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Help Understanding Limitation Act 1980

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  • Help Understanding Limitation Act 1980

    I am unsure if the Limitation Act 1980 applies to my circumstances.

    I have recently discovered that I am still being invoiced for a web hosting service that I took out in 2006. In 2008 they changed from monthly to 6-monthly invoicing and by the end of that year I had forgotten about the service and did not pay the invoice (I wasn't using it, and it seems their e-mails were going to my spam box).

    Forgetting is my mistake, and it is fair for them to expect some sort of payment. However, they continued to raise further invoices, now reaching around £200 (despite noting in some e-mails that my service would be automatically suspended if I did not pay).

    Am I correct in thinking that this counts as a simple contract debt and so is covered by the Limitation Act?
    If so, does each invoice raised constitute a separate cause of action (thereby leaving me liable for those from the past 6 years), or is there a single cause occurring at the first missed payment?
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    Re: Help Understanding Limitation Act 1980

    Originally posted by Jack3 View Post
    I am unsure if the Limitation Act 1980 applies to my circumstances.

    I have recently discovered that I am still being invoiced for a web hosting service that I took out in 2006. In 2008 they changed from monthly to 6-monthly invoicing and by the end of that year I had forgotten about the service and did not pay the invoice (I wasn't using it, and it seems their e-mails were going to my spam box).

    Forgetting is my mistake, and it is fair for them to expect some sort of payment. However, they continued to raise further invoices, now reaching around £200 (despite noting in some e-mails that my service would be automatically suspended if I did not pay).

    Am I correct in thinking that this counts as a simple contract debt and so is covered by the Limitation Act?
    If so, does each invoice raised constitute a separate cause of action (thereby leaving me liable for those from the past 6 years), or is there a single cause occurring at the first missed payment?
    It's 6 years from the date of breach, but it also depends on whether the contract is terminated. For example, if the contract is still running and neither party has terminated, then the ISP would be out of time for the invoices in 2008 but not an invoice made earlier this year, providing they complied with the terms of the contract.

    Hope that makes sense.
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