From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AEi=A9ardo?= 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Unauthorised Overdraft Charges
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:07:56 GMT

davee wrote:
> "ŽiŠardo"  wrote in message 
> news:Tt0Uh.13890$Zb2.11273@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> I see that a barrister is taking NatWest to court over charges of several 
>> thousands of pounds made in response to his frequent breaching of his 
>> overdraft limits.
>>
>> Basically, he was taking money which wasn't his in that his account was 
>> empty. I wonder how the Law Society would have viewed his actions if, 
>> instead of taking money that belonged to the bank, without permission to 
>> do so, he chose to "borrow" from his clients' funds account instead?
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>> Moving things in still pictures!
> 
> A businessman from Norfolk has recovered a record Ł35,987.94 from NatWest 
> after accusing it of charging him unlawful overdraft fees.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6559673.stm
> 
> Anyone think the bank paid up this much money because they had a case?
> It just goes to show once again they know they havent got a leg to stand on 
> otherwise they would fight for that much money.
> 
> The case is simply that the charges are unlawful not whether thc customer 
> went overdrawn.

This has yet to be proved.
> 
> This amount repaid isnt typical but the banks must have coughed up millions 
> to thousands of customers by now just to avoid going to court. 
> 
> 
Must be a great "businessman" if he can't even keep track of his 
finances. It will be interesting to see how the court case goes and 
whether the honest will end up being forced to subsidise the stupid and 
incompetent as they now have to with credit cards.

Basically he's been taking money that doesn't belong to him without even 
bothering to ask if he can do so. Symptomatic of Blair's brave new and 
totally dishonest world.

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Moving things in still pictures!