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    • Which Court have you received the claim from?  CIVIL NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, NORTHAMPTON Name of the Claimant?  LOWELL PORTFOLIO LTD How many defendant's joint or self?  SELF Date of issue – top right hand corner of the claim form – this in order to establish the time line you need to adhere to.  03 MAY 2024 Particulars of Claim What is the claim for – the reason they have issued the claim?  THE CLAIM IS FOR THE SUM OF £6000 DUE TO THE DEFENDANT UNDER AN AGREEMENT REGULATED BY THE CONSUMER ACT 1974 FOR A LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC ACCOUNT WITH AN ACCOUNT REFERENCE OF (ACCOUNT NO. 16 DIGITS LONG). THE DEFENDANT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTRACTUAL PAYMENTS REQUIRED BY THE AGREEMENT AND A DEFAULT NOTICE WAS SERVED UNDER S.87(1) OF THE CONSUMER ACT 1974 WHICH HAS NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH. THE DEBT WAS LEGALLY ASSIGNED TO THE CLAIMANT ON (DATE) NOVEEMBER 2016 NOTICE OF WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE DEFENDANT. THE CLAIM INCLUDES STATUORY INTEREST UNDER S.69 OF THE COUNTY COURTS ACT 1984 AT A RATE OF 8% PER ANNUM FOR THE DATE PF ASSIGNMENT TO THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUMBE OF £0.00. THE CLAIMANT CLAIMS THE SUM OF £6000. What is the total value of the claim? £6500 Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? YES, NOTICES OF CLAIM.  Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred?  YES  Did you inform the claimant of your change of address?  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?  BEFORE   Do you recall how you entered into the agreement...On line /In branch/By post?  I DONT RECALL   Is the debt showing on your credit reference files (Experian/Equifax /Etc...) ?  NO   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.  DEBT PURCHASER.   Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? THE FIRST I RECALL WAS A LETTER FROM LOWELL SAYING THEY NOW OWNED THE DEBT.  Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor?  NOT THAT I RECALL OR BEEN PROVIDED WITH THROUGH CCA REQUESTS.AT LAST REQUEST THEY SAID THEY WERE AWAITING THE DEFAULT NOTICE AND NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL RESPONDED WHICH TO DATE I'VE NOT HAD OR SEEN.  Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ?  NO, I RECEIEVED LETTERS OF CLAIMS   Why did you cease payments?  I WAS UNDER MEDICAL CARE WHICH CAUSED ME NOT TO WORK. AROUND THAT TIME LOWELL HAD WANTED ME TO INCREASE MY PAYMENTS AS IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO CLEAR THE DEBT. I HAD BEEN PAYING THEM WHAT I WAS PAYING THE BANK. I EXPLAINED MY THEN HEALTH & FINANCIAL POSITION AND THAT I WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THEY PUT A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT FOR A FEW MONTHS SO I CANCELLED MY DIRECT DEBIT. I MADE A FULL AND FINAL OFFER WHICH WAS REJECTED. WHEN THEY WANTED PAYMENTS TO RESUME I EXPLAINED I WAS IN A WORSE FINANCIAL POSITION, STILL UNDERTAKING TREATMENT AND NOW UNEMPLOYED SO COULD NOT START PAYMENTS AS THEY WANTED. AFTER SENDING MY FINANCIAL SPREADSHEET THEY KEPT SENDING LETTERS ASKING WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. I COULDN’T SEE A WAY FORWARD I FELT STREESSED AND UNDER PRESSURE SO WROTE THAT I WOULD NOT BE CORRESPONDING WITH THEM ANYMORE.    What was the date of your last payment? NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018   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? I COMMUNICATED MY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY, WE MADE A MONTHLY PAYMENT AGREEMENT WHICH WAS KEPT FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL DEBT WAS SOLD.  
    • Perhaps you would care to read this and reflect on your continuing comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany Jugg    ALEX BRUMMER: How grotesque of pro-Palestine protesters to besmirch Auschwitz, the place where my grandparents died WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK As the son of a refugee from the horrors of the Holocaust, I can feel nothing but contempt for the ignorance, gross... My elderly aunt Sussie and cousin Sheindy had been teenagers at Auschwitz and Belsen but survived and are alive to this day. What they will make of the protesters who waved flags, heckled and chanted as Israelis took part in the March Of The Living – the annual walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau – I cannot imagine. The images now circulating of the protesters are indescribably disturbing. They can only bring back memories of those final moments Sheindy shared with my grandparents when my grandmother Fanya squeezed her hand and told her to lie about her age to avoid the gas chambers. Claiming she was older, and could work, meant that Sheindy lived, not died. The outrage perpetrated by Hamas on October 7 has brought back the most terrifying memories for these two women – memories of pillage, mutilation and starvation. The Holocaust, or Shoah to use the Hebrew word, was the deliberate, industrial-scale killing of Jews.  It is bad enough that pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas sympathisers have chosen to steal the language of the Holocaust.  Any comparison between Israel's retaliation and the monstrous genocide of the 1940s is odious and anti-Semitic
    • Thank you JK2054 and BankFodder for your replies. The information requested is as follows:   My wife and I are sole traders supplying bespoke, handmade wedding trays and other items through our website. We do not sell on ebay. We had an order for two trays (invoice value £370) that were shipped on Monday 25th March. We used P2G as the broker and Evri as the shipper. We declared the value but did not take out insurance. As the trays were a present for a wedding on Saturday 30th March we checked the progress of delivery on the Thursday to see that there had been an attempt to deliver on the 27th but the driver failed to deliver as the customer’s gate was shut (customer informs us that the gates are open between 7am-7pm. We contacted the customer who informed us she had been waiting in all week and there had been no attempt of a delivery. Evri allege they attempted to deliver on the 28th & 29th. On the P2G web site on the 4th April at 14.17 it stated that the customer refused delivery. At 14.28 it updated to say there was a problem with the address and at 14.32 updated to say the customer had refused delivery. At 14.35 updated again to say it was being returned. Last entry was on the 7th April that it was being processed at the depot. We never received it. I have had six web chats with P2G between the 4th-30th April. On the 26th April, I had an offer of £20 plus cost of delivery (£6.72) from P2G which I rejected. During this time, I also contacted Evri that resulted in an email from Evri Customer Services (20th April) stating that they had lost the parcel. I replied requesting details of the attempted delivery but received no reply. After emailing Evri again on the 23rd asking again for the information I received a phone call from someone called Haleemah on the 25th who apologised and promised to send an email with a link to submit a claim form. I subsequently received an email with the link which only took me to a page that stated “Page not found”. After informing Evri customer services of the problem (to which no reply was forthcoming) a couple of days later I retried the link but it only took me to the Evri website. I believe that I have a good case against both companies but would appreciate guidance on which path to go down. I have read most of the information on this site, which has been very helpful and much appreciated, particularly the various court transcripts. I appreciate that this process is a marathon and not a sprint and am fully aware that I need to get everything in the correct order before starting on the legal road. I am sure this covers the current position but if further info is needed please let me know.  
    • Everything at small claims revolves around informality and common sense, there are no "special" ways to have to do things. The site manager's WS will be like yours and the one I linked to - just much shorter.  There need to be the introductory hearings about the case, the parties, etc., and the concluding Statement of Truth. In the middle just a couple of paragraphs where they say who they are, how they know you, and about permission being given by the landowner to use the car park. Superb.  I've added another section about the signage to the suggested WS sections three posts above. Yes, it's perfectly possible.  It'd be a good idea to phone the court on the 18th to see if they have paid.
    • OK thank you very much. I will prepare my WS as you advise.  I will indeed be preparing the WS over the weekend. I will also post UKPC's on Wednesday by 2nd class mail. As they have until the 17th to pay the court fee, is it possible they might discontinue at that stage too? Also I wanted to ask, in what form should the site manager's statement come? And the site owner if i can contact them? I will get photos of the signage to share with you also. Thank you.
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      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

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Interesting post but i have to admit i tried to understand it all but i failed. Am i right in saying that as long as the first claim was won without going to court(bank not defending etc) then i can plough ahead with the second?

 

What is a UTCC?

 

I'll go have another read of this but teh big words confuse me :o(

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Hi Malx...I live inScotland, but as claimwas for nearly £2000, I filed at Berwick and Morpeth County Courts. (Small claims limit in England is £5000) You can also claim back 6 years this way! Claim settled within 26 days, before they even issued their defence! Hope this helps:)

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hey guys how u all getting on?? any more success yet??

 

ive now left my complaint to the FOS My last prelum letter, the bank was late in replying, havent sent them another LBA, (first one asking for my copy of charges) It took me months to get my copies of charges sent to me, and i fairly enjoyed highlighting the unfair charges - i got a sore hand - lol! :)

 

i have spokn to the financial ombudsmen now, hopefully they will pull teeth out the clydesdale bank now... sent them a copy of all of my letters i have sent to the bank and all the letters i have recieved from the bank including the copies of my charges which are all highlighted!! they also asked me for my first reference that was on my first letter from the bank, im sure it will all be in safe hands now??

 

i dont still send the bank my LBA now surely??

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Thanx for your help again,

 

Caroline x:p x

Thanx for your help again,

 

Caroline x:p x

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Answered on your thread. It'll be interesting to see how you get on and how long it takes.

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hey caro, just recieved a check for £200 not happy!! my original claim was for about £1600... told The FOS And there going to deal with it! they told me to send a letter with the chaeck explaining im not happy and im not accepting that final offer.... are there any template letters i can send to the bank with my check?? x

Thanx for your help again,

 

Caroline x:p x

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I am ready to send off my first letter to lloydstsb claiming back £2500inc interest. however I live in Scotland and the account was opened here.

i've looked at moneyclaim online but this needs an address in england for papers to be served.confused-smiley-013.gif

is there a way around this?

 

I've heard that small claims are limited to£750 in scotland. is this true?

 

if so how do i go about getting my full claim answered?

 

if not. how exactly do i go about making the claim through the scottish courts?

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I am ready to send off my first letter to Lloyds TSB claiming back £2500inc interest. however I live in Scotland and the account was opened here.

i've looked at moneyclaim online but this needs an address in england for papers to be served.confused-smiley-013.gif

is there a way around this?

 

I've heard that small claims are limited to£750 in scotland. is this true?

 

if so how do i go about getting my full claim answered?

 

if not. how exactly do i go about making the claim through the scottish courts?

 

 

Klumpy - how about starting your own thread here (if you haven't already!)

 

No problem about using the English system - if you go MCOL - just use a friend's address in England or rent a PO Box for a wee while!

 

You can use an English Court as well - Berwick upon Tweed springs to mind.

Dummie's Guide to CAG: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/welcome-consumer-forums/107001-how-do-i-dummies.html

Me v BofS: Charges: £13,048.10 #2a/c Statements from 08/01/01 received. Charges:£5,156.39 Information Commissioner's Office informed June 12th who wrote to BoS, June 22nd for non-compliance. #1a/c: passed to BoS Senior Review Team. Discovered 2 further a/cs, and 3 Loan accounts. "Goodwill offer" of £7,424.23 06/07/07. Accepted (partial repayment). 20/07/07 Top-up payments of £2,558.10 & £1,154.00

£11,136.33 paid back thus far.

New claim issued: 9/07/2007 for 3rd account: £500+ PRESSING ON!

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I Have no luck at all :(

 

HOW U GETTING ON??? IM NOT HAPPY!!

 

ok guys!! i spoke to the FOS about my claim, they told me to send the £200 check back to the bank /solicitor last month which i did, they were going to try and get me the full amount instead!! they have been in touch with the bank and there now refusing to give me any money!!!! so its now in the banks hand to supply the FOS Detailed reasons why they should not be giving me my money back!! :sad: this could take up to 6 weeks!!! - if all fails i will take them to court!! i will have all the info i need by then!! its soooo obvious they are in the wrong!!! x xx x

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Caroline x:p x

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Pitman, the same happened to me so I just submitted the court papers, I wrote to Capital one also after serving the papers saying that I would like to know who shall be representing them and I look forward to meeting them on 31 July 2007. A week later I was refunded!

:DABBEY-WON! £1,359.34

:confused:CAPITAL ONE WON £1,523.27+£39court fees.

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Congratulations!!! how much did u get back?? where do i get court papers from?? and how much does it cost me?? I Dont have a clue where to start regarding taking them to court!? x

Thanx for your help again,

 

Caroline x:p x

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Ok received response from LTSB regarding initial claim for refunding charges with interest. there is NO mention of this claim against them, however they have suggested that my complaint is about cancelling my charges. where do i go from here, is it a bit early for LBA?

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I have just had both claims (one small claim one summary cause) returned today from the sheriff clerks office in Edinburgh. It says the reason for returning the forms is:

 

The interest stated in box 4 must be designed as having a start date and an end date of the calculation period. It cannot be designed as 'from the date of service for each charge'. Some examples of how interested should be stated: 1) 8% annually from x date to x date. 2) 8% annually from x date until payment. 3) 8% annually from x date to date calculated as £x, and continuing at said rate from x da until payment.

 

I followed the instructions to the letter on each of my claims and am at a loss as to what to do now! When I filled in box 4 of the summary clause summons I wrote : The pursuers claim from the defender the sum of £1,253 with interest on that sum at the rate of 8% annually from the date of service for each charge (together with the expenses of bringing the action)

 

The small claims action was worded identically with the amount claimed the only difference. I attached a schedule of claim for charges with the date of the charge, amount and in respect of, all as per the worksheet.

 

Am I being really stupid - is it staring me in the face......:confused:

 

Any help would be gratefully received.

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I have just had both claims (one small claim one summary cause) returned today from the sheriff clerks office in Edinburgh. It says the reason for returning the forms is:

 

The interest stated in box 4 must be designed as having a start date and an end date of the calculation period. It cannot be designed as 'from the date of service for each charge'. Some examples of how interested should be stated: 1) 8% annually from x date to x date. 2) 8% annually from x date until payment. 3) 8% annually from x date to date calculated as £x, and continuing at said rate from x da until payment.

 

I followed the instructions to the letter on each of my claims and am at a loss as to what to do now! When I filled in box 4 of the summary clause summons I wrote : The pursuers claim from the defender the sum of £1,253 with interest on that sum at the rate of 8% annually from the date of service for each charge (together with the expenses of bringing the action)

 

The small claims action was worded identically with the amount claimed the only difference. I attached a schedule of claim for charges with the date of the charge, amount and in respect of, all as per the worksheet.

 

Am I being really stupid - is it staring me in the face......:confused:

 

Any help would be gratefully received.

 

Hi sabu, in my origional claim I did what you did and it all went through fine, however, the court staff all seem to have different ways of doing this.

In box 4 some of the staff prefer you to write...

The Persuer claims from the Defender the sum of £808.00 with interest on that sum at the statutory rate of 8%, plus the contractual rate which the Defender has charged the persuer, from 13/10/03 to 21/06/07. Also, the Persuer claims the costs of bringing this action, £39.

Total Claim,£1450.83.

Elgin Sheriff court has duristiction of this claim as monies are to be paid to the Persuer, also refer to attatchment.

(the attatchment is the Juristiction from Unfair UK Bank Charges | legal help from Govan Law Centre, Glasgow, UK)

 

Has this helped sabu?

:DABBEY-WON! £1,359.34

:confused:CAPITAL ONE WON £1,523.27+£39court fees.

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Hi - first post, been doing a lot of reading here and would appreciate some advice.

 

Sent letter on March 25th asking for £2800 (in 8% interest) to be paid back, from HBOS.

 

DECLINED.

 

LBA sent on May 29th - they are still 'looking into it' and have asked me to be patient. They have given me conflicting timescales on the phone, ranging from 'by the end of the week' to '6 weeks'.

 

What should I do next? Cheers

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Hi broadsword you need to start your own thread as this will prove easier to find all the info you have previously asked for.

As you are unaware that you DO NOT claim interest when at the Prelim or LBA stage and of the timescales involved may i suggest you spend a few days reading up the FAQ's and the HBOS success forum as these will give you the basics required at the stage you are currently at.

 

Start your thread in here and keep it updated, any questions put them in there.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/halifax-bank-bank-scotland/

 

Have a look in here.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/halifax-if-successes/

 

And here.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/faqs-please-read-these/

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hey could you tell me if im claiming in scotland are the claim forms the same as the ones on website

It depends what forms you mean. If you mean the bank templates library and the N1 forms then no the Scottish forms are not the same. Please read this sticky for guideance and forms for claiming through the Scottish courts

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/scotland/94302-updated-scottish-procedure.html

HAVE YOU BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY BY CREDITORS OR DCA's?

 

BEWARE OF CLAIMS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OFFERING TO WRITE OFF YOUR DEBTS.

 

 

Please note opinions given by rory32 are offered informally as a lay-person in good faith based on personal experience. For legal advice, you must always consult a registered and insured lawyer.

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:D Great news - about time this happened. Shame they didn't make it £5000 to be the same as England though.

Bank of Scotland account 1 - £2,666 WON

Bank of Scotland account 2 - £2,500 on hold

GE Capital charges -£30 won (hey, every little helps!)

Barclays Partner Finance £425 charges - £225 offer accepted.

 

Finally debt free after 4.5 years, thanks to my Debt Management Plan through Payplan. There is no better feeling :D

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It's really part of a long overdue overhaul of the Scottish judicial system in general. Sequestration and protected trust deeds are also going to be heavily changed. Although, as in the case of small claims, the changes are very much positive.

HAVE YOU BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY BY CREDITORS OR DCA's?

 

BEWARE OF CLAIMS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OFFERING TO WRITE OFF YOUR DEBTS.

 

 

Please note opinions given by rory32 are offered informally as a lay-person in good faith based on personal experience. For legal advice, you must always consult a registered and insured lawyer.

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