Proposed Group Litigation Orders : Poll and Discussion

[Tools]

Re: Proposed Group Litigation Orders : Poll and Discussion

Not sure if you are entitled to legal aid? Here is a basic calculator to give you an initial guide http://www.communitylegaladvice.org....calculator.jsp

[borgbaiter]

Re: Proposed Group Litigation Orders : Poll and Discussion

hi

seems quite hard to qualify for legal aid? gross income of only £2,500 pa seems impossibly low.


Borgbaiter

[righty]

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That's the whole idea borgbaiter. Also you must not have any equity in your home otherwise you'll be rejected

[EXC]

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Is that right righty? I've not tried the calculator but Tom's post said ''When calculating your capital, you should include any equity which is over £100,000 in your property (though you can deduct up to £100,000 for any mortgage on that property)

[Amethyst]

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To be eligible for CLS-funded help for Legal Help, Help at Court, Family Mediation, Family Help (Lower), Family Help (Higher) or Asylum cases: Legal Representation before the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal; and the High Court and Other Legal Representation, you should not have more than £8000 in capital.

[TANZARELLI]

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http://www.lawworks.org.uk/?id=apply_help

Not sure if this is any use, feel free to ignore if not folks.

[righty]

Re: Proposed Group Litigation Orders : Poll and Discussion

To be eligible for CLS-funded help for Legal Help, Help at Court, Family Mediation, Family Help (Lower), Family Help (Higher) or Asylum cases: Legal Representation before the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal; and the High Court and Other Legal Representation, you should not have more than £8000 in capital.

Don't they consider equity as capital against which you can draw

[Amethyst]

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Yes they do.

[ROBSTER]

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How are you doing re 2 claims per bank which banks do you need more claims for (if Any) ?

[EXC]

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Across the forums it's looking like this:

Abbey 1
Barclays 8
HSBC 2
HBS 2
Nationwide 1
Natwest 2
Lloyds 3
A&L 1

[righty]

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Yes they do.

I know I just wanted confirmation from a trusted member for the benefit of others.

However if your credit rating is screwed then you can argue that the LSC will be able to take a charge over your property rather than expect the litigant, in these dire times, to try & raise funds against it.

Also the banks are hardly going to lend to the 'enemy' who will then use it to bring them to account in the courts............ I mean would you:tinysmile_cry_t:

[killersla]

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yes count me in i have a styed claim with hsbc and yes i think i would get legal aid.

[Smasher]

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I'm mailing the old RUC claimants about this now too. I'm sure there must be quite a few with claims held up so hopefully we'll be able to add a few more to the list.

[Tom_Brennan]

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Bank charges waiver direction - monthly reporting Thank you to everyone for your input so far.

If you have registered your interest, I will have sent you a PM for further information about your claim.

We are still at an early stage with these proposed GLOs, although I am expecting to make some real progress in the near future. In principle, I am looking for claimants who are eligible for Legal Aid so that we can get proper funding for the proposed GLOs. We need this funding so that we can get a dedicated legal team in place, including solicitors and barristers. As you may appreciate, these proposed GLOs would be a substantial undertaking that could not be pursued by a lone individual, even an experienced lawyer. Getting legal aid funding is therefore vital if these GLOs are to proceed.

I must stress at this stage that I am not offering anyone legal advice on their claim; I am merely gathering information with a view to submitting legal aid applications for the GLOs and for gathering numbers for those solicitor firms that have expressed an interest in the GLOs. If anyone with a claim still wishes to register their interest, please PM me, and I will do my best to respond as soon as I can.

Thomas Brennan

[jules2008]

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hi
once i have written to the bank to complain about charges how do i go about taking them to court? As i want to be included in this GLO and i currently have a case stayed with halifax but i have a lloyds/tsb case that i have only written to them about?

Is it too l8t to take lloyds to court at this stage?

Also no-one has got back to me regarding info on my claims to be included in GLO even though i sent an e-mail to Tom.

any information would be appreciated on this one.