Thanks for that srfrench,
I was just getting a bit nervous I needed to do something immediately or all that effort preparing the court bundle etc would be wasted.
Our stay instructions said;
IT IS ORDERED THAT
UPON consideration of the file
1) The hearing listed for the 12th September is vacated.
2) This action shall be stayed pending the final decision in the test case between The Office of Fair Trading -v- Abbey National plc, Barclays plc, Clydesdale Bank plc, HBOS plc, HSBS Bank plc, Llloyds Bank plc and Nationwide Building Society ('the Test Case')
3) The Defendant shall within 21 days of the final decision in the test case file at Court and serve on the Claimant:
a) a case summary of not more than 500 words setting out the effect of the test case on this action.
b) their proposed directions for the further management of this case.
4) The claimant shall within 14 days thereafter notify the Court and the Defendant whether the proposed directions are agreed.
5) Upon receipt of the documents set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this order, the file shall be referred to the District Judge for further case management directions.
6) Any party affected by this order may apply to have it set aside, stayed or revoked within 7 days of service of the order upon him.
Dated 29th August 2007.
So does that mean that we need to wait for Lloyds to provide 3)a) & 3)b) before we do anything and hopefully the special letters drafted by the QC will be ready by then.
What if Lloyds do not write to us within the 21 days? Does that mean we win automatically?
I still can't believe that the court found in the banks favour - what a crock! It's a shame we can't charge the banks an extortionate fee for all the money they are borrowing from the taxpayer.