Bank charges

I thought that bank charges had been stopped

I have just had a letter from barclays charging me £30 for going over my overdraft limit by more than £5 is this still legal?

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  • oldfella
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    its certainly legal - however as its a penalty charge its unlawful

    if you have been a good customer call them and ask them nicely to remove it

    Mike
  • nickmack
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    oldfella wrote:
    its certainly legal - however as its a penalty charge its unlawful

    As oldfella says, there is a difference between illegal and unlawful. In general terms, unlawful relates to civil law and illegal generally concerns criminal law.

    In the case of bank charges, we are talking unlawful.
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