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Has anyone else had the CSA obtain money under false pretences?
I am a lay advisor to an NRP who received a threatening demand for old arrears up to 2011.
When he paid in good faith a sum to reduce the arrears debt the CSA turned round and said it would not be accepted to reduce the debt, only to pay current maintenance (the current assessment is under appeal).
This is obtaining money under false pretences and appears to be a strategy by the CSA to maximise the sum they can obtain under a threatened Liability Order by refusing to accept payments to reduce the Debt.
Have others had experience of this and what legal steps can be taken?
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They can only do this if current maintenance is not being paid.
Current maintenance has to be paid until over turned by a revision of assessment or by appeal.
An old debt cannot be paid whilst a new one is accruing.