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Dealing with Bailiffs Harassment
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legendkiller2k8 wrote: »I had a letter hand delivered from a bailiff for a debt. He is a county court bailiff and the debt is for provident.
Bully for him! The law still applies no matter what type of bailiff he is!legendkiller2k8 wrote: »In his letter he stated a locksmith and a van has been booked to gain entry to my property to remove goods.
Really? Then I suggest you call him and to make sure he brings the Marines with him cos if anyone breaks into your house you can beat the !!!!!! out of them! Seriously, they cannot do this and any attempt to break in using a locksmith or whatever would mean you'd call the police and report it as a break in attempt and bring charges against both the locksmith and the bailiff. You have to remind the locksmith that you're warning him not to open the lock or he will be breaking the law. If he then does it, you've got him.legendkiller2k8 wrote: »And the police may also be involved.legendkiller2k8 wrote: »However he has never been into my property and that letter he delivered was his first visit.
No difference, they cannot break in.legendkiller2k8 wrote: »Am i right in thinking he cannot use the locksmith to gain entry as it would be classed as forceful entry and also he cannot gain access unless it's peacefulo aka a window or door left unlocked?
Correct on all counts, as above explanation. regards to entering through an open window/door yes - so make sure you get into the habit of locking everything and do not leave a car nearby! They may try and take the car!legendkiller2k8 wrote: »I would be grateful for any advise.
Before anyone says well pay the debt £2500 is a lot to come up with when on jsa and i am trying to find a way to pay most of it.
You should be offering £5 per giro which is universally accepted by judges - so do that and that will buy you time til you start work. Don't worry, the law is on your side. read page 1 to learn more - its a small thread and very helpful..... :beer:
Good Luck - come back and update us.2010 - year of the troll
Niddy - Over & Out :wave:
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Thank you for excellent thread.
As you can see I am sitting here at ungodly hour battling with paper work relating to bailiffs.
This is relating to council tax. They have not had access to the house but have tried to levy my car. They came once when I wasn't here and called me on my mobile and when I came back they had added van fees of £180. Also I have from their first visit when I was home £24.50 of attendance to levy fees, £36.- levy fees (I did not sign the levy document) and £24.50 of redemption of good fee (no goods were taken).
So here is my question:
How much of the charges are legal?"Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."
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Thank you for excellent thread.
As you can see I am sitting here at ungodly hour battling with paper work relating to bailiffs.
This is relating to council tax. They have not had access to the house but have tried to levy my car. They came once when I wasn't here and called me on my mobile and when I came back they had added van fees of £180. Also I have from their first visit when I was home £24.50 of attendance to levy fees, £36.- levy fees (I did not sign the levy document) and £24.50 of redemption of good fee (no goods were taken).
So here is my question:
How much of the charges are legal?
They can't charge attendance to levy fee (actually "attendance with the intention of levying where no levy is made", IIRC) AND levy fee on the same visit (your post implies they have). It's one or the other. Van fee is to attend with a van with the intention of removing previously levied upon goods. Therefore that can't be charged for the same visit as attending with the intention of levying where no levy is made, or for the levy visit.
I personally think the whole redemption of goods fee thing is a scam too (at least adding it at this stage of proceedings is), but then I've been out of the game for a long time now and that may have changed.If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything0 -
Hi, I wonder if you can help. My husband has an unpaid parking ticket, and a bailiff arrived yesterday leaving a letter stating they visited "to remove your possessions for sale by public auction" and the charge for the visit is £189.98 - on top of the debt. I have downloaded the advice on Bailiff Advice Online which states that "reasonable cost" for attendance for the removal of goods, but surely prior to that there needs to be a visit to levy for which there is a structure of cost? This visit never occurred?
I may be completely wrong, but it is all quite confusing.
Many thanks
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Don't panic peoples, i had a letter from marstons telling me to pay them twenty thousand pounds within 7 days or they would pop round and see me, a quick trip to the local solicitors to get them to witness a declaration of ownership drawn up by my wife(it costs only £5) and hey presto-it's as though marstons never existed, there letter was dated a few months ago now and i have not heard a peep from them since, you can give your goods away to anybody you want to, so long as you do it before they visit and levy on them its all good, here is proof that there is a way foreward which i hope might stop a few of you from worrying and give you a good nights sleep tonight *simples*
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Originally Posted by legendkiller2k8
I would be grateful for any advise.
Before anyone says well pay the debt £2500 is a lot to come up with when on jsa and i am trying to find a way to pay most of it.
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you are classed as a vulnerable person under the bailiffs codes of conduct as you are on benefit and low income, you should send them a letter with proof that you recieve benefits stating this fact and quoting there own codes of conduct to them, that should be enough to stop them bothering you"0 -
Hi, I am new here
I received a letter from the bailiffs for some outstanding council tax. They added 25 quid onto the original council tax which I have paid (by cheque) I then received another letter with a demand for payment this morning. The demand states that I have 7 days to settle the amount or the bailiff will call back and force entry with the aid of a locksmith. I am pretty relaxed because I know I have paid. I sent them a cheque on 8th of October and it's not my fault they have processed that cheque yet. Can anyone suggest anything else I can do? Apart from paying the barstewards, I am not sure what else they expect me to do.
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orchidpetals wrote: »Hi, I am new here
I received a letter from the bailiffs for some outstanding council tax. They added 25 quid onto the original council tax which I have paid (by cheque) I then received another letter with a demand for payment this morning. The demand states that I have 7 days to settle the amount or the bailiff will call back and force entry with the aid of a locksmith. I am pretty relaxed because I know I have paid. I sent them a cheque on 8th of October and it's not my fault they have processed that cheque yet. Can anyone suggest anything else I can do? Apart from paying the barstewards, I am not sure what else they expect me to do.
Thanks
who did you make the payment to? council or bailiffs?
have you ever allowed them into your house or signed a WPO?
have they made a levy on any of your goods?
you DO NOT have to sign anything with them or let them into your house by law.
if you have not signed a WPO or they have not made a levy on goods then they CANNOT use locksmiths to gain entry, and threatening to do so is ILLEGAL, even just the threat is illegal yet alone the use.
there is a classic example of this on youtube. if you do a search for rossendale bailiffs on there a lady took them to court over the threat.
i suggest you write to them and inform them they have broken the law and that you will report them.
also take the a copy of the letter to your council so they can see that they are acting outside the law.Not just a white vanman:cool:
I'm no expert in things really but i do have 36 years of experience in life, and some of those years fighting off bailiffs.
Nicknamed Victor Meldrew among friends as i love to complain;)0 -
Just a quick update i sent a form of to the court offering £5p/w i haven't heard anything from the courts but i did have another visit from the bailif on Wednesday this time he knocked the door. I didn't answer and he posted another letter through the door saying the courts van has been booked to removed goods. I have until the 27th of october to pay £2600 then the van will come and remove goods from this and any other property (surely there he has just broken the law?)
Anyway i will keep you all updated with what happens thanx for the advice given so far it's nice to know that we can infact fight back against these bullies.0 -
legendkiller2k8 wrote: »Just a quick update i sent a form of to the court offering £5p/w i haven't heard anything from the courts but i did have another visit from the bailif on Wednesday this time he knocked the door. I didn't answer and he posted another letter through the door saying the courts van has been booked to removed goods. I have until the 27th of october to pay £2600 then the van will come and remove goods from this and any other property (surely there he has just broken the law?)
Anyway i will keep you all updated with what happens thanx for the advice given so far it's nice to know that we can infact fight back against these bullies.
Yep they have now broken the law, you should ring them Monday and quote the main content of the letter and mention that if they come again you'l seek compensation for the continual harassment and also report them to the MoJ and question their integrity as to their holding of a consumer credit licence.....2010 - year of the troll
Niddy - Over & Out :wave:
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I have contacted the bailiff today who still demanded the monies and claimed he has heard nothing from the courts. He said he has rights to use force to enter my property and he'll arrest me if i attempt to stop him.
I replied baseball bats hurt and i may also arrest him for breaking and entering. To which he just hung up on me :O .
I am seriously tempted to give this idiot the runaround now due to his attitude hopefully the courts will sort him out.0
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