Hi,
thank you for your e-mail.
I hear what you are saying.
I think I should follow the LSC procedure, like I've explained.
Since I'm not a client, officially, with your law-firm yet, as I've understood it.
But the legal aid programme is with the LSC.
So I think I should first and foremost follow the LSC procedures, and escalate there, untill I'm officially a client of a law firm.
So it's now with LSC, so I hope I hear back from them, sooner rather than later, like explained, and I'll update you as soon as possible.
I think I should keep it with LSC Liverpool, since I started bringing it up there, since I live in Liverpool, so I thought that was the right department of LSC.
So that's why I escalated there.
So I'll update you as soon as I hear anything more.
I'm sending a copy of this e-mail to Liverpool LSC, so that they get your message, that this is to do with deadlines.
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Tom Mooney <tmo@stephensons.co.uk> wrote:
Erik,
I thank you for your email.
I must stress that it is essential that you obtain the reference as soon as possible as there is a strict deadline to start your claim at a tribunal.
I am unaware of the nature of your potential claim and I cannot advise on any deadline from the information I have in my possession. However, I would strongly
recommend contacting the LSC, on 0845 345 4345, who can provide you with a reference number immediately.
Tom Mooney
Trainee Solicitor
Employment Department
For and on behalf of Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan WN3 5BA
Direct Dial: 01942 774170
Sent: 10 December 2009 12:54
To: liverpool@legalservices.gov.uk
Cc: Tom Mooney
Subject: To manger LSC Eve Clayton/Fwd: FW: Reminder/Fwd: FW: Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
Hi,
I called Maureen today, at Liverpool LSC, and got the name of the LSC manager.
I'm getting different directions, you see, from you representative Stuart Thompson, and the law firm.
So I was just wondering if you could tell me one thing.
I've checked that I'm eligable for legal aid, on your calculator, and I was, since I'm unemployed.
And now, I need a reference-number, for legal-aid.
And Mr. Thompson, in LSC, says that the law-firm should get this number.
And the law firm says I should get this number by contacting the LSC.
So we aren't getting anywhere.
So I hope you can clear this a bit up, what the procedure is, regarding for me to obtain a reference number, for legal aid, from where the case is now, it's at where I've checked that I'm eligable for legal aid, on the calculator on your website.
I'm also sending a copy of this e-mail to the solicitors firm.
Hope this is alright!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Reminder/Fwd: FW: Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
To: Tom Mooney < tmo@stephensons.co.uk>
Hi,
thank you very much for your e-mail!
What I thought I'll do, is that I'll try to contact Stuarts manager, and then I'll get back to you, sooner rather than lather, I hope.
Hope this is alright!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
Erik,
I refer to my previous email.
It is not possible to commence any investigations into the merits of your claim until you have received a reference number from the LSC.
It is essential that you contact the LSC, on 0845 345 4345, so they can verbally confirm your eligibility and provide you with a reference number.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Tom Mooney
Trainee Solicitor
Employment Department
For and on behalf of Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan WN3 5BA
Direct Dial: 01942 774170
Sent: 07 December 2009 15:08
To: Tom Mooney
Subject: Re: Reminder/Fwd: FW: Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
Hi,
I called LSC Liverpool now, on 0151 242 5200, and spoke with Stuart.
He told me that you should just send it to the LSC, that this was the usual procedure, in cases like this, since you are a registered Legal Aid-programme solicitor-firm.
So it should just be for you to send an application to the LSC, as I understood from Stuart there, today, since I've already checked that I'm eligable for legal aid, using the calculator on their website.
Hope this is alright!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
Erik,
I appreciate that you have assessed your financial merits online and have been informed that your are eligible for legal aid.
Please note that it is essential that you also contact the Legal Services Commission (LSC), on 0845 345 4345, so they can verbally confirm your eligibility and provide you with a
reference number.
Once you have this reference number a member of our team will then be able to provide you with advice.
Kind regards
Tom Mooney
Trainee Solicitor
Employment Department
For and on behalf of Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan WN3 5BA
Direct Dial: 01942 774170
Sent: 27 November 2009 13:12
To: Tom Mooney
Subject: Reminder/Fwd: FW: Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
Hi,
I can't see that I've received an answer to this e-mail yet, so I'm sending a reminder about this.
Hope this is alright!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
To: Tom Mooney < tmo@stephensons.co.uk>
Hi,
thanks very much for the phone-number!
I called LSC now, and they explained me how to log on, to their website, and answering some questions, that would determine, if I was eligible for legal aid, or not.
And here's what the website said:
As you or your partner are receiving one of the following:
- Income Support
- Income Based Job Seeker's Allowance
- Income-based Employment and Support Allowance
- Guarantee Credit
you are automatically financially eligible for the following levels of service:
Legal Help
Help at Court
Immigration cases: Legal Representation before the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal; and the High Court
Asylum cases: Legal Representation before the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal; and the High Court
Family Mediation
Help with Mediation
Other Legal Representation
General Family Help
So it shouldn't be a problem with the legal aid!
That's good news!
I also have a website, where I've published about the empoyment-case.
It's on this link:
And in this link, I explain about some of the problems that were going on, but there where also a lot more problems, that I was constructivly dismissed as well, and more:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4661735/7
I post the links, since it was so much problems there, so it isn't easy for me, to summarise it, since there were so many problems going on there, in the one year and three months I worked there.
Hope it's alright that I just refer to the website, but if it's anything I should answer, then please just tell me, and I'll explain it properly!
Thanks again for you help so far!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
Erik,
My apologies, the LSC's telephone contact is 0845 345 4345.
Kind regards
Tom Mooney
Trainee Solicitor
Employment Department
For and on behalf of Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan WN3 5BA
Direct Dial: 01942 774170
From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
Sent: 23 October 2009 14:19
To: Tom Mooney
Subject: Re: FW: Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
Hi,
thank you very much for your e-mail!
I was just wondering, shouldn't it be one more number in the phone-number you gave, to call to check if I'm eligible for receiving legal aid?
Is this number to the LSC?
I think I'm eligible because I'm unemployed at the moment, due to the finance-crises, etc., unfourtuntly, even if I have a lot to do, with working on the employment-case and writing a blog etc.
Thanks again for your e-mail!
Best regards,
Erik Ribsskog
Eric,
To qualify for legal aid you must be financially eligible and your claim must also have sufficient prospects of success.
In relation to the first requirement I would invite you to call 0845 345 434 to enable an advisor to ask you several questions to determine whether you are financially eligible to receive legal aid.
If you are eligible, you will receive a reference number and you claim can then be assessed.
Kind regards
Tom Mooney
Trainee Solicitor
Employment Department
For and on behalf of Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan WN3 5BA
Direct Dial: 01942 774170
Hi,
I can't see that I've received an answer to this e-mail, so I'm sending a reminder about this.
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
Hi,
I've been trying regularly, since 2006, to find some advice, within the legal aid-programme, regarding an employment-case I have, against Bertelsmann Arvato.
There were problems with constructed dismissal, a lot of bullying and harassment from managers, illegal management-methods, etc.
I've published about the employment-case, on this url:
Hope you can help with giving advice regarding this case!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
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