Moorcroft Debt Recovery - Chasing a 7 year old debt?

[goodcitizen]

Hi everyone,

 

I have received a letter today from Moorgate saying

 

I owe them for a water bill at a property I moved of 7 years ago!

 

It's a standard demand where they threaten litigation and a CCJ. This is the first I have heard about it.

 

I don't believe I owe this money but have no way of proving it.

 

Something worth noting is that I just moved back into the same area that the old property is in

- having been away for 7 years and I have just put myself back on the electoral roll there,

so I think they have 'found' me after all this time through that.

 

I have read some of the excellent advice on here and I don't want to call them on the 'phone.

But I don't know how to get them to prove it's my bill?

Can I write to request dates the bill is for?

(then I'll be to see if I occupied this rented property at that time).

 

Thanks for your help guys!

 

GoodCitizen

[i hate bailiffs]

If you have not made any payment in all this time it is statue barred and you owe them nothing

They have a lemon

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

Statue Barred=6 clear years no payments or written acknowledgment of the debt (5 years in Scotland) us the SB letter from the CAG library.

[dx100uk]

Moorgate or Moorcroft....

 

eitherway the debt is DEAD.

 

water bills are the same as any debt like a card

they are not like gas/elec priority debts

 

ignore them totally

 

you could send the SB letter

 

dx

[goodcitizen]

Ha! Brilliant. Thanks very much for not only answering but explaining what Statute Barred is.

 

So these guys are just trying to take advantage of my lack of knowledge? I should expect to receive and ignore more letters?

 

To dx100uk (a fellow pedant ) Thanks, what is an SB letter? can I find it in a sticky somewhere?

 

GoodCitizen

Edited October 18, 2013 by goodcitizen

[dx100uk]

green library tab top left

[goodcitizen]

I can't access the library - I get an 'insufficient privileges' message. That's why I asked what it was.

[goodcitizen]

Not to worry. Google is my friend. Thanks everyone.

[dx100uk]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?387368-Letter-to-be-sent-when-debt-is-Statute-Barred