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  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
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    Sweet bejesus! :mad:

    Will people stop learning law in the pub. :mad::p:mad::p

    It is NOT an offence to open someones elses mail once it has been delivered UNLESS you intend to use the contents for some gain.

    For instance you open a letter containing a new credit card. Who cares? You haven't committed any offence unless you go out and spend on the card.

    For those who believe that returning mail to companies will stop any further correspondence are deluded. All debt companies know that people mark letters "Return to Sender" in the hope that they will go away. They don't.

    And those who believe that a bailiff will be reasonable are even more deluded until you scrabble to find ID and estate agents/solicitors letters.

    As someone who has been on the receiving end of several bailiffs intended for a previous occupier, I would suggest being proactive in stopping letters. Open all post. Write to the important companies to stop their action, especially if it's Congestion Charge London who are utterly ruthless.
    The man without a signature.
  • Yorkie1
    Yorkie1 Posts: 12,004 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Definitely illegal as it's technically theft!

    No it's not. Try reading sections 1 - 7 Theft Act 1968 before you start misquoting the law.
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