Awarded £800 ...

669_Duck

I was awarded £800 circa 2013 and never saw a penny of it. I was paying off debts around that time and my award was swallowed up somehow - I never did understand why.

I remember discussing this soon after with a lawyer, who said that what I received was paltry, and that not should have been given.

I took this to mean I was stiffed, and am hopeful this law suit will discover what went awry all those years ago.

Thank you MSE for another - possible - bite of the cherry 🙏

MorningcoffeeIV

It sounds like it was off set against the debt you owed the lender. 

All very normal and no stiffage involved.

dunstonh

I was awarded £800 circa 2013 and never saw a penny of it. I was paying off debts around that time and my award was swallowed up somehow - I never did understand why.

if you were in arrears, defaults or had amounts written off as part of a repayment plan or settlement, then the money can go against those.

I remember discussing this soon after with a lawyer, who said that what I received was paltry, and that not should have been given.

If you never saw a penny of it then that would be non-existent rather than paltry.     However, you would expect a solicitor to know a bit more about the subject before making comment.

I took this to mean I was stiffed, and am hopeful this law suit will discover what went awry all those years ago.

No it won't.  The right of set off is not an issue with the theoretical court case.

elsien

If you’d been given a larger amount, then that would  have been offset against your debts anyway. So either way you wouldn’t have seen any of it?

Vectis

Hardly 'stiffed'.

You owed money to people and the £800 went towards paying off your debts.

baser999

And it was 10 years ago? Why ask now?