is it illegal to throw someone elses post away?

[roxie_09]

hi, i have recently moved house but still had important post going to my old address. as i went to pick it up i was told that they had thrown it in the bin. these letters included bank statements and dvla forms. and i just wondered if this was illegal or not. many thanks, roxanne

[woofgang]

You can do it online, no paper needed, that's how I did it when my mum died

[roxie_09]

well guess i will just have to live and learn. thanks for the help. although some felt more like lectures that deviated from the question asked. many thanks again though...

[milly143]

I guess this is answered now but you can change your address with banks, etc over the phone. I did it myself last year. You do need to send your counterpart licence with the plastic bit but I don't see why you wouldn't have that anyway. I was also able to set up a re-direction with RM about 3 weeks before the move so there was no stress involved in that side of things at all.

[woofgang]

NOBA, if you set up the mail forwarding with RM, then all the other stuff can wait....not having a pop roxie, but loads of folks will read this thread and hopefully will find it helpful