We were in the Court of Appeal last week in the case of PRA Group (UK) Limited v Goodinson The Appeal is in relation to the decision of HHJ Clarke, who dismissed an appeal from the County Court on a single issue within a trial which was adjourned part-heard. The claim relates to a credit card agreement, regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974, (the 1974 Act) between the Appellant and MBNA. The agreement was allegedly assigned by MBNA to a Third Party then further assigned by them to …
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High Court rules DWP’s universal credit deductions policy unlawful
It can be extremely tough to get off the streets and into settled accommodation. But for those who make it, the system is stacked against them. In December 2019, we revealed that people who had just got off the streets and into a settled home were facing massive ‘deductions’ in their Universal Credit. People who had recently moved into settled accommodation after years of living on the streets had been hit with high level deductions to their universal credit personal allowance for court fine …