Can legal action be taken?

[FronkLeFunk]

Was a student at a university, started in sept 06' and withdrew a few weeks later for reasons such as poor quality of services available to the students and whatnot . Went through all the correct procedures and protocols of withdrawing from the University. It took them two letters of my notifying them, one had been mysteriously lost and prompt me to send the second one by recorded delivery plus numerous telephone calls. I notified Student Finance Direct to stop tution fees, they said I did not have to pay any part of the fees as I left within a certain time frame. I recieved a letter from the uni confirming my withdrawal from the university about 2 months or so later. I thought it was all done and dusted until I recieved a threatening letter in March 07' from the university stating that I owed them tution fees or I'd be suspended. How could I be on the verge of getting suspended and owe them tution fees if I haven't even been there for 5 months and I've left!! Plus they must have records of comfirming my withdrawal. I thought it must of been a mix up. So I left it. I then recieved a letter the other day saying that I had been suspended and that I must pay up within a week. A few telephone calls to the university and they were extremely rude, they wouldn't acccept the fact that Im actually no longer a student there, they don't have it on their records etc and that I should pay. I have all the paperwork to prove otherwise, can legal action be taken if they proceed to act in this way?

[bednobs]

by you or by them do you mean?

[FronkLeFunk]

By me

[bednobs]

what sort of lega action do you want to take then? Civil action?? Where is your financial loss? - civil court will compensate you for monies lost but wont compensate you for worry/time

[themas]

It would be pointless you taking legal action - you don't have a "cause of action". You have 2 alternatives:-

1. (Which I strongly recommend) send them a recorded delivery letter (keep a copy) enclosing a copy of their letter confirming your withdrawal from the University and pointing out that you therefore do not owe them fees; or

2. Do nothing. They will then continue to harass you and will either give the alleged debt to a debt collector (who will also harass you) or start Court action - which you will have to defend. The Judge would probably ask you why you did not resolve the matter earlier by letting them have the copy of their letter - you would not be very popular with him/her as both parties to any dispute are supposed to take all reasonable steps to settle before going to Court.