being addressed On the bright side here is an outcome of a complaint to the fos that may interest you https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/decisions-case-studies/case-studies/my-lender-has-said-itll-take-my-car-because-i-cant-afford-to-repay-my-logbook-loan -
BTW, the reply I got to an SAR shows they got my keeper details from DVLA via ZatDVLA and apparently their footage shows the vehicle being stationary for 38 seconds. Time for sleep. Thanks again.
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Morning all, the pdf in my previous post is an error. Could soemeone delete it please as I don't seem to be able to myself. Thank you. Correct files are below. Had to be 2 as file size limit would be exceeded. What a night, got myself in a right muddle switching between file formats to ensure security. To cap it all it's my birthday today. Thank you in anticipation final multi.pdf Second two page file elms 1 and 2.pdf
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Hi @BankFodder
Sorry for only updating you now, but after your guidance with submitting the claim it was pretty straight forward and I didn't want to unnecessarily waste your time. Especially with this guide you wrote here, so many thanks for that
So I issued the claim on day 15 and they requested more time to respond.
They took until the last day to respond and denied the claim, unsurprisingly saying my contract was with Packlink and not with them.
I opted for mediation, and it played out very similarly to other people's experiences.
In the first call I outlined my case, and I referred to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 as the reason to why I do in fact have a contract with them.
In the second call the mediator came back with an offer of the full amount of the phone and postage £146.93, but not the court costs. I said I was not willing to accept this and the mediator came across as a bit irritated that I would not accept this and said I should be flexible. I insisted that the law was on my side and I was willing to take them to court. The mediator went back to Hermes with what I said.
In the third call the mediator said that they would offer the full amount. However, he said that Hermes still thought that I should have taken the case against Packlink instead, and that they would try to recover the court costs themselves from Packlink.
To be fair to them, if Packlink wasn't based in Spain I would've made the claim against them instead. But since they are overseas and the law lets me take action against Hermes directly, it's the best way of trying to recover the money.
So this is a great win. Thank you so much for your help and all of the resources available on this site. It has helped me so much especially as someone who does not know anything about making money claims.
Many thanks, stay safe and have a good Christmas!
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