Debt charity is swamped with payday loan callers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th February 2013 10:01.

*The number calling up with problems nearly doubled to 20,000 last year with some borrowers holding 80 payday loans * National Debtline took......

Extra measures to tackle PPI claim pests MOJ

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th February 2013 15:50.

A specialist team created to crackdown on bad practice in the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) claims market has helped tackle more than 200...
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Stupidly over a year ago i had a phone call from a PPI reclaim company saying they could reclaim my ppi and also other unauthorised interest hikes on my barclaycard, but they would need to charge £700 to my credit card to do this. I agreed and have heard nothing but since found out the company has...

A disabled woman was barred from a tribunal to decide whether she was entitled to benefits – because she was in a wheelchair.
Sylvia Middleton, 65, was turned away by security staff in case a fire broke out in the five-storey building.
It later emerged that wheelchair users have been...

OFT bars RBS debt collecting that puts homes at risk

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th January 2013 18:21.

*Regulator imposes requirements on Royal Bank of Scotland's use of charging orders - a way of collecting unsecured debts that could see borrowers......

An exception to Jackson: cause for concern



Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 contains the key "Jackson proposals". This includes abolition of recoverability of conditional fee agreement (CFA) success fees and after...

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The compulsive claimant - also known as the “vexatious litigant”



Professional claims handlers and solicitors must not be seen by the courts as taking advantage of...

Morning all,

I know a lot of you have spare time on your hands and wonder if you can help me out with a little project?

Basically someone very dear to me has been shit on by Mortimer Clarke Legal (MCL) and as a result I am looking for links from the webby for any similar cases...

I was just wondering if it might be worth Niddy starting a fighting fund to help those who cant afford legal advice and to allow people like Paul and Gwyn to earn a few quid for all the free advice they give.

I know a lot on here cant afford much, but for the money we have saved and help...

I was a subtenant from July to August 2011. It was an informal agreement with the current tenant, of which the landlord was unaware of. Nothing was signed and it was just a verbal arrangement. While being a subtenant there I did change my billing address temporarily to that address and paid one of the...

MoJ likely to tender for DCAs

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th March 2012 15:41.

The Ministry of Justice is likely to tender for commercial partners later this year to assist the recovery of unpaid court fines following a ...

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Former MoJ policy head joins Rossendales

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th January 2012 18:27.

Christine Sharples has joined enforcement firm Rossendales as compliance manager. Sharples has joined the firm from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), ...
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Case No. HQO9X02909 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
MASTER VICTORIA McCLOUD
Case No. HQO9X02909


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JBW Group loses appeal against MoJ

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 16th January 2012 17:43.

Enforcement firm JBW Group has lost an appeal against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) over the way it conducted a tender process in which large...

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MoJ announces consultation on bailiff reform

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th January 2012 18:31.

A legally-binding regulatory regime for bailiffs will be introduced following a spring consultation on proposals announced today by the government....
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