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Statute of limitations

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  • LDast
    LDast Posts: 2,496 Forumite
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    How did you send the request for the 30 day debt advice? If you posted it, did you get a free proof of posting certificate or if by email, did you also CC in yourself?
  • ChirpyChicken
    ChirpyChicken Posts: 2,977 Forumite
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    if it submitted correctly on the website then it will have been logged
  • Just received a reply from DCBL, they’ve reduced the ‘debt’ amount to £85, however the statute of limitations expires today 🎉 
    Am I obliged and/or would it be wise to reply to their correspondence at this point?
  • LDast said:
    How did you send the request for the 30 day debt advice? If you posted it, did you get a free proof of posting certificate or if by email, did you also CC in yourself?
    My apologies, didn’t see your message until today. I used the reply form on the website and I’ve received their reply today 👍
  • ChirpyChicken
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    edited 25 April 2025 at 1:44PM
    Nope you do nothing
    That's why they have reduced it.
    If you get a claim unlikely then your single defence is as per your thread title.

    OR when its definitely passed email them and tell them its Statute barred
  • Coupon-mad
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    Just received a reply from DCBL, they’ve reduced the ‘debt’ amount to £85, however the statute of limitations expires today 🎉 
    Am I obliged and/or would it be wise to reply to their correspondence at this point?
    Did they give a deadline?!  :)
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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  • Just received a reply from DCBL, they’ve reduced the ‘debt’ amount to £85, however the statute of limitations expires today 🎉 
    Am I obliged and/or would it be wise to reply to their correspondence at this point?
    Did they give a deadline?!  :)
    30 Days :)
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 160,067 Forumite
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     Perfect! 
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,262 Forumite
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     Perfect! 
    'Go swivel' time for them!
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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