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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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Has anybody else heard this? My daughter says she heard on Radio 4 that those of us who have already taken the bank to court and had it stayed, should now be immediately re-applying to the courts to re-open their case.

can't find anything on this anywhere.Any comments?

 

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Hi MBird,

 

Read the Site announcements at the top of the Barclays (or any) forum.

 

They say you should not do anything yet, until the Site has updated info on how you should proceed.

 

New POC's and letters are being drafted.

 

Keep watching the announcements for updates.

 

Of course, if you receive anything from the bank or the court, you should seek advice on how to respond. :)

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Hi Olden,

 

If you're referring to Martin Lewis on MSE, he is rather more pessamistic, apparently, about the bank charges reclaiming situation than we are here.

 

Watch out for our Site announcements.

 

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me too Val but as Barclays have reduced their fees now to £8 (I opted out of the reserve option) they are admitting that their fees were previously excessive and therefore should refund us the pro rata difference... yeah and pigs can fly!

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Hi all,

 

Hope we get some new template letters soon. I have two cases for my family on hold in Cardiff.

I feel in the mood to get it all going again.

Has anyone spoken to Cardiff Court

Kind regards and lets hope 2010 brings us some better news.

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Hi MB, me and Olden (or Olden and I !) are wondering what course of action to take next. Do we wait for the template letters (if any) or should we be contacting the court... and saying what? But having lost my enthusiam on the whole thing I'm feeling a bit defeated right now. But if we can hatch a plan I am sure I will get back into it all!

Happy New Year to you too! x

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Sorry to say but the Supreme Court ruling and the OFT's decision not to appeal further leaves us with little hope of pursuing bank charge reclaims on mass, like before July 2007.

 

There is still work underway, based on the prinipal of Unfairness, which may help some individual cases.

 

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Hi all Thanks for the info as smutley says we were hoping there was something we could do, but its soul destroying to think after all the hard work, I feel cheated wonder if the government had anything to do with the decision, is there anything they would not do ?

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I am so glad more and more people are waking up o the fact that there is something radically wrong with a system which can give themselves millions of pounds of tax payers money and then go bust and let the tax payers bail them out and then lo and behold REWARD themselves with fat bonuses with tax payers money for doing a grand job !! ARE WE SUPID ARE WE ANGRY YES we can't even get our thousand pounds back

rant over xxx

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Hi everybody,

An update for you. I have two cases on hold at Cardiff C.C. This week a letter from the court re the HSBC, asking if I wanted to continue, but nothing regarding Barclays. I telephoned the court for an explanation. They said HSBC have asked for the case to be dismissed, hence my letter, but they've heard nothing from Barclays. I have decided not to bother with the HSBC because it was on behalf of my son's then girlfriend, who has been long gone 2 years!) I paid her court fees etc. so I've decided not to throw any more time and money at it. However I would like to "stir-up"my daughter's case with Barclays..... I haven't found any new templates on this site, although Martin Lewis has put some on his site. My first inclination is to write to Barclays and ask them if they would like to settle, before I resume court proceedings. Any sugestions would be most welcome. I can't use the hardship argument because she has a good job now, but at the time the charges did cause her considerable financial hardship. The bankers' bonus's are making me spit feathers!

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Hi MB, Like you, I've not heard anything from either the court or Barclays and was also considering sending Barclays a letter, with some sort of reasoning as to why they might wish to settle or pay back the difference between the old charges and the new rate of £8..... ?

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Hi MBird,

 

While I see Smutley's logic, asking Barclays if they'll refund the difference between what they charged and the present £8 will result in B's saying their charges are fair and will stand.

 

To take your case further, you'll need to argue on the grounds of unfairness.

 

There's more on this in the announcements at the top of the forum's pages.

 

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Im back! Took a while to find my log in details and Hello to anyone who remembers me! Well in light of the new overdraft charges that Barclays are introducing in June I am back in fighting mode! I didn't receive a penny from Barclays after the OFT challenged the banks in court which left me with an overdraft just over 2K. I now have to sort this out as my fees are going to treble. After a meeting with my 'Personal Banker' (useless) I am phoning the Financial Services department tomorrow for more advice ... I wonder if they will be interested in the fact that the overdraft is all bank charges and I have not used the account since 2007 and have actually paid them in fees and interest over 3K .... will update

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Hi Smutley and thanks for the update.

 

I too had a word with staff at my local branch and was not impressed with the prospect of being clobbered by daily charges that will massively increase the amount I've paid historically for using the o/d on my a/c.

 

If you are not using this a/c, you would perhaps be better walking away from it. I assume you have facilities away from Barclays, in which case tell them this a/c and o/d is crippling you and, unless they agree to stop adding any interest or charges, you will have to let it go to collections. Then the balance will not increase further and you can start paying it off at a rate you can afford, to bring the balance steadily down.

 

See this Article here if you are in Financial Difficulty - http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?387436-Letter-for-consideration-regarding-Hardship-or-Financial-Difficulty

 

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