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Article: Innocent face debt burden.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- April 3, 2006
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Byline: Marg Wenham
Apr 03, 2006 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Legal Aid in Queensland claims some debtcollection companies are breaking the law.
Consumer protection unit lawyer Loretta Kreetsays people are being pursued for debts theymight not owe. They are also being asked topay debts older than six years, which is a
breach of the Statute of Limitations. InQueensland, however, the law on this is notclear. Griffith University's Centre forCredit & Consumer Law has sent a paper to theCommissioner of Fair Trading calling for the law to be amended. ...