Hi,
thank you for your e-mails!
The problem is, that the law firm, (in Wigan), didn't want to submit
an
application for legal aid, for my case.
But they said I had to contact the LSC, to do this.
But Mr. Thompson at Liverpool LSC, said like you says, that the law
firm has
to get the reference number.
I told the law firm this, (Stephensons), and then he told me that I'd
used
to long time, to get the reference-number, (even if this was his job).
And then they used this as an excuse, to not have anything more to do
with
me.
I think this was inpolite and very unprofessional, and I think that
law-firms like this, shouldn't be listed in your directory.
So I wondered how I could complain about the conduct of this law firm,
and
how to get them deleted with you, if possible, to protect other people
of
the public, from being harassed and bullied by 'mob', or what they
are,
working as trainee solicitors in law-firms.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Chester E-Mail <
chester@legalservices.gov.uk> wrote:
> Dear Mr Ribsskog
>
> Further to my previous email, please note that if an application for
> legal aid is submitted from a firm in the Liverpool area, then it
will
> be processed at the Chester Office.
>
> We can be contacted at the email address above, by post at Chester
> Office, 2nd Floor Pepper House, Pepper Row, Chester CH1 1DW, and by
> phone on 0845 602 1400.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Emma Collings
> Legal/Means Team
> Chester Office
>
> Need help with your legal problems?
> Community Legal Advice is a free government funded confidential
> service.
> Visit
www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk to find out more or ring 0845
345
> 4 345
>
> Legal Aid is 60! Read more at
www.legalaid60.org.uk
>
> >>> Erik Ribsskog <
eribsskog@gmail.com> 10/12/2009 13:35 >>>
> 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 77*4170*
> > Direct Fax: 01942 774525
> > Email:
tmo@stephensons.co.uk
> > Web:
www.stephensons.co.uk
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Erik Ribsskog [mailto:
eribsskog@gmail.com]
> > *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
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Tom Mooney
<
tmo@stephensons.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >> 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 77*4170*
> >> Direct Fax: 01942 774525
> >> Email:
tmo@stephensons.co.uk
> >> Web:
www.stephensons.co.uk
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Erik Ribsskog [mailto:
eribsskog@gmail.com]
> >> *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
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tom Mooney
> <
tmo@stephensons.co.uk>wrote:
> >>
> >>> **
> >>> 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 77*4170*
> >>> Direct Fax: 01942 774525
> >>> Email:
tmo@stephensons.co.uk
> >>> Web:
www.stephensons.co.uk
> >>>
> >>> -----------------------------
-
> >>> *From:* Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
> >>> *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:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
http://www.scribd.com/groups/view/14830-arvato-services-ltd-s-microsoft-scandinavian-product-activation
>
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Tom Mooney
> <tmo@stephensons.co.uk>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> **
> >>>> <http://www.businessnorthwest.co.uk/>
> >>>> <http://www.businessnorthwest.co.uk/>
> >>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> 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 77*4170*
> >>>> Direct Fax: 01942 774525
> >>>> Email: tmo@stephensons.co.uk
> >>>> Web: www.stephensons.co.uk
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------
> >>>> *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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Tom Mooney
> <tmo@stephensons.co.uk>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> **
> >>>>> <http://www.businessnorthwest.co.uk/>
> >>>>> <http://www.businessnorthwest.co.uk/>
> >>>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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 77*4170*
> >>>>> Direct Fax: 01942 774525
> >>>>> Email: tmo@stephensons.co.uk
> >>>>> Web: www.stephensons.co.uk
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>> *From:* eribsskog@gmail.com
> [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
> >>>>> *Sent:* 09 October 2009 06:19
> >>>>> *To:* Enquiries
> >>>>> *Subject:* Reminder/Fwd: Employment-case against Bertelsmann
> Arvato
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>>> From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
> >>>>> Date: Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:47 AM
> >>>>> Subject: Employment-case against Bertelsmann Arvato
> >>>>> To: enquiries@stephensons.co..uk <enquiries@stephensons.co.uk>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
>
>
http://www.scribd.com/groups/view/14830-arvato-services-ltd-s-microsoft-scandinavian-product-activation
>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hope you can help with giving advice regarding this case!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yours sincerely,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Erik Ribsskog
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>>
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> Offer...<
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