Statute of Limitations - how to get past 6 year limit?

ChrisBee13

How we can reclaim overpayments to UU when their faulty water meter (proved & acknowledged) overcharged me?

We have had a refund via Water Plus, of a figure in excess of £3,000, for wrongly metered water, but I would like to obtain a refund for the 13 years previous.

Ofwat state that the utilities companies are governed by the Statue of Limitations which means they only have to refund up to 6 years' worth of overpayments.

Can this limitation be extended, please?  If so, how?

ArchtiectBOX

6 years from when you became aware of the breach technically I believe

ChrisBee13

ArchtiectBOX said:

6 years from when you became aware of the breach technically I believe

I think there might be a legal way past this - if anyone has experience it would be appreciated.

user1977

ChrisBee13 said:

ArchtiectBOX said:

6 years from when you became aware of the breach technically I believe

I think there might be a legal way past this 

Why do you think that?

If you had been underpaying, do you think they'd have a way of getting more than 6 years' arrears from you?

Sandtree

ArchtiectBOX said:

6 years from when you became aware of the breach technically I believe

It depends what you are claiming...

Breach of contract it is 6 years from the breach

Torts (eg trespass) is 6 years from when the damage happened

Latent damage from negligence is 6 years from the incident or 3 years from when the claimant reasonably became aware subject to an overall 15 years cap

Alderbank

Sandtree said:

ArchtiectBOX said:

6 years from when you became aware of the breach technically I believe

It depends what you are claiming...

...and where you are claiming.

ChrisBee13

A local solicitor has advised that this is possible, through court, but I wondered if anyone had experience.

hangryconsumer

Isn't there an exemption for the mentally ill? Not able to claim within the time limit due to mental illness.

ChrisBee13

hangryconsumer said:

Isn't there an exemption for the mentally ill? Not able to claim within the time limit due to mental illness.

Quite possibly, but this is not the case here.

Manxman_in_exile

ChrisBee13 said:

A local solicitor has advised that this is possible, through court, but I wondered if anyone had experience.

Then why not ask him to elaborate on his "advice" rather than ask here?

mattyprice4004

ChrisBee13 said:

A local solicitor has advised that this is possible, through court, but I wondered if anyone had experience.

The solicitor is who you need to speak to - I’m not aware of any mechanism, but if they do I’d be using them. 

It’s what you pay them for, and a substantial refund is worth a bit in fees