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Another Cabot / Mortimer Clarke victim, here and this is my first.
I'll try to keep it as brief and concise as possible:
Received a claim? YES
Issue Date: 06 FEBRUARY 2017
Amount approx: £327.83 (inclusive of fees and costs)
Claimant: ME IV LIMITED
Solicitor: MORTIMER CLARKE SOLICITORS LTD
Original Creditor: SKY UK LTD
Particulars of Claim: Please type out in full excluding names/account numbers: By a verbal Agreement between Sky UK Ltd & the Defendant commencing on or around 24/02/2011 ('the Agreement') Sky UK Ltd agreed to provide the Defendant with subscription service(s). The Defendant failed to make the required payments due & the Agreement was terminated. The Agreement was assigned to the Claimant. The Claimant therefore claims 252.83
Is the debt Statute Barred? NOT SURE
List any letters you have sent: NONE - EVER - TO ANYONE
Any Other Info: This debt is not mine, I have never had a Sky subscription but I know where this has stemmed from.
My details were used by an ex partner to obtain the services. I believe it ran for the minimum term of 12 months and he kept up the payments.
I then learned that he attempted to renew at the end of this term and upgrade the package, on immediate notification of which I recall contacting Sky by phone to make enquiries about who had done this and to terminate it, further notifying them that it was not me and that it was fraudulent - what happened to their security checks? My ID/passwords were changed there and then and that was the end of it.
Admittedly, I have received correspondence from Cabot/Mortimer Clarke in the past trying to make contact/seeking payment but I ignored them (now it seems to my detriment), as the was not/should not have been any debt in my opinion, having cancelled the new order before it was installed.
I also wasn't sure about the validity of the Claim Form as I know this tactic is sometimes used to bully and harass people into coughing up, as no one wants a CCJ, and the reputation of the concerned parties leaves a lot to be desired!
I was given dodgy advice by CAB would you believe - told if it's not my debt post if back to them marked "return to sender". When I asked if doing that could still lead to the possibility that they will make a judgement against my name, there was silence and then I was told to contact a local law centre instead!
I was also advised by another organisation to contract Sky and complain bitterly about this and them having sold it on as a debt and should I not get any joy from them to visit my local MP to take up the fight for me.
In the midst of all this I need to stop the clock as 14 days from the date of service, I believe, is 25 Feb - I know that's this Saturday so I'm taking it as tomorrow.
Can anyone please direct me as to how I should proceed.
Many thanks.
Another Cabot / Mortimer Clarke victim, here and this is my first.
I'll try to keep it as brief and concise as possible:
Received a claim? YES
Issue Date: 06 FEBRUARY 2017
Amount approx: £327.83 (inclusive of fees and costs)
Claimant: ME IV LIMITED
Solicitor: MORTIMER CLARKE SOLICITORS LTD
Original Creditor: SKY UK LTD
Particulars of Claim: Please type out in full excluding names/account numbers: By a verbal Agreement between Sky UK Ltd & the Defendant commencing on or around 24/02/2011 ('the Agreement') Sky UK Ltd agreed to provide the Defendant with subscription service(s). The Defendant failed to make the required payments due & the Agreement was terminated. The Agreement was assigned to the Claimant. The Claimant therefore claims 252.83
Is the debt Statute Barred? NOT SURE
List any letters you have sent: NONE - EVER - TO ANYONE
Any Other Info: This debt is not mine, I have never had a Sky subscription but I know where this has stemmed from.
My details were used by an ex partner to obtain the services. I believe it ran for the minimum term of 12 months and he kept up the payments.
I then learned that he attempted to renew at the end of this term and upgrade the package, on immediate notification of which I recall contacting Sky by phone to make enquiries about who had done this and to terminate it, further notifying them that it was not me and that it was fraudulent - what happened to their security checks? My ID/passwords were changed there and then and that was the end of it.
Admittedly, I have received correspondence from Cabot/Mortimer Clarke in the past trying to make contact/seeking payment but I ignored them (now it seems to my detriment), as the was not/should not have been any debt in my opinion, having cancelled the new order before it was installed.
I also wasn't sure about the validity of the Claim Form as I know this tactic is sometimes used to bully and harass people into coughing up, as no one wants a CCJ, and the reputation of the concerned parties leaves a lot to be desired!
I was given dodgy advice by CAB would you believe - told if it's not my debt post if back to them marked "return to sender". When I asked if doing that could still lead to the possibility that they will make a judgement against my name, there was silence and then I was told to contact a local law centre instead!
I was also advised by another organisation to contract Sky and complain bitterly about this and them having sold it on as a debt and should I not get any joy from them to visit my local MP to take up the fight for me.
In the midst of all this I need to stop the clock as 14 days from the date of service, I believe, is 25 Feb - I know that's this Saturday so I'm taking it as tomorrow.
Can anyone please direct me as to how I should proceed.
Many thanks.
to LB 
xx
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