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They would be “In dishonour” and liable for the amount, although without an address the agency would find it hard to get a court order giving access to break and enter and take goods to the value of.

In practical terms it’s probably less of a hassle to pay a certain amount per week cash over the counter (Councils have VERY long memories) and then tell the debt collector to go fuck themselves.

Statute of limitation is 7 years for financial debts in the UK, which is quite a long time to spend off the electoral roll (if you are into voting, then of course you have to register, and the councils do all talk to each other and indeed sell electoral roll data to whoever will pay for it).

only if they haven’t tried to collect it for those 7 years. if they did try, even though unsuccessful, then the debt is still due.

@joksgez 559653 wrote:

cheers for the info Pat, I thought you might have something to say on the issue. Does that mean then if supposed person manages to dodge them for 7 years then the debt will be forgotten about?

Pretty much what happened with the poll tax – people went mobile, kept changing address every six months, didn’t give the Councils a chance to lock onto them.

The national systems that were supposed to keep track of people were networked 286’s, cost a fortune and just didn’t do the job.

Things are different now, with a lot more co-operation and data sharing between the local authorities and others. So I guess the next step is to start burning down the data centres while they are unoccupied over holiday periods. Hypothetically speaking.

IHTM28384 – Liabilities: law relating to debts: statute-barred debts