Debt Chasing
david_thomasuk
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I recently was contacted regarding a debt that was incurred many years ago
The first thing I object to was that they wrote to me at a friends address which I had never
supplied them with so they have obtained this address from somewhere without my permission as I would never have someone write to me there , this is clearly a breach of data protection.
The second thing is the debt is from over 6 years ago and it was my understanding that after 6 years a debt is no longer valid, am interested to hear more on these 2 issues.
The first thing I object to was that they wrote to me at a friends address which I had never
supplied them with so they have obtained this address from somewhere without my permission as I would never have someone write to me there , this is clearly a breach of data protection.
The second thing is the debt is from over 6 years ago and it was my understanding that after 6 years a debt is no longer valid, am interested to hear more on these 2 issues.
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The data protection you mentioned would not really apply as you did not supply them with the data.
If you have not acknowledged the debt for over 6 years and it was not secured on anything then it would be statue barred.0 -
As foxy-stoat said.
To make it a bit clearer - the 6 years runs from when you last paid anything towards or otherwise acknowledged the date - not from when it started.
But bear in mind that creditors can still chase a statute barred debt - they just can't enforce it.0 -
Not sure how to start a forum....have a question about a debt and wondering if statue barred.!
Debt happened while living in England 5 years 8 months ago. I know statue barred in 6 years...but I live in Scotland where statue barred is 5 years....
So is it statue barred already or will it be 6 years since that is where the debt occurred?0 -
Not sure how to start a forum....have a question about a debt and wondering if statue barred.!
Debt happened while living in England 5 years 8 months ago. I know statue barred in 6 years...but I live in Scotland where statue barred is 5 years....
So is it statue barred already or will it be 6 years since that is where the debt occurred?0 -
So it is an old water company debt from a house I lived in from December 2012-April 2013.
The last contact and or payment was April 2013.
Because I live in Scotland it is already statue barred....or because the debt occurred in England is it statue barred in April 2019?0 -
ciderboy2009 wrote: »the 6 years runs from when you last paid anything towards or otherwise acknowledged the debt
Also, the acknowledgement must be in writing.0 -
Thank you for the replies....I was just confused because I thought in Scotland it is 5 years and because I live in Scotland I wasn't sure if those rules applied to me.0
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Not sure how to start a forum....have a question about a debt and wondering if statue barred.!
Debt happened while living in England 5 years 8 months ago. I know statue barred in 6 years...but I live in Scotland where statue barred is 5 years....
So is it statue barred already or will it be 6 years since that is where the debt occurred?
If you lived in England then it will be 6 years until statute barred - the fact you have moved to Scotland is not relevant.0 -
Not sure how to start a forum....have a question about a debt and wondering if statue barred.!
Debt happened while living in England 5 years 8 months ago. I know statue barred in 6 years...but I live in Scotland where statue barred is 5 years....
So is it statue barred already or will it be 6 years since that is where the debt occurred?
If you live in Scotland you are subject to the laws of that country. It will be 5 years until statute barred - the fact you took out the debt in England is not relevant.
http://www.govanlc.com/suedinengland.htm0 -
If you live in Scotland you are subject to the laws of that country. It will be 5 years until statute barred - the fact you took out the debt in England is not relevant.
http://www.govanlc.com/suedinengland.htm
I stand corrected.0
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