Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

[bzza]

Hi

I have never done this before so please bear with me.
6 years after my court case ended for which I was granted Legal Aid I now gt a letter from Rossendales claiming I owe£ 9.5 K towards my legal aid, If I dont pay the heavies will be unleashed!
This seems very wrong can LAA just change their minds whenever they like?

[bzza]

Re: Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

Have I posted this in the right forum, I had no replies/response?

[MIKE770]

Re: Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

Might help if you give a lot more info on the case, they will try and advise you!

[charitynjw]

Re: Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

Maybe the Legal Aid Agency are feeling the pinch!

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/whis...81.fullarticle

[ploddertom]

Re: Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

You will need to go back to your Solicitor to find out what happened. Rossendales usually do CCO's through their debt collection arm but it can quickly escalate.

[bzza]

Re: Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

Hi thanks for the reply
My story thus far: 6 years ago I had a case at Crown Court, I was assesed and granted Legal Aid, the case concluded I was given a suspended sentence and no order was made by the judge relating to costs.
That was the end of that so I thought until about three weeks ago I received a long letter from Rossendales wherein they claimed I owed Legal Aid £ 9.240.00 as a Capital Contribution. They over estimated the value of my house by £100K and claimed I had savings of £20K, failure to pay withing 28 days would mean all sorts of dire consequences. I contacted Crown Court and they confirmed no order for costs had been made meanwhile another letter from Rossendales and numerous phone calls with nobody to speak to when answered just a prerecorded message stating that they tried unsucessfully to get hold of me.
I Spoke to the police and they thought it was a scam as they had never heard of this before.
I then wrote to the LAA and they said a mistake had been made, I presume in granting me Legal Aid, however the ammount I owed was correct and that I should pay it. I have written back to them expressing my concern and that If I did owe this money could I have time to pay, I await their reply.
Meanwhile I have written to the Legal Ombudsman complaining about both the LAA and Rossendales, again I await a reply.
The other day I got yet another letter from Rossendale stating in red that the were going to put a charge on my house and seize goods.
I really dont know where I stand with all of this, help please.

[Emirod3110]

Re: Capital Contribution Order/Rossendales

Hi,
Can anyone help please. I had a court case which ended in June, I pleaded guilty and was given a 2yr suspended sentence and 200hrs community service. I received a letter recently from Rossendles saying I Owe £61k for capital contribution order (legal aid).

I don't have any assets or savings and was granted full legal aid And had to pay noting. Rossendales are threatening to put an order on my wife's property that she owns a 100% with no mortgage.

When I first applied for legal aid my wife and I signed the legal aid documents to show our income. Now I am worried because they are threatening to put an order on my wife's property if I don't pay the £61k.

Can anyone please help.

Thank you