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Bailiff Knocking E-mail
 

SAFE Submission to Westminster

Before APPG 21.03.07 House of Commons on Tribunals, Courts  and Enforcement Bill 

1.         In this very brief talk, I am going to concentrate on the “Enforcement” part of the Bill.

2.         Brief Background:-

21.       Bailiff law is archaic, confusing and complex.  Professor Beatson QC, Centre for Public Law University of Cambridge, was commissioned in 1992 by the Government to deliver a review to bring this law in line with the 21st century.  As a result, this Bill is now being debated in the House of Commons, having been considered in the House of Lords.

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What the Hard Faced bank that peddled a controversial mortgage told a 72-year-old widower E-mail

We want our cash... so sell the house

by Richard Dyson

A Grieving widower faces being made homeless by banking giant HBoS in the latest -and worst- case of the shared appreciation mortgage scandal that has trapped thousands of elderly homeowners. They are widows or widowers of Sam borrowers where the loan was in the name of their spouse. When the spouse dies, the bank can move to repossess the property

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SAFE Brochure given out at Conference E-mail

SAFE displayed the  Banner opposite Conference in Bournemouth, plus 1,000 leaflets given out.

SAFE Banner art work, printed and cut out makes a nice rear car window sticker. Click here to download printable PDF Version

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Treasury SAFE Unclaimed Assets Proposal E-mail

THE SAFE PROPOSALEv 118 Treasury Committee: Evidence

Memorandum submitted by Struggle against Financial Exploitation (SAFE)

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News ~ PRESS RELEASE : Meeting with executives of HBOS Mortgages Division E-mail

A meeting was held in Portcullis House on Thursday 4th July 07 regarding SAMS, (Shared Appreciation Mortgages), with executives of HBOS Mortgages Division and SAFE, (Struggle Against Financial Exploitation Ltd), Secretariat to the APPG, (All Party Parliamentary Group ~ Against Financial Exploitation) which Alan Keen MP Chaired as Vice Chair to the APPG.

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If you think the banks are bad, take a look at Labour E-mail

By Boris Johnson
(Filed: 16/03/2006)

It takes guts to bring your wife to meet a stranger and then to confess, in front of her, that you have been a complete idiot. So when a distinguished and snowy-haired gentleman appeared in my office, and spread the shocking details of his mortgage arrangements before me, I was immediately sympathetic. "The awful truth," said the honest fellow, "is that I am not the sharpest tool in the box."

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Minutes and Order Paper - Order Paper and Future Business E-mail

Session 2005-2006

Minutes and Order Paper - Order Paper and Future Business

Publications On The Internet - Minutes And Order Papers

NOTICES AND ORDERS OF THE DAY

Items marked † are new or have been altered.Items marked ‡ are expected to be taken during the dinner adjournment.

TUESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER

At half-past two o’clock

*The Baroness Massey of Darwen—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what strategies are in place to encourage the development of cricket in schools.

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"CHAPS"

Within this website there may be early references to ‘Charity to Prevent Suffering, ‘CHAPS’ please be advised that Mr. Ian Taylor- Forrest was removed...

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