Southern Water/ Shulmans claimform - water and sewerage charges

[Andyorch]

Well you will have to address all the points raised within your witness statement.....assuming they proceed and it gets that far.

 

If they dont proceed the above is really irrelevant as they have to respond to the court ...not you.

 

Andy

[maciekj90]

I think it's my last chance to sort it out without court.  As you were suggesting in earlier posts, I owe something and I just need to remove what is possible to remove.

 

Am I risking increase in the amount to be paid if it's goes to court? If yes, by what amount?

 

Should I answer to this letter at all?

 

As I have mentioned before I do have one bill from different address from the time they billing me (they said it's not enough), I will have (probably) statement from one of the tenants at the time, who was honest enough to agree that it's their bill not mine(if she will pay it's different story). 

 

I guess, SW they just going to discuss terms of the payment not the amount, as in the last conversation they even refused to removed bill from 2013-2014 saying the end date is within 6 years so it's not SB.

 

[Andyorch]

You submitted your defence July 12...the claimant has 28 days (Aug 8th) to respond and inform the court to proceed or the claim becomes stayed.

 

I would just wait now and see if they wish to respond.....if they do intime you can always enter mediation...if they dont they will have to pay a further £255 to proceed.

[maciekj90]

It's 30th of August and no correspondence from court, and nothing has changed on MCOL site it's says defence submitted on 12/07, received on 15/07.

 

I have received all old bills with date 21/08/2019 on it in one envelope and another envelope with my recent bill.  I Don't know what the purpose of this.

 

Do the SW wants me to pay them without court decision? The amounts seems to be higher by 450ish pounds. Do they add interest without court decision?

I don't know what to think about it.

 

Do I have to do anything in regards to the claim, contact court to request confirmation or anything else?

[dx100uk]

sit on your hands now

claim is well stayed.

as andyorch carefully explained in post 103...……….

[maciekj90]

Just came through the letter box this morning.

 

Dear Mr….

 

Have you forgotten something? 

 

Important: your payment of 800ish is at least 14 days overdue.

Please pay now 

 

We've sent you a bill recently and have yet to receive full payment from you.

We're sure this is just an oversight on 

your part but don't worry, it's simple to put right. 

 

Unless you've paid in the last few days, please take one of the following two actions within the next 10 days 

 

1 Pay by debit or credit card by calling 0330 303      1263 (open 24/7) 

2  Set up a payment plan by calling 0330 303 0277 

 

You'll also need your payment reference number, which is : 0001 2345 67890

 

Not paying in time may affect your credit score, making it difficult for you to obtain credit in the future. We may also 

exercise our right to make additional claims and charges in line with our charges scheme. 

 

To give you one less thing to remember, why not consider switching to direct debit? Two thirds of our customers pay 

through direct debit ; call now on 0330 303 0277 to set yours up today! 

 

Thank you 

Jason 

 

I don't know what this figure include, but it looks like it is 280 for present bill (till March 2020) and 500ish for past bills that they chassed trough the court. Or its all for the past bills from old address.

Not sure, though.

 

Any thoughts on this, please. What should I do?

I know sitting on my hands is one of the options.
 

[dx100uk]

anything to do with the court claim you don't owe.

if there is on going usage , than needs paying.

[maciekj90]

Hi,

Just when I thought it's all gone,  Mediation questionare come by post while I've been away. I have to 10 days to answer to it.

My question is if the the claim been stayed do they have to apply for a lift to request mediation?

Is it possible that it was not stayed?

[dx100uk]

what was this your blank N180 from the court?

or Shulmans pulling a fast one sending theirs?

check mcol , what does it say?

 

if its from the court

pers id ring northants bulk and ask whats going on

the claim was auto stayed on the 8th of august!!

[maciekj90]

It was from court.

MCOL has a note that it was sent out to me.

Southern Water deals directly with it now, Shulman's out of the game.

[dx100uk]

wow..

go ring the court tomorrow and ask what is going on

3mts late is not on!

 

 

[Andyorch]

The claim is stayed....until the court advise otherwise or send you a copy of the claimants application to lift the stay.....ignore....its a court error.

You cant enter into mediation until you have filed a Directions Questionnaire N180.

 

Andy

[maciekj90]

This is what they sent,

Directions Questionnaire N180 and

N149A Notice of proposed allocation to the Small Claims Track, 

advice sheet and

copy of N180 filled out by Southern Water.

 

The N149A says if I do not comply with it, the court may make order inc. striking out or entering judgment.

 

So should I call them or ignore it?

 

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[Andyorch]

Ah thats different then.....you said you had received a mediation questionnaire....not the N180 DQ.

 

So you didn't get notification from the court that they had made application to lift the stay ?

 

Follow this ....you must complete and submit by the date stated.

 

 

[maciekj90]

Sorry I thought is  the same thing. It's says Settlement/Mediation on it. My fault...

 

No, there was no notification about the lift of the stay.  

 

Ok, I will follow the guide.

[maciekj90]

...and I've just received the "Final Notice" letter from SW for the debt which they claim in court. They scare me with Default on my credit file and DC and legal action and £45 fee. 

[problematic]...

[maciekj90]

Can anyone shine the light why DQ came so late and if the claim is stayed or not.

 

Was the court so slow in processing the claimant response ?

 

[Andyorch]

Given you have received a Directions Questionnaire...it can't be stayed.If the DQ arrived later than 33 days after submitting a defence...then it should have been stayed and the claimant should have made application to lift the stay.

 

How long was it from submitting your defence to receiving the DQ ?

 

Andy 

[maciekj90]

From MCOL portal:

Defence submitted 12/07/2019

Defence received 15/07/2019

DQ sent to you 25/10/2019

On envelop which DQ has came in, stamp is 29/10/2019.

It has came from Southern Water, not the Court.

 

[Andyorch]

What came from SW...a blank DQ ?

[maciekj90]

Yes, all of it.

Blank one, advice sheet and copy of the one filled out by SW.

[Andyorch]

On 01/11/2019 at 12:42, maciekj90 said:

This is what they sent,

Directions Questionnaire N180 and

N149A Notice of proposed allocation to the Small Claims Track, 

advice sheet and

copy of N180 filled out by Southern Water.

 

The N149A says if I do not comply with it, the court may make order inc. striking out or entering judgment.

 

So should I call them or ignore it?

 

 

 

On Friday you said it was from the court ?

[maciekj90]

It has Court stamp on the N180,  sort of... it's a copy of the stamp. 

N149A form says I have to serve copies to the all  other parties. 

I have just presumed SW has to do the same, and they send copies to me.l

[maciekj90]

And MCOL says it was send out to me, so whoever physically send it out, it is still approved by court... 

[maciekj90]