UKCPS - 10 months later another notice

italianie

Gouryella wrote: »

Does your letter actually say "letter before county claim"? Is it a heading? I checked mine again and I'm wondering if mine is an LBC even though it doesn't say that anywhere.

Mine says "....we are therefore writing to inform you that this is the final notice before court proceedings are instigated. We are offering you the opportunity to settle your debt in full by paying the amount of £100. To accept this offer you must pay this amount in full within the next seven days. Your failure to comply with this final offer may result in court action being progressed for the original debt in full plus all associated costs which could exceed x amount."

It then just lists a typical breakdown of costs following court action. Is yours different to this? I am none the wiser.

Yes this is exactly the same text as mine, it doesn't say letter before country claim, but going by the website linked earlier, it appears to be the one.

Gouryella

italianie wrote: »

Yes this is exactly the same text as mine, it doesn't say letter before country claim, but going by the website linked earlier, it appears to be the one.

The one you linked to gave 14 days to pay and said will automatically lead to court action. So the line "we are therefore writing to inform you that this is the final notice before court proceedings are instigated." means it definitely is a LBC? Hopefully someone can confirm.

italianie

Gouryella wrote: »

The one you linked to gave 14 days to pay and said will automatically lead to court action. So the line "we are therefore writing to inform you that this is the final notice before court proceedings are instigated." means it definitely is a LBC? Hopefully someone can confirm.

Yeah sorry you are correct it is slightly different as you point out, but it looks like the same sort of letter, threatening court action if you don't pay up and both had the 'do not ignore' line in red.

Gouryella

italianie wrote: »

Yeah sorry you are correct it is slightly different as you point out, but it looks like the same sort of letter, threatening court action if you don't pay up and both had the 'do not ignore' line in red.

Yes definitely threatening. Reading up on the pre action conduct it says regards replying to the LBC "the defendant responding within a reasonable time - 14 days in a straight forward case and no more than 3 months in a very complex one." The letter just says 7 days to pay. According to the top of my letters date 4 days had gone before I even received it!

Coupon-mad

Gouryella wrote: »

The one you linked to gave 14 days to pay and said will automatically lead to court action. So the line "we are therefore writing to inform you that this is the final notice before court proceedings are instigated." means it definitely is a LBC? Hopefully someone can confirm.

I would say so, it SHOULD be treated as a LBC (albeit a non-compliant one).

italianie

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I would send it as is, regardless of whether you have written to them before.

I can't take private messages...

Well I've sent it as is this morning. Do you know what I should expect from this point on?

The_Deep

If they were to take you to court you could summon the Parking Weasel and ask him/her what steps they took to mitigate their employer's losses.