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Can a UK DCA try collecting a debt from NZ?

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  • Can a UK DCA try collecting a debt from NZ?

    Hi, I am new to this site but I have been reading through and think it is very useful and helpful. We left NZ 18 months ago and stupidly didn't pay off some loans. I feel really bad about it, but we couldn't afford to pay them with trying to set up home back in the UK.
    I have received a letter from Telogram asking us to confirm our address as the last one they have is 10 years old. I have ignored the letter and put it in the bin.
    Last week I received an 'international' telephone call asking for me and my husband by name. I told him he had the wrong number.
    I am now petrified. Can a NZ debt be chased in the UK? As far as I know there is not a CCJ against us in NZ.
    I would really appreciate some urgent advice on this matter.
    Thank you.

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    Re: Can a UK DCA try collecting a debt from NZ?

    I am sorry Frantic I can't answer your question, I would though welcome you to Beagles and hope someone will be along soon who can.
    Enaid x

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      Re: Can a UK DCA try collecting a debt from NZ?

      In short, yes.
      It really depends on who the original creditor was in NZ and who they have chasing it.

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        Re: Can a UK DCA try collecting a debt from NZ?

        The creditor is the ANZ bank for an unpaid credit card. They have Dunn & Bradshaw chasing it in NZ. I thought I had read somewhere that if there was no CCJ in the original country then a UK DCA had no jurisdiction to enforce it in the UK. Any advice as to what to do next would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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