08433770021

This number called at 08.30, Tuesday 15/09/09.

It is Eversheds solicitors, Collections Department in Leeds.

They are collection agents for the Child Support Agency amongst others.

yep thats them they also use the name " fairfax solicitors " but in fact there called " EVERSHEDS " and the address is in fairfax house, in leeds . but you can tell they are not solicitors as the kind of people that call you and even get the name of there company mixed up with there actual addres they work from.


seek legal advice also record the call with them and ask who they are as they will just say the acting on behalf of eversheds solicitors even though some do get confused at the address they operate from ( fairfax house ) (leeds)   not very professional to be a solicitor but we all have are off days.

Eversheds LLP
Postal Address:
Fairfax House
Merrion Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS2 8HE
England

Tel: 0113 243 0391


Web Site: www.eversheds.com

ive also had calls from this number although i do pay through the csa . ive had numerous encounters with these people who say i have arrears and when you confront them they seem to have there records out of date. so it maybe be they are calling you for that arrears you paid off 2 3 4 5 6 7 years ago your child has never seen. IMHO it seems to be a call center for learning soicitors but this number has also called me stating they are so many different companys as in random ie. supermarkets , car insurance , ect ect.

its all goverment policy and wrong .. if you do owe a big amount go to court . ask for the lighter sentence which would be jail . serve a few months at the cost of the goverment . play on your new ps3 after you have been the gym ,  hook up with a few new inmates beacause they after all are in there for the same reason. after few months of being kept warm feed 3 times a day and your own television > licence free < and your getting pissed and if you smoke the odd herb that there too. snooker is on hand too your no better off just a lazy day. OAP'S have been jailed before now for none payment of council tax so dont be put off that your a criminal please. right back to jail .............>>

then come out feeling good and also gutted your going to leave behind some great friends . apply to the goverment that put you where you was beforehand  for a house  and a grant you will also be cared for  dental treatment for free by the goverment and when your house comes just see your local gp about depression. and go from there .. cant beat em ? JOIN EM

Johno, you're wrong.
The Solicitors are called Fairfax house Solicitors, there former name was Eversheds, but recently they have changed hands and took the name of the buling they're based.
One of the main Solicitors there is top dog for the CSA, if you've not payed Child support they take you to court for your house and possesions and ALWAYS win, no matter your health or if your 'new' family will be homeless.

They aren't Eversheds anymore! They were subject to a management buyout and are now Fairfax Solicitors Ltd. I have been dealing with them and to be honest they were polite and helped me with my HBOS debt.

Does Fairfax own the debts they chase for the dwp and other government departments?

Let me help.

Fairfax Solicitors are a group of solicitors that have govenment backing to collect debt and fast track accounts for legal recovery. They are quite helpful if you are honest and upfront with them, but they do hold most of the cards on you, so there is not really alot of point in lying to them or being rude. I found through my dealings with them, they are extreamly pleasent and helpful, providing you dont treat them as mugs. However I have read horror stories of things that have happened to people when try to come off smarter than them, loosing their home, having benifits cancelled etc etc. So I find its easier and safer to just be polite!

Hope this helps

Fairfax are a bunch of clowns & have no legal powers whatsoever.
They are rude/arrogant & insulting.
They are not above the law & can easily be reported to the OFT,trading standards, SRA & even the police if need be.

mr.ton = idiot

They are a law firm regulated by the SRA - how can you say they have 'no legal powers'? I suggest you have a read...

http://www.creditman.biz/uk/members/news-view.asp?newsviewID=11069

They took possession of this guys house and sold it out from under him. Yeah, that's toothless.

iknowmorethanyou = completeandutteridiot!

They have as much legal power over the individual as the milkman does quite frankly.
Yes they can take someone to court - but thats about it.
Only a court/judge can decide what does or doesnt happen - not Fairfax solicitors.

Do you work for them by any chance - or do you work in the industry in general?

Hillarious that the debt collection industry is now collapsing thanks to more & more people now knowing their legal rights as a result of the many consumer forums on the internet etc...

The industry even thinks it can get these sites closed down = deluded! haha lol

I should have paid them last Tuesday as they'd threatened me with a 7 day deadline.
Oh dear....looks like ive gone past that deadline.
Fully expecting the next threatogram through the post anyday soon.
So scared! (not) lol

Fairfax Solicitors Limited has helped the Child Support Agency (CSA) secure the biggest ever payment in an individual child support case.

Following lengthy legal proceedings which culminated at the High Court, the Leeds-based firm acting for the CSA has secured a 93,351 payment from an absent father in Ormskirk on behalf of his former partner and her two children.

The payment consists of an initial lump sum of 70,000 with the remainder due to be paid in monthly instalments of 500.

Commenting on the news, Peter Wordsworth, chief executive of Fairfax Solicitors says:

This sum represents a significant milestone in the quest to make absent parents accountable for the support of their children and will send a warning to any individuals who are trying to avoid paying maintenance, particularly those that have the financial means to do so.

Going forward, we are increasingly likely to see more and more wealthy individuals held to account in this way.

Mark Grimshaw, Managing Director of the Child Support Agency adds:

"We are grateful to our partners at Fairfax Solicitors for their part in securing this record-breaking result in a child maintenance case."

Fairfax Solicitors Limited was founded in October 2009 following a management buyout of Eversheds law firms unsecured recoveries business



Oh...the story was printed on a website that is a mouthpiece of the debt industry effectively - i suspect that there is more to this story than what meets the eye & most certainly more to it than what this industry website has reported! lol

I'm getting calls from these people everyday,twice in the past hour.Is there a way to stop them harassing you by phone?
Short of actually paying the debt that is.

Easy way to get rid of them - refuse to answer security questions.
They will try & intimidate you/say all sorts on the phone to frighten you, but they are just a bunch of moronic clowns who can simply be told to f**k off.
If they wanna take legal action then let them - dont let the story above worry you coz it sure as heck doesnt worry me! lol

The latest stunt from these rogues is to tell someone who has put an account into dispute to "pay it 1st & dispute it afterwards"
Did they really think i was gonna fall for that one lol

A couple of weeks on & these cretins are still trying to harrass money out of me....
Face facts morons i know better than you & how to handle you.
You havent succeeded upto now and you still wont succeed in the future! lol

A month on....and they are still no nearer to getting a penny out of me.
Keep blowing hot air Fairfax as thats all you are full of! lol

Now 1st September and still no nearer to getting any money out of me.....
Must try harder Fairfax Solicitors! haha lol

I have had Fairfax solicitors hounding me for threeemonths now, over a debt that I pay a specific debt agency to deal with. Jusy read carefully this gets complicated!!!!!
My debt agency made them an offer in August which they refused!!!!!! and got in contact with me telling me as much, so I panicked and made an offer which really I could not guarentee to honour!
Lucky for me I never signed and returned the DD mandate! Instead I called my debt agency and spoke to them, Now even thoguht they refused to offer made by the agency they were still cashing the cheques!!!!
and I recieved a letter from them saying the debt was one thing and when I queried it with my ganecy it was less than Fairfax would have me believe. GO  FIGURE!!!!!!

Anyway my agency advised me not no speak to them other than to give them a phone call to tell them I am under debt management and anything which has been said out of the agreement should be voided!!!! I did this, I called Fairfax and spoke to a woman whoc thought she was somewhat better then me and had an aggressive tone on the phone which got my back up and I swore at her!!!!! in which she saod there was no need for that and I replied there is absolutely ne need for your tone either, anyway she hung up!!!!!!
I was advised then by my debt management team to write a letter of complaint to them and look to going therough the Ombudsman! they also gave me the cheque numbers and the balance of the outstanding amount so I had something solid to out in my letter.

Now the phone calls I get at 8.30am onwards and constant voicemails and letters of harassment threatening alsorts is professional misconduct and is illegal!!!!! This I know as I have worked within the finacial sector and public sector, everybody has a set amount of tome in which legally they have to at least acknowkedge a response, this is not  1 - 24 hours which Fairfax like to think!!!!!!

I have kept a copy of the letter I have written to fairfax and if they wish me to take matters further to the financial ombudsman service then so be it!!!!!!!


Now to anyone experiencing difficullty from them Or HBOS who are worse!!!! should do the same, harassment of any sort by anyone is illegal!!!!! Wander if they feel good when they find out the majority of their clients end up mentally ill as a result of the stress and worry they like to cause them!!!!

I have had a few nasty dealings with Fairfax! I make arrangements with them, then they ring and harrass me by saying that the arrangement should not of been made and tha thet need more money or they are taking me to court.  They are so rude and I don't think they understand people who get into trouble with money, it happens I am trying to deal with the problem not ignore it and I just get constant phone call and threats from them, can they do this? can they take me to court? can anyone help me?