Leaving UK owing money to bank
Date: Sun, 05/10/2009 - 12:27
A creditor can never follow you outside UK because the laws diff
A creditor can never follow you outside UK because the laws differ across countries. You can find more discussions on this issue at http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/forums/about122.html
The above threat shows that you CAN be pursued outside your own
The above threat shows that you CAN be pursued outside your own country. International collections is becoming more and more common.
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The above threat shows that you CAN be pursued outside your own country. International collections is becoming more and more common. |
They may be more common but are still just as ineffective except for nuisance value.
Let's assume the OP has to leave UK and return to USA. The costs of suing him in a US Court by a foreign-domiciled plaintiff would be astronomical. The Plaintiff would have to send someone to the Court to testify - on their own dime. This person would have to be an Officer or at the least a Manager of the Plaintiff entity. Figuring in the transportation and lodging costs as well as the lost productivity in the person's absence, the amount owed would have to be a LOT more than the OP has stated.
I wish some people would do some research before posting. Th
I wish some people would do some research before posting.
The OP can be stopped at Customs on the way out of the United Kingdom if he owes money. See HRH Edward III v Ipswitch, 23 KB 145 (AD1243) - "any knave who oweth any person in the Realm and who attempteth to leaveth the kingdom without full recompense shall be detained and flogged."; Oliver Cromwell, Protector v. HRH James I, 1752 KB 2245 (AD 1647) - "and having absconded from the realm with the Royal Treasury, the same having been properly and legally expropriated for the benefit of the Commonweal, said Sovereign is declared Guilty of violation of the King Shall Not Skedaddle Act of 1648 and hereby forfeits his Royal Head."
I am rolling my eyes. No, customs will not stop anyone...they a
I am rolling my eyes. No, customs will not stop anyone...they are not debt collectors nor do they have any way of monitoring credit reports for current past due or defaulted bills. They would have no permissible purpose in fact to pull everyone leaving the UK credit report.