Dear Darryl Taylor,

I received letter from you this morning, following a letter from Nathan O’Reilly dated 14^th April 2008, which arrived on 16^th April 2008, plus a telephone call from one of your colleagues on the same morning.

I have already exchanged E-mails with Simon Lock and Craig Graham, of your company, that included sending them a text of a letter I posted to Frances Orozco of Tiscali Customer Services; attached below the sign off.

The details they asked me to forward are as follows:

Your Ref: *******
Creditor: Tiscali
Client Ref: UI********

As explained to them, I sent a cheque to Tiscali back in March, just before we went on holiday. I sent another cheque to Frances Orozco last week, just in case the first was lost in the post; that was posted two days after I received a letter from Frances Orozco advising me of the final following me discontinuing services with Tiscali; cutting my involvement to “Dial Up” only.

Your letter was dated 18^th April 2008; two days after that exchange of E-mails.

Is it your intention to keep threatening me until I pay your company a sum of money that has already been sent to Tiscali? The first of those cheques was sent over six weeks ago.

What is the legal basis, or justification, for obtaining money by threat, especially when it is not owed, has already been paid? I am interested from the point of view of using this material in business experiences presentations I have been invited to make, as well as for what is beginning to look like an inevitable call for advice to my local Chamber of Commerce legal team on this whole Tiscali debacle.
 

Richard King        

Richard King, BTech, MTech, CEng, MIMechE

Consultant Engineer
RLK Associates
Visiting University Lecturer in Engineering and Materials
Associate College Lecturer in Engineering Science and Materials

Member of East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Denvilles, Havant, Hampshire

Business Web Site: www.rlkassociates.co.uk
Richard’s Journal: www.richardsjournal.co.uk
Blog: www.richardking.blogspot.com
Et al

Copies:

Frances Orozco, Tiscali Customer Services