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    • They did reply to my defence stating it would fail and enclosed copies of NOA, DN Term letter and account statements. All copies of T&C's that could be reconstructions and the IP address on there resolves to the town where MBNA offices are, not my location
    • My defence was standard no paperwork:   1.The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are 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. The Defendant has had a contractual relationship with MBNA Limited in the past. The Defendant does not recognise the reference number provided by the claimant within its particulars and has sought verification from the claimant who is yet to comply with requests for further information. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant maintains that a default notice was never received. The Claimant is put to strict proof to that a default notice was issued by MBNA Limited and received by the Defendant. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. The Defendant is unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment allegedly served from either the Claimant or MBNA Limited. 5. On the 02/01/2023 the Defendant requested information pertaining to this claim by way of a CCA 1974 Section 78 request. The claimant is yet to respond to this request. On the 19/05/2023 a CPR 31.14 request was sent to Kearns who is yet to respond. To date, 02/06/2023, no documentation has been received. The claimant remains in default of my section 78 request. 6. It is therefore denied with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant, the Claimant has failed to provide any evidence of proof of assignment being sent/ agreement/ balance/ breach or termination requested by CPR 31.14, therefore the Claimant is put to strict proof to: (a) show how the Defendant entered into an agreement; and (b) show and evidence the nature of breach and service of a default notice pursuant to Section 87(1) CCA1974 (c) show how the claimant has reached the amount claimed for; and (d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim; 7. As per Civil Procedure Rule 16.5(4), it is expected that the Claimant prove the allegation that the money is owed. 8. 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. 9. 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.
    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
    • In order for us to help you we require the following information:- [if there are more than one defendant listed - tell us] 1 defendant   Which Court have you received the claim from ? County Court Business Centre, Northampton   Name of the Claimant ? LC Asset 2 S.A R.L   Date of issue – . 28/04/23   Particulars of Claim   What is the claim for –    (1) The Claimant ('C') claims the whole of the outstanding balance due and payable under an agreement referenced xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and opened effective from xx/xx/2017. The agreement is regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ('CCA'), was signed by the Defendant ('D') and from which credit was extended to D.   (2) D failed to comply with a Default Notice served pursuant to s87 (1) CCA and by xx/xx/2022 a default was recorded.   (3) As at xx/xx/2022 the Defendant owed MBNA LTD the sum of 12,xxx.xx. By an agreement in writing the benefit of the debt has been legally assigned to C effective xx/xx/2022 and made regular upon C serving a Notice of Assignment upon D shortly thereafter.   (4) And C claims- 1. 12,xxx.xx 2. Interest pursuant to Section 69 County Courts Act 1984 at a rate of 8% per annum from xx/01/2023 to xx/04/2023 of 2xx.xx and thereafter at a daily rate of 2.52 to date of judgement or sooner payment. Date xx/xx/2023   What is the total value of the claim? 12k   Have you received prior notice of a claim being issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of the PAPDC (Pre Action Protocol) ? Yes   Have you changed your address since the time at which the debt referred to in the claim was allegedly incurred? No   Did you inform the claimant of your change of address? N/A 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 ? After   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, but amount differs slightly   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. DP issued claim   Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? Not that I recall...   Did you receive a Default Notice from the original creditor? Not that I recall...   Have you been receiving statutory notices headed “Notice of Sums in Arrears”  or " Notice of Arrears "– at least once a year ? Yes   Why did you cease payments? Loss of employment main cause   What was the date of your last payment? Early 2021   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   -----------------------------------
    • Hello CAG Team, I'm adding the contents of the claim to this thread, but wanted to open the thread with an urgent question: Do I have to supply a WS for a claim with a court date that states " at the hearing the court will consider allocation and, time permitting, give an early neutral evaluation of the case" ? letter is an N24 General Form of Judgement or Order, if so, then I've messed up again. Court date 25 May 2024 The letter from court does not state (like the other claims I have) that I must provide WS within 28 days.. BUT I have recently received a WS from Link for it! making me think I do need to!??
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Decided to start this thread as a continuation of this one.

 

Still waiting for Connaught to send the required documents. They default tomorrow. Meanwhile we have continued to pay them by standing order. As we've set up the order a bit too close for the date they are expecting the monthly payment we have received a letter today, sying that our accountis in arrears - cheeky aren't they!

They have also conveniently provided us with a self-addressed prepaid envelope to put the cheque for the amount in! :roll:

If they are doing this now because of couple of days delay they will probably get a fit if they default and discover that next month there is no payment at all.

Fingers crossed no documents turn up tomorrow ... or 30 days after tomorrow.;)

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Decided to start this thread as a continuation of this one.

 

Still waiting for Connaught to send the required documents. They default tomorrow. Meanwhile we have continued to pay them by standing order. As we've set up the order a bit too close for the date they are expecting the monthly payment we have received a letter today, sying that our accountis in arrears - cheeky aren't they!

They have also conveniently provided us with a self-addressed prepaid envelope to put the cheque for the amount in! :roll:

If they are doing this now because of couple of days delay they will probably get a fit if they default and discover that next month there is no payment at all.

Fingers crossed no documents turn up tomorrow ... or 30 days after tomorrow.;)

 

And therin lies the problem with these DCA's. They need to get their computer systems sorted out- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

Just hate every DCA out there

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UPDATE

 

Got a letter from Connaught Colections today, reminding me that 'my current repayment plan is in arrears' and that I 'ensure that your plan is brought into line within the next five days' .

 

Needless to say they have defaulted on the CCA request on 30th March and will be committing offence on 30th April if they don't come up with the documents I've requested :rolleyes:

 

Isn't it against the law to try and collect on a debt for which they have defaulted?

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Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Chapter 39):

 

S.78; (6); (a); (b);

 

(6) If the creditor under an agreement fails to comply with subsection (1)--

(a) he is not entitled, while the default continues, to enforce the agreement; and

(b) if the default continues for one month he commits an offence.

 

http://www.crw.gov.uk/resources/consumercreditact1974.pdf

 

Regards, Dave.

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Nobody knows - it is either credit card or loan - not bank account, fixed sum purchase or overdraft.

Edit!

Loan = s.77 (fixed sum)

Credit Card = s.78 (running account credit).

 

It might be an idea to find out which it actually is, however, the default and offence time scales are the same.

 

Regards, Dave.

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Firstly, type Connaught in the searchbox to see just how many others have received the same, reading some of these will set your mind at rest as a SD is their preferred method of contact.

 

From what I can work out you have been making regular payments which is hardly a reason for a judge to grant bankruptcy. You can however, legally stop those payments now that they are in default.

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Yes, thank you - did the search and every thread regarding Conaught Colections starts with the fact they have sent a Statutory Demand, so I will now assume it is a scare tactic (although my heart missed a beat there!). All the payments have been stopped after they have defaulted - we've been making regular payments before that.

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Look at it from the logic of some-one owing you money. Would you really pursue for bankruptcy immediately? No, for a start it would cost you £450 to file in court (SD costs nothing), solicitors fees and then how much would you get back? The right method is to ascertain what your chances are of being paid & also been able to prove that it is owed to you, only when you have been in contact can you get a true picture on which to base a decision. The SD at the outset does not follow logic (other than it scares people into paying).

 

All DCA's use methods which are questionable to say the least but unfortunately not abusive (well as far as the authorities are concerned).

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So in a word that SD they have sent does not constitute abuse of process and there isn't an institution I can file a formal complaint with?

 

To tell you the truth I am SO fed up with them (DCAs) and their abusive methods! If Connaught and Cabot commit offence tomorrow I'm so not letting this die - I will file formal complaints with EVERY possible government body and regulatory institution there is in UK!

 

Sorry for the dramatic statement but I'm really tired of all this.

 

*gets off the soapbox (as Vampyra said in one thread)

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i will be off site for the next month or so. if you have any problems, feel free to report the post so a moderator can help you.

 

I am not a qualified or practicing lawyer.

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Hi all,

 

I was just going through the documents again and I have noticed that Connaught Colections have actually sent via the post (their first letter to contact us) a Statutory Demand under section 268 (1) (a) of the Insolvency Act 1986, so I suppose our case is the same as ALPHAOMEGA.

 

Now, I want to know if this changes anything and if there is anything they can do against us? They have defaulted on the CCA on 30th March and will commit offence on 30th April. Is the situation changed in anyway?

 

Urgent comments are most welcome or I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight - cheers!

 

P.S.

 

I have read the other threads about setting aside the Statutory Demand but still it isn't clear if it applies in our case. The SD was sent to us before we've sent the CCA request and was also their first time they have contacted us out of the blue.

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I had one of these it is in my husbands name I went to CAB for advice the advisor put the fear of God in me and said SD's are serious.

These people are really rude and demanding I was scared in case they bankrupted my husband so I paid up £165 to have it side aside (whatever that means?) they wanted £165 and would not accept monthly repayments until they got the £165. and now I have to pay £10 every month I cant afford to pay it..

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I agree SDs are serious but served and executed properly SDs are - I have every reason to believe this particular one isn't. They can send as many documents as they want but until they can actually prove that there is a debt by supplying me with properly executed credit agreement they can't do much. Otherwise what would their defense be if they take us to court - We can't prove there is a debt your Honour but we promise you this person owes us money... Also, I have the sneaking suspicion that they were actually trying to collect on a statute barred debt in the first place but I can't be 100% sure - can anybody elaborate as to what happens if DCA tries to collect on a statue barred debt?

 

Also - nothing from them today and it was their last day to comply with the CCA so now they have committed criminal offence and I am preparing formal complaints against them to Trade Standards and Office of Fair Trading.

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You are not the only one that made payments to them before actually starting to get around what is going on. We received their so called SD out of the blue in the name of my OH but he could not remember what loan they are talking about. Of course, as he is not aware of his rights (and I wasn't at that time), he called them and made 2 payments for £200 in total. All through that time I was thinking something is not right here - how can they just come out of the woodworks and start wanting money?! So I have decided to do some research and this is how I came accrfoss this site.

If only I knew THEN what I know NOW!

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can anybody elaborate as to what happens if DCA tries to collect on a statue barred debt?

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/debt-collectors-debt-collection/84273-oft-debt-collection-guidance.html page 13.

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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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