I Need a solicitor to take on CSA, help!

Wasteland_Drifter

And what can they do for you? you cant defend it, its going to be granted whether you and the magistrate wants to or not.

You are free to go with their advice and attend, but all you do its confirming your acknowledgent of the Liability Order. Theres nothing to be scared about because nothing is going to happen to you. All a Liability Order does is legalise the debt and prevents you writing off the liability under Section 2 of the limitation Act 1980.

CSA_Help

Took 4 attempts in court for my liability order

Kimitatsu

Wastelanddrifter has given you excellent advice.

As has DUTR - you need to concentrate on getting all of the documentation together rather than worrying about fighting it through the courts. The powers of the CSA are wide ranging and in many cases they do not need to go to court (a DEO for example never goes to court as it is under the orders of the secretary of state)

Concentrate on what you CAN do rather than panicking about what you cant. At this stage in the game you need to concentrate on finding out if the figures are correct rather than kicking against the system and telling us all that the CSA run a scam. The chances are that they are incorrect at some point, but did you notify them of changes in circumstance?

manorpaul

Kimitatsu wrote: »

Wastelanddrifter has given you excellent advice.

As has DUTR - you need to concentrate on getting all of the documentation together rather than worrying about fighting it through the courts. The powers of the CSA are wide ranging and in many cases they do not need to go to court (a DEO for example never goes to court as it is under the orders of the secretary of state)

Concentrate on what you CAN do rather than panicking about what you cant. At this stage in the game you need to concentrate on finding out if the figures are correct rather than kicking against the system and telling us all that the CSA run a scam. The chances are that they are incorrect at some point, but did you notify them of changes in circumstance?

Thank you for all for your advice, very much appreciated.
Kimitatsu, what do you mean by, "but did you notify them of changes in circumstance?"

whipped

Hi manorpaul I too have a hearing on the 4 Jan 11 and I have received advice from the nacsa and they have strongly advised me to turn up at the hearing.

Even if I get a liability order against me it will be on file that I did turn up and state that the csa debt is in dispute. I was advised not to back down if the csa officer advises that I need not be there, I am to go regardless of what the outcome will be. The Liability Order can be looked at by the NACSA and they can go through everything with you after but they strongly advised that I must attend this hearing.

http://www.nacsa.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=97

http://www.nacsa.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72:help-me-liability-orders&Itemid=98

Kimitatsu

manorpaul wrote: »

Thank you for all for your advice, very much appreciated.
Kimitatsu, what do you mean by, "but did you notify them of changes in circumstance?"

I dont know your circumstances so I cant tell if you have been in employment etc. But it is your responsibility to tell them within 7 days of a change of address, because naturally they cannot contact you otherwise. If that is the case then they can only send letters to the previous address and so you will be assumed to have received them and are just ignoring them.

If you can show that you have told the CSA where you are living and they have not updated their systems or have still sent letters to the wrong address then the error is theirs. This is why you need to put a DPA request in (mine came back in a lot less than 28 days), you can put the original request in via email, and send the fee in later. They will act on it as soon as they get the request but will not release the information until they have the fee.

PlayingHardball

Didismump wrote: »

DO join NACSA..but be warned...they have A HECK of alot of backlog atm due to the 'Monkeys' trying to get every single penny they can out of every NRP (non-resident parent... albeit you may only be a possibility) as the Secretary of State want all their monies back from what they have paid out in any benefits....:(

Ahem...I'm a bit shocked to read such a biased opinion of why NACSA have such a huge backlog!

I don't work for NACSA so I can't comment with knowledge why they have a backlog, however, I can comment that they have been, and are, extremely helpful to me, and I am not a 'monkey' after 'every single penny'.

I just want what is fair for my child.

No doubt there are a number of PWC who act with vengeance and want what they can get. These people would have a hard time getting anywhere if there was no base to their claim, not only that, NACSA are clever enough to see any shennigans and time wasters, don't you think?

In the case of the OP, if this is his child, he should have been paying all along and I agree with others...Why wait for a government agency to tell you how much you should pay. If you didn't think the child was yours, why wait 10 years to question it?

Wasteland_Drifter

Kimitatsu wrote: »

If that is the case then they can only send letters to the previous address and so you will be assumed to have received them and are just ignoring them.

If the NRP has a new address then he doesnt need to pay a fee for information on what service address the CSA used. He can rely on Section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 and give evidence of his current address. If the CSA fails to comply then the NRP can ask the Parliamentary Ombudsman to invervene under Section 3(b)(i) of the Fraud Act 2006.

speedster

manorpaul wrote: »

wasteland, I have asked the same question to the owner of 'deadbeat dads' web site who you may of heard of? They can actually come in to court with you to help you and have had many cases over turned and his answer was " if you don't appear then they will prove the case in your absence,in other words grant whatever it is they want to grant against you,
regards"
DBDA
Hmmmmmm F*#KING scary mate!!!

mmmmm. you mean mr. conspiracy theory.

he'll also have you believe that santas sleigh is actually a NASA spy plane and that the easter bunnny is a KGB double agent.

seriously, the guy is a loon. take a HUUUUUUGEEEEEEE pinch of salt with anything he comes out with.

he makes some ridiculous claims about how him and his cronies have whooped the csa at every encounter, but strangely can never provide any proof whatsoever of the victories. do the math and come to your own conclusions on that one............

manorpaul

The letter I have got from the CSA taking me to court on 04/01/2011 says the hearing is at 11:00am, I phoned the court the other day and they said that I am in court that day but definitely I'm in for 4pm! Do you think this is a 'tatic' from them, knowing I would 'probably' be there for 10am and 'probably' not seen until 5pm, them knowing that I would be stood around for 7 hours and them hoping I would leave before the hearing?
My other thought is, the NACSA offices are not open until my court hearing date and I signed up to NACSA on the date the offices shut for Christmas, so they are unaware of my case and will only become aware of it on the date I'm due in court. So my thought is, I was going to phone the CSA today and tell them that I have changed address and explain that I won't be in the country on the hearing date and that it needs to be re-scheduled which will they buy me some time to get involved with the NACSA.