Ha, eventually indeed. I'm normally quite good with 'coming back' to forums etc, that one just slipped through the net. Cheers.

Ida, I'm really sorry for not updating this thread earlier... I was just having a clear-out of my email and realised I hadn't responded... so here I am ! After your last message, I went back to GCC and asked to speak to a supervisor. Explained the whole situation (again), and advised that my next steps would be to contact their director of finance, and also the local government ombudsman. This seemed to rattle them, and eventually the woman agreed that the council were being unreasonable and agreed to halt any further action and cancel my supposed liability. A few days later,

Hi All, First post, I've done a bit of searching around and found similar issues but nothing quite the same... so please bear with me as this whole thing is quite complicated... hopeing someone can help. Basically, in October 2006 I moved into a flat with my cousin (that sounded dodgy... er, separate rooms !!). We were both full time students at the time, I was at University, and she was at College, and went on to University the following year (same course, so I believe it is classed as a 'continuation' or something similar). Anyway, she moved out in January 2007, and I moved