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BG now report to CRAs so I am surprised nothing is showing.

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ValHaller wrote: »

No one, least of all me, suggested that the son's debt be written off.

For me, the distinction is in the realities involved. Mother was not the legal occupier for the last few years, so she should not be lumbered with the son's debt, Now she is back home, she is the legal occupier and as such, I would suspect that BG would be obliged to put her on a deemed contract.

Although I quite appreciate the logic of what you say, it is the kind of thing where I would really expect to see a law in place to justify not giving her a deemed contract - part of the deemed contract law would be where I would expect any such provision to be found. The fact thatthe industry regulars are not coming forward with this suggests to me that there is no such law.

I suggest that OP's mother writes to BG with a reading and a move in date and requests the deemed contract - keeping a copy and a proof of postage. This ought to present some practical difficulty to BG if they go to court for a warrant.

I said the bill 'effectively' written off.

As Joyful(a BG Employee) states in post #10 above, it is common practice for attempts to be made to transfer the account to family or friends, thus leaving the debt with the previous account holder.

In many cases the chance of the energy company getting any of that debt paid back is zilch.

I cannot see any law being framed to compel a Utility company to be a victim of the malpractice described above.