Leeds Merchantile Aug 29th

[Rtech]

Bad news...a stay was granted but only until the Judge in the OFT case makes his initial decision...other things are also involved...however any DISPUTED charges made by the banks to todays claimants may not be enforced.during the duration of the stay..what ever that means???you tell me.

The templates for objection/appeal.are wrong in one area

The arguement that we (the claimants) have not got funds to employ barristers against the Banks,was in fact made one of the reasons for a stay,as the OFT have the money and they are 'supposed' to be representative of us,so anyone else needs to delete that from any letter.

[j.barton1]

From what i've been told the bank cannot put any more charges on disputed accounts. Which is really good.

[jess124]

Yes have to agree with you there Jess, us Barclays claiments were disappointed. What time did you end up getting out, as i left after talking to the Barclays representative - who was applying for a stay on our claims. So we didnt necessarily have to go back in?

 

out of interest which one was you lol?

 

I got out about 4ish, god I thought we'd be in there forever! lol

 

Erm, not sure how to describe myself lol, I was sat in the jurers section if that helps? Next to a guy with glasses, 2nd from the end nearest the wall. About 5 ft 4, blonde, late 20's, the lady who looked really really bored lol! Who were you, did you stand up and talk at all?

[jess124]

Hi jess, thats good for you, if they dont pay you can send the bailiffs in LOL xx

 

Thanks, yeah it's good, but I'm not getting my hopes up for a cheque in the post in the next 14 days, prob will have to go to the baliffs knowing LTSB!

[Critical_mass]

Well good luck with the cheque business, at least a handful of people will/should be getting what they went in there for.

 

Jess - Dressed all in black by any chance? No i didnt stand up and talk. I was in a blue shirt and tie about 5ft 5, mind 20s, sat next to a bloke in a pink shirt in the area on the right you walk in the door. I didnt realise there were going to be so many people in one hearing, and how disorganised could they have been at the beginning. I found some of the language the bank representatives used was a bit over my head at times.

 

I got kind of confused towards the end. So, due to our claims been stayed until the OFT have had the test case, do we have to go back to court at all/until after that has taken place?

[soliamio]

The Judge Leeds Merchantile Aug 29th took a great deal of time this morning over his decision to stay the majority of cases of which 150 individual claimants were represented. He ruled in favour of the stay applications and recieved direction from some of the legal representitives of the banks who had failed to submit stay applications in to the court in sufficient time. The OFT test case has become a security blanket for the Banks and this test case will be the cause of further delays and many loop holes for the banks concerned. Valiant and brave claimants I am sure many linked to this forum spoke up during the open court opportunity to oppose the motion to stay. Sadly for the majority this battle for he present has come to a standstill. A long day in court.

I now await my letter from Barclays to which I will object to their request to stay my case which on a court trial date set as soon as possible following the week commencing the 3rd Dec will be granted its stay application.

Dont know what others felt about today or if they succeeded in getting their bank to settle or where we go from here?

[jess124]

Well good luck with the cheque business, at least a handful of people will/should be getting what they went in there for.

 

Jess - Dressed all in black by any chance? No i didnt stand up and talk. I was in a blue shirt and tie about 5ft 5, mind 20s, sat next to a bloke in a pink shirt in the area on the right you walk in the door. I didnt realise there were going to be so many people in one hearing, and how disorganised could they have been at the beginning. I found some of the language the bank representatives used was a bit over my head at times.

 

I got kind of confused towards the end. So, due to our claims been stayed until the OFT have had the test case, do we have to go back to court at all/until after that has taken place?

 

Yep I was the one all in black, I might as well been going to a funeral the way I was dressed I don't do formal usually lol

 

Yes I know what you mean about the amount of people there, I did expect that though but yes it was unorganised and I don't think anyone expected that so many of us would stand up and have our say. I wish I could of added something but I wasn't confident enough that I could of argued my point with the solicitors.

 

I'm sure they intentionly try and baffle us with long words and legal terms to intimatate us all, but in some cases it didn't work which was great to see.

 

Yes I get the impression that if the OFT test case rules in your favour you will be back in court again, presuming that Barclays don't decide to pay up first?

[Critical_mass]

Yep I was the one all in black, I might as well been going to a funeral the way I was dressed I don't do formal usually lol

 

Yes I know what you mean about the amount of people there, I did expect that though but yes it was unorganised and I don't think anyone expected that so many of us would stand up and have our say. I wish I could of added something but I wasn't confident enough that I could of argued my point with the solicitors.

 

I'm sure they intentionly try and baffle us with long words and legal terms to intimatate us all, but in some cases it didn't work which was great to see.

 

Yes I get the impression that if the OFT test case rules in your favour you will be back in court again, presuming that Barclays don't decide to pay up first?

 

 

Yeah, im used to wearing a shirt for work but dont normally do ties.

 

I got the impression the banks solicitors were not very experienced though, made a few errors and they didnt seem that much (if at all) older then me (24). They didnt seem that long out of uni.

 

To be honest, because the court has put a stay on the barclays claims until the OFT test case, i cant see the bank settling before the test case. The banks could be a little more confident now that the judge has postponed the decision until jan. Although its not over yet by a long shot.