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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      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.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

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      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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They're my current bank after bailing from NW a few years ago, they're ok but tricky buggers with the charges, and that's after NW

 

SAR sent off today for two separate accounts plus my coop credit card, I used to love that their helpdesk guy could see my smile accounts and the coop cc account on the same screen but money took five days to move from one to the other

 

bless

 

more news as it arrives

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I look forward to it.

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If it's any consolation I'm thinking about round 2, although there was a threat of closing my account if I did it. Would that help at all? I've got my arguments pretty well sussed so I don't honestly think that ethical smile will do it, but you never know.:p

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can't have too many dramas, a closed account with bailiffs actioned to reclaim their overdraft and make you homeless would be a splendid prequel to my thread once it gets started

 

you can do the smooth efficient thread

 

I'll do the one with screaming, wailing and pleas for immediate help and advice on an hourly basis, I've got small children and a huge mortgage and numerous dreadful debts

 

Seeing as I'm the newbie with no arguments at all, sussed or otherwise

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I've got large children (they get even more expensive :eek:) a fair size mortgage and numerous dreadful debts, but you go for it. Is the hippos open mouth significant at all? LOL

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I was thinking more about small crying children looking destitute than expense to be honest

 

It might signify me yawning from being so bloody tired all the time although the youngest is more or less sleeping to a decent time lately, there was an ugly and protracted spell of 5am starts that wear a man down

 

I should confess that my wife is a barrister although only in here third month so far so now real sacks of used tenners to use as pillows yet

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got the coop statements a while ago with a covering letter detailing the three accounts I SARed for

 

waited and eventually secure messaged them asking where the other two accounts were

 

A 'Manager' apologised and said it had been passed to the relevant department

 

yeah right, they said that on day one and did nothing, I've replied asking for a due date, I feel a non compliance coming on as soon as my N1s for NW and Barclays hit the post box

 

ooh and a cheeky £50 of charges this week for two withdrawals over the weekend totalling £18, no money for them because they bounced a DD (it was £3 short) and then took the money anyway and didn't put it back until the following day, the DD was to their own COOP CC, all very interesting how money payable to themselves leaves the account even when it's been refused

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on going through the bundle again (it's very muddled) I realise that it is all there, sheesh

 

there's only six years of cc statements so I've secure messaged demanding the lot back to 99

 

only two years and a half of banking but it looks like about £500 of charges across the three accounts

 

anyone done CI on Coop yet? no reason not to is there?

 

this will be my first cc claim, I know that person uses a different spreadsheet to calculate the interest, if the CI the same otherwise?

 

my N1s for NW and B went today, SARs out for my sister on three accounts so time to get this one rolling

 

advice re the cc and CI on the cc appreciated

 

thanks

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The only reason I know for not going for CI is that there is no legal basis for claiming it. Some have been lucky and got it, while others have had their claims rejected by the courts because of it. Given the stance the courts are taking at the moment after the Lloyds wins I'd strongly recommend that you don't risk it. You're a long way from needing a bundle.

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there so is a legal basis for claiming it, defo is, and if a person claims unauth/auth/stat in the variance there's nothing to lose and everything to gain

 

 

as it happens I've just done charges and the portion of debit interest due to charges on one of the bank accounts, comes to a bit more than I thought, £250 odd, the auth CI at 9.9 isn't worth claiming, the charges are only 2 and a half years old

 

might see for the cc though

 

what stance are the courts taking after the Lloyds one? Everything I read on here suggests the banks are close to losing patience with the banks and the Lloyds was a one off likely to be reversed on appeal

 

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Can you please quote the legal basis for claiming CI. I'm not aware that anyone on the site has managed to find any so if you know something we don't ..............

 

This thread refers to the actions some courts are taking.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/hsbc-bank/71343-when-you-have-filed-14.html#post871702

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dear god, that links appalling news isn't it?

 

I'd not seen that, that's nothig to do with CI though is it? That's any and all charges isn't it

 

My N1s for Barclays and Natwest went in the post today, do I need to panic about them all of a sudden? :o

 

and thanks a lot for that, crikey

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I woudn't panic too much if your claims are under £5k so likely to be in small claims. For even more of a shocker you may want to read this, and heed the warning to accept charges plus statutory interest and not pursue CI if that is all that's not on offer.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/halifax-bank-bank-scotland/11164-cank-halifax-9.html#post847697

 

The moral of this story is to stick to the tried and tested processes that work.

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both £3.5k ish with the CI

 

yep, I'm aware of the trickiness of the charged plus stat offer, thanks though

 

this striking out problem is a fast track thing?

 

and hopefully a Hull thing?

 

umm yes but someone has to push the envelope surely?

 

claiming in the variance covers sir's arse surely? barring turning down a charges plus stat offer, natch

 

thank-you very much for your time tonight

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No probs. As long as you're aware of the implications. Striking out is not necessarily a fast track thing, but the difference is that in small claims you are much less likely to have to pay the banks costs if it gets to court. I don't think you need to worry unduly, but you have seen what happened to Cankster by pushing the envelope.

 

There are still plenty of judges, including the Mercantile judge in London who are clearly not happy with the banks, and in my eyes his view carries far more weight than a those in local county courts, and the one in Bristol who ordered costs against Lloyds.

 

It has to be kept in proportion.

BBC NEWS | Business | Judge warns 'unreasonable' banks

BBC NEWS | Business | Judge attacks 'time-wasting' bank

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Got it!

 

Cankster didn't lose anything though did he? He still got charges plus stat didn't he?

 

Anyhow, my smile claims will be strictly charges plus interest due to charges, the CI doesn't add up to enough to make it worth the hassle

 

I'm glad I'm not in court in the next few weeks!

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Me too LOL, but I should be getting on with my hubbys claim against Lloyds.:-| Might let the dust settle a bit.;)

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Two letters from Smle today, utterly identical, no mention of my references, account numbers, their references, nada

 

they're sorry I've felt the need to make a complaint ...

 

not even a leaflet, just a link to the website

 

they're looking into it, twice presumably, they'd better hurry, LBA in two days time

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dear god they annoy me

 

shifted some money over last night to cover a debit due out today

 

sure nuff, they bounced it and charged me £25

 

even though the bank was 'closed'

 

they don't do any credits to the account until the bank 'opens' at 9am

 

they do the debits first, so they managed to bounce it, charge me and send me a secure message informing that I had insufficient funds by 08.55

 

5 minutes late I had loads of funds, only it was too late by then

 

makes my blood boil

 

ah well stinking secure message in reply, stick on the SOC for my LBA tomorrow

 

I complained the first time this happened, I didn't understand what went wrong, when it was explained to me I told the CS person that it was clearly a deliberate ploy to cause charges, the CS person essentially agreed with me

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