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Lowell Portfolio v theladyknows 12k claimed for old Halifax loan

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  • Lowell Portfolio v theladyknows 12k claimed for old Halifax loan

    Claim form received for an old Halifax Loan defaulted twice in July 2008 and Febuary 2009.

    Advice needed to fill in the defense forms at the government money claim site.

    This alleged debt originally a loan between myself and Halifax
    Bank.
    In July 2007 Halifax applied a £90 charge to my current account
    allegedly for unpaid bills and returned direct debits.
    I have long disputed this and have asked for proof on several
    occasions. No reason has been supplied.
    This is important because 2 month later another charge was added
    because I was a short of funds. Had the £90 charge not been
    levied this charge would not have occurred. This triggered
    another charge and another charge until July 2009 when the Halifax
    account stood at around 2k in debt all due to charges.
    Without the erroneous £90 charge no fees would have occurred.

    This level of debt, placed falsely on my current account, forced me
    into arrears on the loan that is now been claimed as due.
    This level of arrears forced the Halifax to default and terminate
    the loan account now been claimed as due.
    I accepted this termination as unilateral cessation at the time and informed
    them at the time that they had not allowed me the statutory 14
    days for the default notice to be remedied.
    Halifax have acknowledged by letter that only 10 days was allowed
    but they claim this did not disadvantage me because they terminated 30
    days after the notice.
    I was not made aware that I had 30 days to termination. I was
    only made aware of the time on the default notice. This was 10
    days from the date of issue to the date remedy. With
    normal postal service and the weekend this was less than 1 week.
    If I had of been allowed the statutory 14 days I could have
    remedied this breach. I could do nothing in 1 week.

    Lowell bought the loan around 18 months ago.
    As well as many letters and phone calls they applied last year for bankruptcy proceedings. They also slapped a charging order on our mortgage.
    I got this case thrown out and the charging order removed as the account was clearly in dispute for the reasons given above.

    The account is also nearly statue barred. Defaults issued July 2008 and Feb 2009. Last payment recorded Feb 2010 although I do not remember paying this.

    Point 1 : I do not feel it is just or legal for the Halifax to
    force a default on a loan by applying erroneous charges onto a
    linked current account. I am not a legal expert but this has to
    be wrong.

    Point 2 : I do not feel that the claimant should be allowed the
    considerable power and authority of the court without a valid
    default notice as prescribed by the consumer credit act.

    Point 3 : Halifax subsequently terminated this account. I
    accepted this termination in writing.

    Point 4 : The last thing I want to do is waste court time. I am
    litigate in person.

    Any pointers and advice welcome. Do you think I have a strong case or are default notices now somehow not important?
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    Re: Lowell Portfolio v theladyknows 12k claimed for old Halifax loan

    Halifax have acknowledged by letter that only 10 days was allowed
    but claim this did not disadvantage me because they terminated 30
    days after the notice.
    Would you possibly be able to scan in a copy of this letter ?

    Possibly not important but others know more on this side that me but did you attempt to rectify between day 10 and day 14 ?


    Can you explain this a bit more
    defaulted twice in July 2008 and Febuary 2009

    As well as many letters and phone calls they applied last year for bankruptcy proceedings. They also slapped a charging order on our mortgage.
    I got this case thrown out and the charging order removed as the account was clearly in dispute for the reasons given above.
    Well done for that - it may be useful to see the paperwork from this (save you going through it all again) was this on the current account charges and how they caused you to miss loan payments, and default notice, issues ?

    Last payment recorded Fe 2010 although I do not remember paying this.
    Was this a one off random low sum payment ?

    Can you type in the particulars of claim and tell me what you have done so far since receiving this claim ? acknowledged/sent a cpr / cca request etc?

    Have you entered a formal complaint about the current account charges ?


    Sorry for all the questionning xx Welcome to LB xxxx
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      Re: Lowell Portfolio v theladyknows 12k claimed for old Halifax loan

      Originally posted by Amethyst View Post
      Would you possibly be able to scan in a copy of this letter ?
      I will to get some paperwork uploaded later.
      Possibly not important but others know more on this side that me but did you attempt to rectify between day 10 and day 14 ?
      I did not attempt to rectify after the (7) 10 days as the default notice said that was the cut off.

      Can you explain this a bit more
      As far as I understand it they defaulted me - July 2008 - I went to CCCS and made arrangements with all my debtors - Halifax were not co-operative and the interest and fees were increasing the debt - I stopped payments - they defaulted again Feb 2009. Both default notices are 10 days from the date of the letter for remedy so with normal postal service and the weekend I had a week to comply. I have the original default notices. I have a letter from Halifax responding to my complaint explaining why 10 days was enough because they did not terminate for 30 days. I have a letter from Halifax explaining the banking charges were a fair estimate of costs. Not what they told the select committee.



      Well done for that - it may be useful to see the paperwork from this (save you going through it all again) was this on the current account charges and how they caused you to miss loan payments, and default notice, issues ?

      I will probably have to data request Halifax as I did throw away many items recently thinking this statue barred.

      Was this a one off random low sum payment ?

      Ramdom yes - £100 but I don't know who paid it. I do suspect it was to keep the account live.

      Can you type in the particulars of claim and tell me what you have done so far since receiving this claim ? acknowledged/sent a cpr / cca request etc?
      Later again.
      Have you entered a formal complaint about the current account charges ?
      I first complained and asked for a refund on the hardship scheme and was rejected (or rather offered a very small discount). At the time this was the way to go with charges. After Halifax went to the house of lords I had to look more carefully at the charges. The first one was a random £90. I believe the charge at the time was £25 and nothing shows on the account as returned or declined. Complained many times to no affect. I wanted them to take me to court so I would be the defendant for the current account. It is harder to prove as the claimant.

      Sorry for all the questioning xx Welcome to LB xxxx
      Questions and advice welcome.
      As I said the next step is to assess if I have a good defense and word this for the moneyclaim site.

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