CEL court letter HELP!!!

fromme8

Hello everyone! I'm new to the board but can see that, like many others, I too have received a court claim form from CEL. I've followed all advice given and have even spoken to the court this morning to verify it's a real letter and emailed the co-op to complain. Even so I am worried about whether I should defend my case ie 10 mins overstay in an empty Co-op car park incase I do have to go to court and end up paying even more money to what I see as a scam firm. I've never been in this situation before and am feeling very stressed. I don't have a legal bone in my body and so don't have a clue how to mount a legal defence. Any legal advice out there would be greatly appreciated.

Is there anything else we can do to make CEL's life a misery?

Thank you for taking time to read yet another CEL related plea from a scared newbie.

kirkbyinfurnesslad_2

First of a strong complaint email to steve.murrells@co-operative.coop and that has seen most peoples claim dropped, but ive sent you a pm with my email address, as you will need to send a defence in as well (just in case)

fromme8

Thank you for taking time to give me the advice yesterday. I emailed the Co-op and have had an email back today saying that they are arranging to pay CEL directly for me. Fingers crossed.

Again, thank you very much for your help and advice. Anyone else having a problem with CEL, do follow kirkbyinfurnesslad's advice and email the co-op. He's a star! Hopefully they'll sort you out too.

Stroma

Well done on that but you need to send in a defence just in case they forget or something. You don't want this going to a default if they don't sort it for you.

For the regulars : This thing with the coop is nuts, I have never seen anything like it before, the principle dancing to the agents wants, they must have signed a similar contract to somerfields

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Stroma wrote: »

Well done on that but you need to send in a defence just in case they forget or something. You don't want this going to a default if they don't sort it for you.

For the regulars : This thing with the coop is nuts, I have never seen anything like it before, the principle dancing to the agents wants, they must have signed a similar contract to somerfields

I think that the Co-op legals must be tied up elsewhere. I cannot believe that the CEL contract is watertight. I suspect that the Co-op could break the contract if they wanted to. I hope that they have at least given CEL notice - perhaps they've done sums and worked out paying off is cheaper than the potential risk in legal costs.

Aaron_Aadvark

IanMSpencer wrote: »

I think that the Co-op legals must be tied up elsewhere. I cannot believe that the CEL contract is watertight. I suspect that the Co-op could break the contract if they wanted to. I hope that they have at least given CEL notice - perhaps they've done sums and worked out paying off is cheaper than the potential risk in legal costs.

I understand that the Co-op is trying to extricate itself from the contract it signed. It does not want to be seen to be taking its customers to court so has decided that it costs less to pay the speculative invoices and associated extra charges on behalf of its customers than to break the contract.

I don't understand why the excessively paid Co-op management decided to employ CEL in the first place?

Guys_Dad

Stroma wrote: »

Well done on that but you need to send in a defence just in case they forget or something. You don't want this going to a default if they don't sort it for you.

For the regulars : This thing with the coop is nuts, I have never seen anything like it before, the principle dancing to the agents wants, they must have signed a similar contract to somerfields

Make sure you do that in case it gets overlooked at the Co-op.

The_Deep

I don't understand why the excessively paid Co-op management decided to employ CEL in the first place?

Perhaps for the same reason they kept The Rev Flowers in happy powders.

nicechap

Maybe CEL have realised that co-op will pay their speculative invoices whenever their "customers" don't so have decided its a winner to start submitting court cases for all refusiniks.

just a thought.

Aaron_Aadvark

Wouldn't it be cheaper for the Co-op legal service to offer a free defence to the affected customers?

But that would mean the Co-op defending its customers from itself.

fil_cad

CEL are milking the co-op on this one, another PPC showing just what a shower of s**t they really are.