12 Year Old Cheque Reissue?

BryanAJParry

Back in December 2003, I started working for a company. My first payslip was a cheque (issued January 2004). I lost it, I thought forever. But just now, in moving house, I've found it!


However, the company said that because it is twelve years old, they cannot reissue it. They won't give me any reason beyond "twelve years old".


Can I get a reissue from them? I worked for them and have not been paid. I need to know my rights and specific laws relating to this.


My deepest thanks in advance for any help or advice offered.


Kind regards,


Bryan

SuperHan

You're unlikely to have any success. Debts become statute barred after 6 years, so you don't really have a claim.


Not much use to you now, but you should have asked them to reissue it when you lost it in the first place.

FOREVER21

Did you tell your employer that the cheque was missing in 2004?
If so their records should help your claim.

Undervalued

If you have not chased this in any way during the last six years (five in Scotland) then it is statute barred so, although they theoretically still owe you the money, there is no legal way to force them to pay.

paddyrg

Books are closed, many tax and accounting years have passed, records probably long disposed of, suspect you've missed the boat somewhat. The M6 Toll Road opened, and Brookside had only just been axed, Blair was still popular.

Pennywise

You could try to bank it. The bank may not notice it's so old as cheques often only get a cursory glance sometimes. Obviously if it's drawn on a bank that's shut down, it won't get cashed, and if the cheque design has changed over the years it's more likely to be noticed. The thing is that the banks only "read" the amount in figures and the numbers printed on the bottom of the cheque - they don't automatically read the date, so it could well go through. If the employer noticed it on their bank statements, I'm sure they could dispute it and get a charge back, but it may be worth trying.

Money_maker

If you try as above, use the machines to deposit the cheque, the ones that read the cheque inside branches. I got round one with an error that way too.

Caz3121

the time to request the cheque stopped and reissued was 12 years ago!

fairy_lights

Why on earth didn't you ask your employer to cancel the cheque and write you a new one back when you first lost it? Have you been waiting all these years for it to turn up?