Bristol & West solicitors Oswald Clarke, agreed full & final settlement 2 months ago, have doubled the amount to settle on!!

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I purchased a property 8 years ago with my then partner. Due to finances,(partner leaving), I was advised by a Bristol & West advisor to hand the keys back.Which I did. The mortgage was £52,000 and they sold it for £19,000 2 years after handing the keys back. They have been in contact with me for the past 2 years but due to finacial circumstances have never been in a situation to offer a full and final settlement. However I now am,(had to sell car), and they agreed that they would accept £2400 back in December. I have in the last two weeks received a Claim from the courts. I have not replied to the courts but replied to Osbourne Clarke with the offer of £2400 again but they say they will only accept £6000, as thay say that I have offered this figure in the past and I have not honoured it. Can they change their figures like this?? Advise would be much appreciated.

-- A Chiari (ants.chiari@btinternet.com), March 29, 2003

Answers

I REALLY FEEL FOR YOU THAT IS DISGRACEFULL. I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL MY PARTNER ALSO HAD A MORTGAGE FROM BRISTOL AND WEST AND LOST THE HOUSE IN THE 1990S (NOTHINK TO DO WIYH ME)WE ARE BOTH UNEMPLOYED AND THEY HAVE TAKEN US TO COURT AND THE BLOODY JUDGE ALLOWED THEM TO TAKE OUR HOME (6TH JUNE 2003)AND THEY WILL SELL THAT TO RECOVER A DEBT FROM 11 YEARS AGO WE GET NO HELP FROM COUNCIL AS WE DONT HAVE CHILDREN (HE HAS TWO FROM PREVIOUS PARTNER)BUT BECAUSE THEY DONT LIVE WITH US ON A FULL TIME BASIS WE ARE GOING TO BE HOMLESS SO I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL WE ARE APPEALING IN COURT AND PRAY TO GOD WE GET TO KEEP OUR HOME WELL PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME AS WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHINK IN COMMON ........BRISTOL AND WEST........ GOOD LUCK TO US BOTH EMAIL ME AT EVEY_KEV92@HOTMAIL.COM LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER.

-- yvonne (evey_kev92@hotmail.com), March 30, 2003.

Did you get the acceptance of your offer of £2,400 in writing??

-- Allye (migclaim@hotmail.com), March 31, 2003.

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