Thanks guys. For now Landlord has agreed that he will speak with Utility company and get my name removed from this issue, i have since spoken to utility company and they have received this call from landlord, i will check again in few days and if i dont receive anymore notices that will be all, however if they still keep chasing me i will have to follow either of routes suggested by you guys. Thanks again.

Thanks. I don't have an agreement but according to utility company they don't need an agreement, they can chase me for payment without an agreement as long as i lived there! I also pointed to them my tenancy agreement says I should pay my share of bills and here I am chased for whole bill for nearly a year, their reply to this is, tenancy agreement is between me and my landlord, if i have paid my landlord and he has not paid utility company, thats my problem, they can legaly chase me! It can't be true can it!

Hi Guys, Need bit of advise. I moved out of this property few months back, landlord deducted money for utility bills I was due from my deposite. Just to point it was a shared property and landlord collected money from others too, I lived there for nearly 2 years, we always received bills in landlord's name and paid money to him. All fair and square so far. Now 3 months after i moved out, i started receiving letters from my Gas supplier asking me to clear unpaid bills. It also included some charges that occured while trying to trace me! and then some more for late payment. I in turn called gas company explained them the situation and asked them how can they put bills on my name, they said my landlord has advised them to do so. I have since spoken to my landlord he agrees that its his responsibility to pay bills and i dont owe anything but gas company keeps sending me reminders and latest is a court action threat. I have never had a missing payment for anything in my life and now for no fault of my own i m set to spoile my credit file and possibly a CCJ. I need advise on how to, 1) get gas company to remove my name from the bill, i never consented that the bill can be transfered to my name, they just took my landlord's word, they didn't had any proof that i actually lived there during billing period. 2) failing to above, how to compell my landlord to pay gas company. sorry to be bit discriptive but just to give a clearer picture of mess i m in. Thanks in advance. B