I had an interesting preliminary Court Hearing today ~ as I counterclaim against an energy company for extortion and harassment.
In today’s hearing the Judge reminded the Claimant’s lawyer of the Harassment Act 1997 and the case of British Gas vs Ferguson (where British Gas ended up losing their case and the Judge praised Lisa Ferguson for “being prepared to take a stand against the big battalions of government or industry”. She was awarded an undisclosed amount of compensation.)
Interestingly in LisaF’s case it was only computerised letters involved ~ not debt collection visits which was the case with me, despite both the Claimant and its agents being aware that the Court had made an error.
This summary makes for interesting reading… https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/debt-collection-can-be-harassment-british-gas-ruling-sends-warning-to-all-suppliers
(In my case today the Judge asked me if I wished to increase my counterclaim for compensation from the £10k it started at ~ which I intend to do.)
LOVE
Rachel xx
In today’s hearing the Judge reminded the Claimant’s lawyer of the Harassment Act 1997 and the case of British Gas vs Ferguson (where British Gas ended up losing their case and the Judge praised Lisa Ferguson for “being prepared to take a stand against the big battalions of government or industry”. She was awarded an undisclosed amount of compensation.)
Interestingly in LisaF’s case it was only computerised letters involved ~ not debt collection visits which was the case with me, despite both the Claimant and its agents being aware that the Court had made an error.
This summary makes for interesting reading… https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/debt-collection-can-be-harassment-british-gas-ruling-sends-warning-to-all-suppliers
(In my case today the Judge asked me if I wished to increase my counterclaim for compensation from the £10k it started at ~ which I intend to do.)
LOVE
Rachel xx