London Hearing 24 Jan 2007

[bitingback]

Hi One and all!

 

I am in the process against the Abbey and:-

 

Got letter from London Mercantile Court, have a folio number and been advised that:-

 

"There will be a Small Claims Hearing in this case and in several others which raise the same or similar issues at 10:00am on 24th Jamuary 2007. The hearing is intended to give directions for the hearing of some or all these casesin a way which saves time and expense. It is hope that all parties will attend but if this is not practicable the Court will be pleased to consider the written views of any party provided that these reach the Court by no later than 22nd January 2007.

 

Although some of these cases have been allocated to the Multi Track, it is the provisional view of the Judge that the costs rules for the Small Claims Track should apply to all of them."

 

I am wading through Merc bits on General Forum, and am wondering if anyone else's cases are on the 24th.

[natwesttookmymoney]

"Although some of these cases have been allocated to the Multi Track, it is the provisional view of the Judge that the costs rules for the Small Claims Track should apply to all of them"

 

That's interesting....

 

Westy

[nat]

Yep, I got that letter this morning too.

[sbb1979]

I have a case in London against Abbey on the 23rd! Mercantile Court. Set for 30 minutes.

 

Any advice?!

[bitingback]

Sorry Sbb, no advise yet, will post as soon as I can get some info ar idea of whats in store.

[marcopolo]

I have been to a CMC at the London Mercantile. if you want some advice PM me and I can fill you in. Do you know which judge is hearing your case?

[Coombep]

Any news from Abbey? I just received notification that my case V Barclays has just been transferred to the Mercantile so interested to see how the banks play it...

 

Seems like more and more are being transferred at lower and lower value.

[bitingback]

Nothing from Abbey, but phoned the court today and was told the hearing will be with Judge Mackey, any body know anything about his.

 

As for Abbey i am phoning them today to stir things up a bit.

[nat]

I emailed abbey after getting the letter informing me of the transfer to try and reach a settlement, and today I received a letter offering me the full amount as full and final, so I am one who won't be going to court on the 24th:) Hopefully there will be more of us before then:p

[JonCris]

nat make sure that Abbye know that if the money is NOT in your account BEFORE the hearing you will continue with your claim

[,hills]

I received a General Form of Judgement or Order letter from my local County Court dated 12th January 2007 saying the claim is transferred to the London Mercantile Court.

 

Do I just sit here and wait for Mercantile to contact me or do i need to call them ?

 

Thanks

[bitingback]

,hills

 

Hi to you, the Merc Court will write you a letter shortly giving you a date for a directions hearing.

 

They seem to be having directions hearings in Bulk as there were a number of us due in the hearing tomorrow, from what i can gather they are being settled just before.

 

You can phone them but will still have to wait for the letter. You don't have long to wait now:)

[,hills]

Thank you for that.

[Coombep]

I too am waiting for a Case number and date etc from the London Mercantile. My transfer was ordered on 28th Dec 06. When i get the details i'll write again to barclays to see if they want to continue their charade.

[treewilko]

Has anything happened with regard to the London Hearings on 23/24 Jan ???

 

Am not sure i am following these threads properly

 

I am interested to find out what is happening with the Abbey Cases and as this was going to be a test case i am very curious as to what the decisions were as all cases were to be treated the same as those on the fast track!

 

Has there been any outcome from this ? What is a directions hearing ? What happened to all the cases that were to be decided on the 23/24th?

 

Can anybody help me as i seem to be a little confused and i am not the most pc literate and so think i must be following the threads incorrectly.

 

Help Please!

 

Tree

[bitingback]

Hi there I have pm'd you with my situation.

 

Good luck

[Coombep]

Does that mean you got a positive result??

[bitingback]

Yes Coombep,

 

Full settlement charges court costs and 8%

[Coombep]

Congratulations....I'm waiting for the Mercantile to allocate their case number vs Barclays etc, so it is reassuring to know that settlement is a just a matter of time. Did you have to go to the CMC in the end or did they settle first?

[bitingback]

Coombep,

 

Didn't have to attend, the full story is here

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/abbey-bank/9558-biting-back-abbey.html

[Coombep]

Excellent - Many thanks BB

[newliberia]

I too have had my case refered to the Mercantile court in London - 6QZ81504.

Am just waiting patiently but it seems its dragging out for many people.

Any indications of how this might pan out?

[JonCris]

As has been the case previously it's doubtfull that the banks will even attend having settled at the last minute......no doubt much to chagrin of the court

[veb13274]

I have been to a CMC at the London Mercantile. if you want some advice PM me and I can fill you in. Do you know which judge is hearing your case?

 

Hi Marcopolo, I received a order from my local court today stating that my claim is to be transfrred to the Admiralty & Commercial Registry, Royal Court of Justice, Strand. They spelt Admiralty wrong. Typing error I guess. I don't know the reason and need to find out. I don't see why as an individual with no knowledge of law really why I should be redirected to that court. By the way is this the Mercantile court because that is not mentioned.

[s.opare]

Hi Marcopolo, I received a order from my local court today stating that my claim is to be transfrred to the Admiralty & Commercial Registry, Royal Court of Justice, Strand. They spelt Admiralty wrong. Typing error I guess. I don't know the reason and need to find out. I don't see why as an individual with no knowledge of law really why I should be redirected to that court. By the way is this the Mercantile court because that is not mentioned.

 

Ve13274 yes that is the London Mercantile court, I was there last Friday to submit my case management information sheet. It is located just opposite the Taxi rank and public toilets between the strand and fleet street. Hope this helps.

 

Sam