Re: 1St Credit/Moon Beever County Court Claim
I hope someone could help me tweaking these letter address to DP's Solicitor.
I hope someone could help me tweaking these letter address to DP's Solicitor.
Originally posted by 5 June 2014
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Northampton (CCBC) Claim No. xxxxx
YOUR REF: 1STCREDITxxxxxxx
MY REQUEST: CPR 31.14
Dear Sirs,
Thank you for your email with an attachment of a copy of Notice of Assignment and Account Assignment. I would be happy to settle any financial obligation I might lawfully owe, as soon as I have the rest of the documents requested.
Moving on to the claim form as issued, I would like to bring your attention a serious flaws within your claim form which need to be addressed before continuing with any claim. As a solicitor I am sure you are fully conversant with the courts procedures including CPR and Practice Directions yet seemingly allowing claims to be issued with apparent disregard to the rules laid down by the courts.
If a litigant wishes to rely on matters set out in his claim as evidence, it must be verified by a statement of truth. I refer you to CPR Practise Direction 22 paragraph 3.10.
“3.10 A legal representative who signs a statement of truth must sign in his own name and not that of his firm or employer.”
As a solicitor like you, may sign a statement of truth confirming that his client believes in the truth of the document in question and you as a solicitor should sign in on your own name and not that of the firm like what appeared signed Moon Beever Solicitors.
The solicitor's signature should mean that he has the client's authority to sign and that he has explained to the client that he will be confirming the client's belief in the truth of the statements concerned, and that the consequences of a false statement have been explained.
I further refer you to CPR 22.2
Failure to verify a statement of case
22.2
(1) If a party fails to verify his statement of case by a statement of truth –
(a) the statement of case shall remain effective unless struck out; but
(b) the party may not rely on the statement of case as evidence of any of the matters set out in it.
(2) The court may strike out a statement of case which is not verified by a statement of truth.
(3) Any party may apply for an order under paragraph (2).
If your client wishes to continue with formal litigation through the courts in favour of adopting the more sensible approach to try and reach mutual agreement between the parties, I invite the claimant to re-plead its case pursuant to CPR 16. In addition, the statement of case to be verified by a statement of truth signed by a person with knowledge of the facts to allow the statement of case to stand as evidence.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly and in any event before the expiration of the time-frame which I mentioned on June 4, 2014, and if I do not hear from you until tomorrow which is June 6, 2014, you will leave me with no alternative but to make an application to the court to strike out the statement of case, with costs associated for such application.
Northampton (CCBC) Claim No. xxxxx
YOUR REF: 1STCREDITxxxxxxx
MY REQUEST: CPR 31.14
Dear Sirs,
Thank you for your email with an attachment of a copy of Notice of Assignment and Account Assignment. I would be happy to settle any financial obligation I might lawfully owe, as soon as I have the rest of the documents requested.
Moving on to the claim form as issued, I would like to bring your attention a serious flaws within your claim form which need to be addressed before continuing with any claim. As a solicitor I am sure you are fully conversant with the courts procedures including CPR and Practice Directions yet seemingly allowing claims to be issued with apparent disregard to the rules laid down by the courts.
If a litigant wishes to rely on matters set out in his claim as evidence, it must be verified by a statement of truth. I refer you to CPR Practise Direction 22 paragraph 3.10.
“3.10 A legal representative who signs a statement of truth must sign in his own name and not that of his firm or employer.”
As a solicitor like you, may sign a statement of truth confirming that his client believes in the truth of the document in question and you as a solicitor should sign in on your own name and not that of the firm like what appeared signed Moon Beever Solicitors.
The solicitor's signature should mean that he has the client's authority to sign and that he has explained to the client that he will be confirming the client's belief in the truth of the statements concerned, and that the consequences of a false statement have been explained.
I further refer you to CPR 22.2
Failure to verify a statement of case
22.2
(1) If a party fails to verify his statement of case by a statement of truth –
(a) the statement of case shall remain effective unless struck out; but
(b) the party may not rely on the statement of case as evidence of any of the matters set out in it.
(2) The court may strike out a statement of case which is not verified by a statement of truth.
(3) Any party may apply for an order under paragraph (2).
If your client wishes to continue with formal litigation through the courts in favour of adopting the more sensible approach to try and reach mutual agreement between the parties, I invite the claimant to re-plead its case pursuant to CPR 16. In addition, the statement of case to be verified by a statement of truth signed by a person with knowledge of the facts to allow the statement of case to stand as evidence.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly and in any event before the expiration of the time-frame which I mentioned on June 4, 2014, and if I do not hear from you until tomorrow which is June 6, 2014, you will leave me with no alternative but to make an application to the court to strike out the statement of case, with costs associated for such application.
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