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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 104575" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Cathy, you send them a certified letter, saying, "I was told by [...] on [date] that my appeal had been denied but this would not be given to me in writing. I am now writing to you in order to have some form of acknowledgement of status of my appeal logged somewhere, in writing. if this is incorrect, you will need to notify me in writing by [a week's time]. Failure to so notify me will be considered acknowledgement that the contents of this letter are correct."</p><p>(or words to that effect).</p><p></p><p>Failure to give you written confirmation is an old trick used by bureaucrats everywhere as way of opting out of possible future recriminations for refusing to allow whatever-it-is you asked for. This way, if at some later stage there is outrage over what they have done, they can go through their files and honestly say, "We have nothing in our records confirming this." But if YOU have a copy of your letter, minuting events, then a record exists, somewhere (and it is a record which confirms and explains the lack of paperwork on their part). And your letter must clearly have existed before the investigation (if such investigation ever happens) - it can't be something you mocked up later on and backdated. Hence sending it registered mail. Getting a JP to witness and date your copy for you at time of sending is also a good safeguard.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 104575, member: 1991"] Cathy, you send them a certified letter, saying, "I was told by [...] on [date] that my appeal had been denied but this would not be given to me in writing. I am now writing to you in order to have some form of acknowledgement of status of my appeal logged somewhere, in writing. if this is incorrect, you will need to notify me in writing by [a week's time]. Failure to so notify me will be considered acknowledgement that the contents of this letter are correct." (or words to that effect). Failure to give you written confirmation is an old trick used by bureaucrats everywhere as way of opting out of possible future recriminations for refusing to allow whatever-it-is you asked for. This way, if at some later stage there is outrage over what they have done, they can go through their files and honestly say, "We have nothing in our records confirming this." But if YOU have a copy of your letter, minuting events, then a record exists, somewhere (and it is a record which confirms and explains the lack of paperwork on their part). And your letter must clearly have existed before the investigation (if such investigation ever happens) - it can't be something you mocked up later on and backdated. Hence sending it registered mail. Getting a JP to witness and date your copy for you at time of sending is also a good safeguard. Marg [/QUOTE]
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