[Name-Name], of the family: [Surname]

c/o: Address line 1

Address2
County
P05T C0D3
[Date In Full]

CEO Name
Debt Collection Agency Name
Address line 1
Address2
County
P05T C0D3
By Recorded Delivery

I/we* do not acknowledge any debt to you or any other company or organisation
that you claim to be representing
Dear Sir/Madam
Acc/Ref No 4563210025897412
You have contacted us regarding the account with the above reference number,
which you claim is owed by me/ourselves*. I/we* do not acknowledge any debt to
you or any other company or organisation that you claim to be representing
I/We* would point out that under the Limitation Act 1980 Section 5 an action
founded on simple contract shall not be brought after the expiration of six years
from the date on which the cause of action accrued.
The last payment of this debt was made over six years ago and no further
written acknowledgement or payment has been made since that time.
Unless you can provide evidence of payment by myself/us* or written
acknowledgement of the debt from me/us* in the relevant period under Section 5
of the Limitation Act, I/we suggest that you are no longer able to take any court
action against us to recover the alleged amount claimed, and should you try to
proceed with court action I/we* must inform you that I/we* shall vigorously
defend this action in court citing Section 5 as part of our defence.
You are also reminded of the FCA Consumer Credit Source book (CONC) rules
which you are legally obliged to adhere to, and further I am fully aware that
compliance with the rules is a condition of your FCA Licence:
Rule 7.15.4 "...a firm must not attempt to recover a statute barred debt in
England, Wales or Northern Ireland if the lender or owner has not been in contact
with the customer during the limitation period."
Rule 7.15.7 "It is misleading for a firm to suggest or state that a customer may
be the subject of court action for the sum of the statute barred debt when the

firm knows, or reasonably ought to know, that the relevant limitation period has
expired."
Rule 7.15.8 "A firm must not continue to demand payment from a customer after
the customer has stated that he will not be paying the debt because it is statute
barred."
Should you choose to ignore the above, or attempt to circumvent the rules I will
uses this as a defence, and further I will draw this breach to the attention of the
FCA Compliance Team
We await your written confirmation that no further contact will be made
concerning the above account and confirmation that this matter is now closed.
I/We* look forward to your reply.
Yours faithfully

Mr A N Other
* Delete as appropriate
Who do I send it to?
You send this to the creditor that OWNS the debt, and a copy to any DCA that is
chasing on their behalf, informing the DCA that the debt is in dispute.
Using "Without Prejudice" on the letter
You will see that it does not state "Without Prejudice", this is because a
DCA/Creditor/Solicitor can request that a court rule that evidence submitted
"Without Prejudice" should be rejected. Unless YOU have informed the court in
advance about a court case involving HMRC, where the courts ruled that
"Without Prejudice" letters could be used in court, the court is obliged to exclude
these letters. Please do not loose your evidence in advance!