Legal requirement to send mail?
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Hi,
Long time lurker here
I would like to ask if anyone can please give me some advice about a mail problem.
Essentially, three years ago, my husband and I moved into the current house. We knew where the previous owner had moved to and we asked him what we should do about any mail once the redirect ended. He said to throw it away.
We then kept getting identical letters addressed to the occupier saying that a company needed to contact the previous owner and they had a legal requirement to continue sending documents to their last known address. They didn't look like spam, they looked important so we forwarded one on to the previous owner by post. We also scanned and emailed him another copy. There were lots of letters turning up at this point and we were getting fed up of them. So, we wrote to the company stating that we had passed their mail on and we didn't want contact from them again. We had no intention of giving them personal or contact details of the previous owner without his consent and we told them this.
It all went quiet for about a year and now another identical letter has turned up
So my question is: Is there really a legal requirement for them to continue sending mail to the last known address? Or is this just a line that they are spinning? If so, they know full well that they will get nothing from us so what would be the point?
Thanks for reading!
Long time lurker here
I would like to ask if anyone can please give me some advice about a mail problem.
Essentially, three years ago, my husband and I moved into the current house. We knew where the previous owner had moved to and we asked him what we should do about any mail once the redirect ended. He said to throw it away.
We then kept getting identical letters addressed to the occupier saying that a company needed to contact the previous owner and they had a legal requirement to continue sending documents to their last known address. They didn't look like spam, they looked important so we forwarded one on to the previous owner by post. We also scanned and emailed him another copy. There were lots of letters turning up at this point and we were getting fed up of them. So, we wrote to the company stating that we had passed their mail on and we didn't want contact from them again. We had no intention of giving them personal or contact details of the previous owner without his consent and we told them this.
It all went quiet for about a year and now another identical letter has turned up
So my question is: Is there really a legal requirement for them to continue sending mail to the last known address? Or is this just a line that they are spinning? If so, they know full well that they will get nothing from us so what would be the point?
Thanks for reading!
Yes, I am concerned that we will be inundated with them again and they are in plain envelopes addressed to the occupier so they always get opened. Helpfully, they always enclose a franked self-addressed envelope which is how I told them off last time
I just wondered if the legal requirement bit was genuine...
I just wondered if the legal requirement bit was genuine...
I doubt it.
Only parallel I can think off is the serving of a notice on a company at its registered address which is deemed to be served even if the premises are no longer occupied. Many, many year's ago I served a winding up order on a plc company by managing to lob the letter/notice through a broken window (the letterbox had been sealed). We knew they'd moved out some time previously but it was deemed duly served albeit I'm pretty sure it was never opened.
Only reason I can think of a letter to "The Occupier" would be if it pertained to something connected with residence/ownership of property, say Chancel Repair Liability - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancel_repair_liabi... - but it doesn't sound like this is the case here.
Only parallel I can think off is the serving of a notice on a company at its registered address which is deemed to be served even if the premises are no longer occupied. Many, many year's ago I served a winding up order on a plc company by managing to lob the letter/notice through a broken window (the letterbox had been sealed). We knew they'd moved out some time previously but it was deemed duly served albeit I'm pretty sure it was never opened.
Only reason I can think of a letter to "The Occupier" would be if it pertained to something connected with residence/ownership of property, say Chancel Repair Liability - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancel_repair_liabi... - but it doesn't sound like this is the case here.
Tesco per chance? Think the company they were using was Prosearch
I've had about 100 letters from a company trying to trace me, i had Tesco shares when i worked for them 20 years ago. It's only 4 shares and the dividend is only a few quid and i can't be bothered to fill in all the forms to claim them. They stopped for a bit then started up again
I've had about 100 letters from a company trying to trace me, i had Tesco shares when i worked for them 20 years ago. It's only 4 shares and the dividend is only a few quid and i can't be bothered to fill in all the forms to claim them. They stopped for a bit then started up again
Edited by Nickyboy on Thursday 14th April 20:13
Roo said:
Beetnik said:
Return, unopened, to sender "Not known at this address"
That's what I do when we get anything not addressed to us.(I was told this by my bank, not sure whether it's true or not but for anybody who works in the courier/postal industry, it should be fairly obvious what RTS means. Return To Sender, by the way).
ETA - not sure if this link will help, but sharing is caring.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/post/po...
SG.
Do you want to stop the mail forever? Wrap up a brick and tape the letter to it and mark as return to sender. It will cost them each time you do this. It might prove entertaining to see what rubbish you can get rid of by sending it to them instead of binning. They'll get the message soon enough.
Do you want to stop the mail forever? Wrap up a brick and tape the letter to it and mark as return to sender. It will cost them each time you do this. It might prove entertaining to see what rubbish you can get rid of by sending it to them instead of binning. They'll get the message soon enough.
elanfan said:
SG.
Do you want to stop the mail forever? Wrap up a brick and tape the letter to it and mark as return to sender. It will cost them each time you do this. It might prove entertaining to see what rubbish you can get rid of by sending it to them instead of binning. They'll get the message soon enough.
I like that idea. You could even use a car wheel Do you want to stop the mail forever? Wrap up a brick and tape the letter to it and mark as return to sender. It will cost them each time you do this. It might prove entertaining to see what rubbish you can get rid of by sending it to them instead of binning. They'll get the message soon enough.
elanfan said:
SG.
Do you want to stop the mail forever? Wrap up a brick and tape the letter to it and mark as return to sender. It will cost them each time you do this. It might prove entertaining to see what rubbish you can get rid of by sending it to them instead of binning. They'll get the message soon enough.
'A' brick? Amateur. Do you want to stop the mail forever? Wrap up a brick and tape the letter to it and mark as return to sender. It will cost them each time you do this. It might prove entertaining to see what rubbish you can get rid of by sending it to them instead of binning. They'll get the message soon enough.
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