Agency withholding payment

[SueEllen]

You do not need to send another letter after sending a LBA

True.

You need to look reasonable if you think you may have to go to court to reclaim the money.

So the first letter shouldn't have the title "Letter Before Action" it should be something like "Failure to Pay Wages" while the second letter should be the LBA.

Also you need to give them 14 days in the first letter and 7 days in the LBA. This is to look "reasonable". You don't want your case thrown out if you do submit a claim for not giving them sufficient time to pay up.

Make sure in your first letter and your second letter you make it clear if you take legal action they will be liable for costs and interest.

Also send any letters to them by a signed for method preferably next day delivery. Companies and people deny receiving debt letters. A company is never believed if the letter is sent by a tracked method to their registered address as Royal Mail is a neutral party.

Finally I'm not sure how much you are owed but small claims are easy to do and the limit for them is 10K.

[Boney M]

True.

You need to look reasonable if you think you may have to go to court to reclaim the money.

So the first letter shouldn't have the title "Letter Before Action" it should be something like "Failure to Pay Wages" while the second letter should be the LBA.

Also you need to give them 14 days in the first letter and 7 days in the LBA. This is to look "reasonable". You don't want your case thrown out if you do submit a claim for not giving them sufficient time to pay up.

Make sure in your first letter and your second letter you make it clear if you take legal action they will be liable for costs and interest.

Also send any letters to them by a signed for method preferably next day delivery. Companies and people deny receiving debt letters. A company is never believed if the letter is sent by a tracked method to their registered address as Royal Mail is a neutral party.

Finally I'm not sure how much you are owed but small claims are easy to do and the limit for them is 10K.

Better to send the letters from two seperate post offices and get proof of posting. In law it is deemed as received regardless after the 3rd day. Sending from two separate post offices lessens the likelyhood that they were never received and has been accepted in previous cases. Also cheaper, even though you would claim this also.

[SueEllen]

Better to send the letters from two seperate post offices and get proof of posting. In law it is deemed as received regardless after the 3rd day. Sending from two separate post offices lessens the likelyhood that they were never received and has been accepted in previous cases. Also cheaper, even though you would claim this also.

Depends on where you live whether it's cheaper or not.

[Safe Collections]

Better to send the letters from two seperate post offices and get proof of posting. In law it is deemed as received regardless after the 3rd day. Sending from two separate post offices lessens the likelyhood that they were never received and has been accepted in previous cases. Also cheaper, even though you would claim this also.

It would probably be easier to send a copy of each by email and post as opposed to running about

[SueEllen]

It would probably be easier to send a copy of each by email and post as opposed to running about

In the past I've done:
1. signed for method
2. two post offices
3. email and post

The best results are from methods 1 and 3.

1 is really good when you can read the signature of the person who has signed for the letter.