Royal Mail Signed For

bod1467

Hintza wrote: »

You have proof of postage and that is normally enough to satisfy the courts that the items were delivered.

Correct. Documents sent 1st class (and with proof of postage) are deemed "served" two days after posting.

bitemebankers

MoneySaver9999 wrote: »

You're right, it doesn't give guaranteed delivery times, it travels with regular first class mail, but it has now been 5 days and still not delivered.

Royal Mail don't guarantee that first class mail will be delivered, full stop. They won't even consider the item lost until 15 working days have past.

If your items were urgent, you should have sent them by the (exorbitantly expensive) Special Delivery Next Day service.

ap1986

bitemebankers wrote: »

If your items were urgent, you should have sent them by the (exorbitantly expensive) Special Delivery Next Day service.

Bleedin' is expensive too.. Over £6 it cost me to send a letter by SD the other week. 10x more expensive than if I'd let it go first class!

Anyway, am I right in thinking that the proof of postage won't satisfy a court as it has a tracking number. This tracking number states that the item hasn't been delivered. I'm sure I've read somewhere on MSE that, in this instance, just sending it first class and getting proof of postage would be a better option?! I do appreciate that doesn't help the OP though

custardy

I believe in legal situations
sending is good enough
RD can actually work against you if it doesnt track

MoneySaver9999_2

custardy wrote: »

I believe in legal situations
sending is good enough
RD can actually work against you if it doesnt track

So (as the tracking number doesn't confirm delivery, says it is still being processed), would I be better off to resend the same letter now and start over? Or send a second letter in a weeks time saying as I've not received a reply to my original letter, I will be issuing court proceedings on X date?

bitemebankers

ap1986 wrote: »

Anyway, am I right in thinking that the proof of postage won't satisfy a court as it has a tracking number. This tracking number states that the item hasn't been delivered.

Well, it's a double-edged sword really. In my experience of dealing with the courts (specifically the county court) Recorded Delivery definitely was acceptable, as I had Royal Mail's confirmation that the item had been signed for by the recipient. However, if there's a question mark over whether the item had actually been delivered, I wouldn't expect the court to accept it.

custardy

MoneySaver9999 wrote: »

So (as the tracking number doesn't confirm delivery, says it is still being processed), would I be better off to resend the same letter now and start over? Or send a second letter in a weeks time saying as I've not received a reply to my original letter, I will be issuing court proceedings on X date?

yup,I would belt and braces with proof of posting on a standard letter