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  1. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    ...better get my cheque book ready...
  2. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Tbh I think WTT along with others is the way to go here. I'd hope that they and others would be able to JOINTLY push back on this. Going after parking tickets is one thing, going after a seriously organised group that can point at potential fraud is another. The lawyer reckoned that the...
  3. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    and breathe... and breathe... Ok - so I have just spoken to a Lawyer, an expensive one (but free as a colleague of my cousins). His view was that a collective approach to this would likely prove too tricky for a company like Gladstones. They will be hoping for low hanging fruit to cave in...
  4. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Yup a really good scam would be to have one set of solicitors send you threatening letters and another (just down the road - say) offer to fix it for you... Why is it that so many of these firms are in the North West of England????
  5. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Groan...wondered when your recommendation would arrive.
  6. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Well, if you don't need an external party to ensure you don't have to 'pay or write off the loan' then why are you on here?
  7. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Most people have not settled with HMRC. This is extortion; pure and simple.
  8. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Some numbers Some numbers Say, 500 people receive these letters with an average exposure of 100K That's c 50 million. Not bad. On the flip side, that's also a lot of people to contribute to fighting this through the courts. It's all rather unfair.
  9. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    I spoke to a lawyer yesterday who's advice was ignore the demands. He said I could pay him to write a letter, but he didn't think it was necessary at the moment.
  10. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Also worth talking to WTT who've been looking at this for a while. They have multiple members impacted and are ahead of the game - they're probably best place to have the volume to kick back.
  11. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    .. I think it can probably be both at the same time. Whatever, do not engage and do not pay them.
  12. J

    IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

    Remember the last attempt to extort money from the loans was a 15% write off fee? Ignore the letters, do not engage. Certainly DO NOT send them any money. They're relying on some people caving to make this worth their while.
  13. J

    Where to begin?

    I rather like the approach that some Umbrella's take which is to give a quote based on working 52 weeks per year...
  14. J

    Releasing loans before the settlement is finalised

    Sigh - I've had my run-ins with Saleos in the past - I'm still waiting for the solicitor's letter. You could argue the toss that he's making money from other people's misery, you could observe that he's not massively collegiate in his attitude to others fighting the same battles and you could...
  15. J

    Loan Charge review - round #2

    If you can evidence that. pass it to LCAG. That's very naughty of HMRC.
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