Debt letter received from old employer

[Swoosh84]

Evening,

 

I am looking for some advice on a letter received by my wife today. Basically, this letter (which i have attempted to attach) states that she is due a previous employer an amount of £493.75 due to administrative error.

 

This letter is completely out of the blue as she was made redundant from them nearly 5 years ago now. My first thought was ignore as I'm aware of a 5 year period in which the debt has to be written off. As you can see from the letter, this states her employment ended on 30 June 2006 which is very close to this 5 year period. However, my wife called them and spoke with an administrator who took a message. Am i right in saying that a telephone call does not constitute proof of receipt of this letter?

 

Although this is not a large amount, I'm more ****ed off at the audacity to claim this money back without warning and after such a long time. She is extremely upset and the fact that she is heavily pregnant has not helped.

 

It's also certainly unrealistic to ask for this amount from her, within 7 days, she has just finished college and has not worked now for over a year. It's also unlikely that she will return to any form of employment any time soon as she obviously has 1 kid to look after and another on the way. The only form of ‘income’ she receives is by way of Child Tax Credits. I use the term income lightly as this is for the benefit of my son and not a large corporate company.

 

I would very much appreciate any advice on this matter. In the meantime, I have instructed her not to answer any calls and certainly not to accept any liability.

 

Kind Regards,

James

 

[postggj]

that letter is to small

 

can you re post using photobucket

[Swoosh84]

Hello,

 

Having uploaded this image to Photo Bucket the site informed me i need a minimum of 20 posts to link to pictures. Only alternative i could think of is trying this:

 

swooshmedia.co.uk / ltr.jpg

 

Without the spaces of course. Hope this will suffice!

[postggj]

just do 20 posts

 

on each post just type in

 

BUMP

 

WELL YOU JUST NEED 13 NOW,

 

THEN GO BACK TO PHOTOBUCKET AND RE POST THE LETTER

[Swoosh84]

Hello,

 

Finally, the link to the letter is here: http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd483/Swoosh-75/DebtLetter.jpg

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Hello,

 

Finally, the link to the letter is here: http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd483/Swoosh-75/DebtLetter.jpg

[postggj]

Cheeky sods

 

i would write back to them stating that you have no knowledge of this debt and demand a full breakdown on how this alleged debt came about

 

also tell them under the civil procedure rules

 

you are entitled to this information before any court/counter claim is issued

 

address this at the top of your letter

 

i do not acknowledge this debt to you or any other company

 

that will give them something to think about

 

in other words

 

prove it

 

SEND RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE SOLICITORS

[Ell-enn]

Send the letter by recorded delivery and keep a copy for yourselves.

[Swoosh84]

So should we arrange for this letter to be sent as soon as possible, or should we wait until we are passed the 5 year mark which is the 30th June 2011?

 

James

[WhatALife]

Wouldn't that be statute barred at the end of this month even if something was owed?

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

Yes after 5 clear years in Scotland hang on for ten days.

Phoning does not restart the clock on acknowledgement in writing or a payment would do that.