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Commercial Court judge closes credit card debt and loans loophole | This is Money: "Judge closes 'cynical' debt loophole
Money Mail
13 October 2009
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No escape: A Judge has closed what he described as a 'cynical' lopphole to avoid paying back credit card debt

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- Card debt calculatorA decision by a judge in the Commercial Court will mean that thousands trying to have credit agreements made ' unenforceable' could have their cases kicked out.
Many have paid huge upfront fees to claims management companies who suggested they could get money owed on credit cards and loans erased."