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Link Financial re HFO ALLEGED DEBT

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  • Link Financial re HFO ALLEGED DEBT

    Hi,

    I have recently been contacted by Link Financial about an alleged debt that they took over from HFO Services in 2014.

    I have no recollection of having a debt with HFO Services, so asked for more details and they said it is a debt from Clydesdale Bank in 1998! Unfortunately, I am no wiser.

    I have asked for a copy of the original contract but Link say they are unable to provide this as HFO Services ceased trading in 2015.

    However-, if Link bought the alleged debt the year before HFO ceased trading, surely they would have got all details of the alleged debt when taking it over in 2014?

    Link further claim that they put a charge on my property in 2018 for the alleged debt, I have no recollection of this either, but will be contacting the Land Registry anyway tomorrow.

    Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to handle this please?
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  • #2
    If you are in Scotland, things probably work differently. Although the general principal might be the same, you'll need to check that out.

    I would send Link a SAR request, they have 30 days to provide all the information on the debt that they have.
    From the sounds of it, the debt might be statute barred providing you haven't made a payment in 6 years or acknowledged the debt in writing.

    The question then is, how did they get a charge on the house, if it's statute barred?

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    • #3
      I think it is 5 years in Scotland not 6 mys.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DE DOGS View Post
        I think it is 5 years in Scotland not 6 mys.
        Hi DE DOGS,

        I am actually in England, thank you for your reply.

        xx

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        • #5
          Originally posted by echat11 View Post
          If you are in Scotland, things probably work differently. Although the general principal might be the same, you'll need to check that out.

          I would send Link a SAR request, they have 30 days to provide all the information on the debt that they have.
          From the sounds of it, the debt might be statute barred providing you haven't made a payment in 6 months or acknowledged the debt in writing.

          The question then is, how did they get a charge on the house, if it's statute barred?
          Hi echat11

          Thank you very much for your advice, I am in England, so the advice you have given would be valid .

          I have contacted Links and asked for a SAR. I haven`t made any payments in the last 6 months, nor have I acknowledged the debt in writing as I didn`t even know it existed.

          I am currently in hospital, but as soon as I am out, I will contact the Land Registry to ask if there is indeed a charge on the property, I don`t see how there can possibly be?

          I will keep you informed and thanks for helping me.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by redrose281 View Post

            Hi echat11

            Thank you very much for your advice, I am in England, so the advice you have given would be valid .

            I have contacted Links and asked for a SAR. I haven`t made any payments in the last 6 months, nor have I acknowledged the debt in writing as I didn`t even know it existed.

            I am currently in hospital, but as soon as I am out, I will contact the Land Registry to ask if there is indeed a charge on the property, I don`t see how there can possibly be?

            I will keep you informed and thanks for helping me.
            Correction - It should read 6 years, not 6 months.

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