Debtfree DIGI October 2015

OCTOBER
NEWSLETTER
COURT CASES AND
THE NCR FEE STRUCTURE
It seems that the Barnardt case is getting
a lot of attention recently in the press
and we will be chatting about it on our
dedicated members Facebook page
in the next few days. Please weigh in
on what we can and should do in this
regard. It is likely that this matter (costs
orders against Debt Counsellors and the
Fee Guideline in court) will be raised at
the Credit Industry Forum in the near
future.
FRB IN COURT MATTERS
When dealing with Wesbank or FNB it
is good for members to remember that
they are actually dealing with FirstRand
Bank Limited (who are registered with
the NCR as NCRCP20) . Often on court
documents relating to Direct Axis,
Call Direct, Clicks and Wesbank Debt
Counsellors name these separate entities
as respondents in the court papers (and
are listed as such by us in our 17.1s and
2s) but members should consider if
these are, in fact, NCR registered entities
or actually fall under the FRB umbrella.
In the past some courts have picked this
up and have even issued costs orders.
Members will want to work according to
the NCA requirements to avoid mistakes.
We will be talking more about this on
our members page on Facebook.
AGM
Our Annual General Meeting will be held
shortly and we will be emailing all our
members an invitation. Please attend
the AGM to discuss the year gone by
and the plans for the next 12 months or
send your proxy votes with one of the
members who do attend.
CONTACT DETAILS
FORUM: www.debtconcern.webs.com / WEBSITE: www.allprodc.org /
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/AllProDC / TWITTER: www.twitter.com/AllProDC