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    • Which Court have you received the claim from ? Civil National Business CEntre Name of the Claimant ? Lowell Portfolio i Ltd How many defendant's  joint or self ? Self   Date of issue –  15 Feb 2024 Particulars of Claim What is the claim for – the reason they have issued the claim?  The claim is for the sum of £922 due by the Defendant under and agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 for a Capital One account with an account reference of [number with 16 digits] The Defendant failed to maintain contractual payments required by the agreement and a Default Notice was served under s.87(1) of the Consumer Credit ACt 1974 which has not been complied with. The debt was legally assigned to the claimant on 16-06-23, notice of which has been given to the defendant. The claim includes statutory interest under S.69 of the County Courts Act 1984 at a rate of 8% per annum from the date of assignment to the date of the issue of these proceedings in the sum of £49.15 The Claimant claims the sum of £972 What is the total value of the claim? £1112 Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? I dont know the details of the PAPDC to know if it was pursuant to paragraph 3, but I did receive a Letter of Claim with a questionaire/form to fill. Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred? No 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 ? no 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 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. Assigned/purchaser Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? I was aware, I'm not certain I received a 'Notice of Assignment' from Capital One but may have been informed the account had been sold without such a title on the letter? Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? Yes Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ? Not since the debt purchase, and not from Capital One. Why did you cease payments? I can't remember - it was the tail end of the pandemic and I may not have had enough income to keep up payments - I am self-employed and work in the event industry - at that time. I also had a bank account that didn't allow direct debits and may have just forgotten payments and became annoyed at fines for late payments. What was the date of your last payment? Appears to be 20/4/2022 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 Here is my Defence: Defence - 1. The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are vague and 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. I have in the past had an agreement with Capital One but do not recognise this specific account number or recollect any outstanding debt and have therefore requested clarification by way of a CPR 31.14 and section 78 request.. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. I am unaware of having been served with a Default Notice pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. I am unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment pursuant to the Law and Property Act 1925 Section 136(1) 5. The Defendant has sent a request by way of a section 78 pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act 1974, for a copy of the agreement, the Claimant has yet to comply and remains in default of said request. 6. A further request has been made via CPR 31.14 to the Claimants solicitor, requesting disclosure of documents on which the Claimant is basing their claim. The Claimant has not complied and to date nothing has been received. 7. It is therefore not accepted with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant and the Claimant is put to strict proof to: a) show how the Defendant has entered into an agreement and; b) show how the Claimant has reached the amount claimed for and; c) show the nature of the breach and evidence by way of a Default Notice pursuant to sec 88 CCA1974 d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim 8. As per Civil Procedure 16.5 it is expected that the claimants prove the allegation that the money is owed 9. 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 10. 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. .................. Please note that I had to write a defence quite quickly as I hit the deadline. At the time of writing the defence, I hadn't been able to find correspondence from Capital One, but had since found default letter etc. I submitted CCA request and CPR 31.14. However, I didn't get any proof of postage or use registered post for the CPR (an oversight) but did with the CCA request. I received a pack which included a letter from Overdales, going over the defence I'd filed, as well as letters of Lowells and reprints of letters from Capital One. But I have no idea if this pack is in response to the CCA request or the CPR ! I would have expected two separate responses ... although I do know they are both the same company. Looking over the pack today, and looking through old emails .. I find some discrepancies in the Capital One default letters (notice of default and Claim of default). They are both dated *before* an email I have stating that a default can be avoided. The one single page of agreement sent (so not the full agreement) has a 16 digit number at the top in small print, next to 'Capital One' which corresponds to a number called 'PURN' printed at the top of each of the 10 pages of ins and outs of the account (they're not official statements, but a list of monthly goings) yet no mention anywhere on either of the account number. I cant really scan them at the moment - I can later tomorrow, but that will be after the mediation call I'm sure. I guess I may be on my own for this mediation ... I am not certain the CCA request has been satisfied .. or if the CPR has been . And then I appear to have evidence that the Default notices provided are fabricated ? Yet, I do have (elsewhere ... not at home) Default letters from Capital One I can check ..
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Hi all

I had a car via advantage finance and I've had nothing but trouble.  It's been in and out of the local garage like a yoyo 

Now there are starting problems and a eps warning light on the dash. The mot is up in 3 weeks 

 

Finance company has agreed to VT but the car has to be in reasonable condition 

 

So do I pay for an mot and any work that needs to be done before returning the car or return the car and wait for them to send me the repairs bill

 

They have confirmed I have 0 to pay to return the car

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Please can you tell us when you bought the car, was it in good condition when you bought it or has it simply deteriorated since you purchased it?

How much did you pay for the car? And you may as well tell us the make and model just in case we need to know that.

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I got the car in 2018

In good condition for £ 2400 plus the interest £1263 and fees £325

Proton savvy 2010 model 

Only 12000 on the clock

It's now got 30000 on the clock 

 

It's been a nightmare 

For the last12 months I've had problems starting it. Some days it dont start

I've had new 

Head gasket 

Coils and sparks 

New crank shaft indicator 

Battery

Rear bearings 

And still there are days it doesn't start

Now a warning light has come on which I think is traction control 

 

I have to do 60 mile round trip to work and cant afford any more time off with this damn car

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So you're saying the car only had 12,000 miles on the clock when you bought it in 2018. That seems extremely low. Are you sure that is the genuine mileage for a car which was about eight years old when you bought it?

When in 2018 did you buy?
What date did you have all this work done – particularly the head gasket and the bearings?

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Miles were genuine got the most

Bought in march 2018

All the work has been done with in the last months

I cant get another car on finance as my credit score is kaput

My employer can loan me a grand to get another car but I could end up with a duff the same 

I'm not sure just to get the work done and keep it

Nighmare 

 

Last 12 months work has been done 

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I think the best thing you can do is to get the condition of it assessed by a garage and also a quotation for the work. Then come back here.

If you end up returning it to the finance company in its present condition, at least you will have an independent quotation for the cost of repairs. You can be certain that the finance company will try to rip you off and you will then be up to challenge them because you will have your independent quotations. I suggest that you get to assessments.

These quotations will allow you to make a decision as to whether or not to have the work done and also to challenge the finance company if you decide not to have the work done and then they try to hit you with an unrealistic assessment.

On the basis of "reasonable condition", you may well find that they want the car in a very good condition. However, you bought an old car for a very cheap price and you have since more than doubled the mileage which is a reasonable thing to do. So this then amounts to wear and tear.

 

When the finance company says "reasonable condition" they have to accept that they want in reasonable condition for a car of that age and of that price. They are entitled to expect anything more.

Get the assessment of its condition and then we will help you challenge them if they start making unreasonable demands

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Be careful about booking in. You aren't asking for the work to be done. You are simply asking for an assessment and a price quotation. Two of them will be better than one.

 

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Well reasonable condition doesn't necessarily mean that an MOT must be done. If it's towards the end of its MOT for that year then that's just too bad for the finance company

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Oh ok.  Well it currently wont start to get to the shop

I think the finance company need to just get it on a tow truck and take it out of my sight and I'll deal with the aftermath. 

The problem is 3 different mechanics haven't been able to find the issue hence all of the changed parts

All in vain 

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If you don't get quotations for the work then you will find yourself in a very difficult position if the finance company decide to chase you for repairs.

I'm afraid I think it's a very bad idea to let the car go without the condition and repair bill being assessed.

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urm..sorry

you don't have to MOT it.

And

you were not liable for any of those repair bills..its not YOUR CAR.

 

advantage can't charge you a bean for anything they find 'wrong' with it.

neither can they charge you for collection of the car.

 

if they get nasty later 

simply state that in the (less than 2yrs) you've had THEIR car

you've spent £1000's repairing xx faults

and can they please refund those bills

 

 

 

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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