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can devt advisors restart the clock ticking on old debts

if a debt advisor has contacted debts on your behalf that are now nearing the 6 year statute barred will this reset the clock ticking so to speak back to the begining

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  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    No only a written acknowledgement by you or payment can
    So do not correspond !
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  • lilly573
    lilly573 Posts: 11 Forumite
    ahh thank you was starting to panic their :)
    cheers
  • gizmo111
    gizmo111 Posts: 2,669 Forumite
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    lilly573 wrote: »
    if a debt advisor has contacted debts on your behalf that are now nearing the 6 year statute barred will this reset the clock ticking so to speak back to the begining
    In what capacity have they contacted them and what have they said to them?
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  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 23,237 Forumite
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    lilly573 wrote: »
    if a debt advisor has contacted debts on your behalf that are now nearing the 6 year statute barred will this reset the clock ticking so to speak back to the begining

    If the contact constitutes an acknowledgement then yes. The Limitation Act refers to acknowledgement by the debtor or their agent.
    any acknowledgment or payment— .
    (a)may be sent by the agent of the person by whom it is required to be made under that section; and .
    (b)shall be made to the person, or to an agent of the person, whose title or claim is being acknowledged or, as the case may be, in respect of whose claim the payment is being made.
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