Name change and County court letters

arcon5

Forwandert wrote: »

Again.. its just the wording when you change your name. You relinquish the right to use your old name and change to your new one. Just download a statutory declaration for name change and you will see what the OP means.

ops not using the old name though, the company trying to correspond with him is - which can be rectified by a simple phone call or letter.

fluffnutter

buuuug wrote: »

Hi,

I changed my full name back in 2007 and occasionally receive mail in old name which i return in the post, i also do this with mail addressed to former residents (which is seriously a lot of correspondance oddly)

This morning i received a letter to old name but can make out my local county court as a stamp on the front. Obviously a bit anxious at this.

Should i still return it (although i still receive volumes of mail for people although i have lived here since 2004!) or should i open it?

Legally i had to relinquish old name, havent used it since 2007, so if i open and engage in correspondance am i committing an illegal act as its not my mail?

I am confused to what i should do.

Ta

Nat.

Am I missing something? These letters are meant for you, albeit addressed to a name you no longer use. But so what? It's clear that they're for you, so why are you a) returning them and b) worried about opening them?

I can't help but wonder whether some of the correspondence you returned some years ago (particularly shortly after you changed your name) wasn't actually something important! Perhaps that's why you're now getting a courts summons....!

[Deleted User]

Perhaps the OP is in a Witness Protection programme!!!;)

pleasedelete

victoria61 wrote: »

Perhaps the OP is in a Witness Protection programme!!!;)

But living at the same address is some cunning form of double bluff

antrobus

Forwandert wrote: »

Again.. its just the wording when you change your name. You relinquish the right to use your old name and change to your new one. Just download a statutory declaration for name change and you will see what the OP means.

As far as the law in England and Wales is concerned you can use any name you like, or use as many names as you like. As long as (of course) you don't do so with the intent or deceive. Making a statutory declaration or executing a deed poll are simply administrative conveniences and don't change this fact.

Forwandert

antrobus wrote: »

As far as the law in England and Wales is concerned you can use any name you like, or use as many names as you like. As long as (of course) you don't do so with the intent or deceive. Making a statutory declaration or executing a deed poll are simply administrative conveniences and don't change this fact.

I'm not disputing that, i fully understand the process of changing your name and what is required also how easy it is. Deed poll and statutory declarations are just written proof of your name change and are only required as documented proof of the name change as such.


BTW you've just quoted me and posted nothing relevant to my post.

antrobus

Forwandert wrote: »

I'm not disputing that,...

Well there you go then.

So the simple answer to the OPs' original question;

buuuug wrote: »

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Legally i had to relinquish old name, havent used it since 2007, so if i open and engage in correspondance am i committing an illegal act as its not my mail?...
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remains

antrobus wrote: »

... In any case, you know it's meant for you don't you? As far as the law in England and Wales is concerned you can call yourself anything you like.

I'm glad we've got that settled.

antrobus

arcon5 wrote: »

Which still makes it legal to open.. so whats your point?

Dunno, what was your point?

I was merely somewhat pedantically correcting sarahg1969's statement that "It's not illegal to open post once it's been delivered" to say that it should read "correctly delivered" since, of course, the PSA 2000 makes it an offence (in certain circumstances) to open mail that's been "incorrectly delivered".

Since the piece of mail inquestion clearly has been "correctly delivered" I don't see why was necessary to go any further than that.

You were the one that brought up the intention to cause detriment etc, and I was just pointing out that so long as the mail is "correctly delivered" it's irrelevant.