Joined this site after seeing others fall victim to this scam. Just had a red letter from sovereign debt recovery services - part of merchant rentals threatening us with court. Do we fight? Have already sent MR a formal complaint citing unfair terms, cca breaches and have got FSA and ombudsman involved....

HMRC given go-ahead to demand £5.5bn from taxpayers – before they have chance to appeal

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 2nd August 2015 08:18.

*A court challenge to HMRC's power to demand upfront payments from taxpayers worth £5.5bn is rejected despite claims...

Hi all, everything is fairly quiet on the personal front but had an issue arise regarding my eldest lad.

last week when we were out the baiiffs called hoping my son lived at our house.(he uses it for postal address).
My daughter sent them packing but he left a letter for my son to...

Apparently , there are certain things that you do not need to disclose to an insurance company unless either asked directly or it is in the list of assumptions.
Recently I took contents insurance with Yorkshire Bank and it was done over the phone. Once the paperwork came through I thought I should...

Tenants may win protection from eviction by rogue landlords

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th September 2014 19:26.

Nine million private tenants in the UK could be given extra protection from landlords who try to evict them. The government has decided to back...

Hi,

Here goes my first post,

I wanted some advice as to why a default has been reported as (6)'s on my credit file. And how I can get it changed to a default so it will drop off my credit file at the same time as 4 others.

I defaulted on 5 accounts in 2010,...

It may well be an apt time to point out that most bank computers run a program for producing the Default notices, such as Red Titan to name but one. When there are strikes, and I include in this past strikes too, It is highly likely the banks machines will not factor this into time frames to remedy...

Regulator takes months to bring payday lenders to heel

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th April 2013 09:12.

The OFT has yet to contact many payday lenders, two months after damning report pointed to widespread breaches of rules. Almost two months after......

This is basically a warning to anyone with a tomlin or court judgement in regards to this company.

They have just taken to phoning me up it extract more money out of me despite there being a tomlin order in place.

I made quiet clear that the tomlin order did not make arrangment...

Banks braced for hefty fines over rule breaches

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th December 2012 08:00.

Regulators in the US and UK are expected to announce a series of expensive and potentially explosive actions against banks including HSBC, Standard......

Data Watchdog Gives Christmas Warning

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th November 2012 18:24.

*Consumers are at risk of credit card breaches because of companies making audio recordings, the data protection watchdog warns. * The data...

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HSBC Hit By £500m Money Laundering Charge

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th November 2012 19:37.

*New provision for money laundering breaches escalates a penalty facing British bank HSBC to nearly £1bn.* HSBC will tomorrow prolong the latest...
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I took out a loan with De Vere Credit in Sept 04, to purchase a 70 year timeshare option on a lodge in Lincolnshire.
A couple of years back i had the loan looked into with a view to rendering it unenforceable. The full audit showed there were several breaches in the loan - i could not follow this...

UK Bank Accused Of '£160bn Scheme With Iran'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th August 2012 17:29.

*US officials accuse another UK bank of wrongdoing – this time the London-listed Standard Chartered is blamed for illegal deals.* The...

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Hoping someone can help me here.

Our next door neighbour's house belongs to a Housing Association who have been doing work on it.

Today, they have taken down scaffolding, but have left a huge scaffoling pole with my neighbour's satellite dish wired up and attached to it on...