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12/3/2015
Chris The Lawyer, Lawyer
Category: New Zealand Law
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VerifiedYou are only liable to pay this if the original contract for this debt, says specifically that you are liable for collection fees on any overdue debt. So you should ask Baycorp to identify where this is set out in the documents they hold. If they cannot prove such a term exists, they cannot charge this to you
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