Bailiff Letter - nothing to do with me - best course of action

jimboban

Hi All,

Just a quick post - hoping for some advice - I think common sense is probably telling me what to do, but never hurts to get some useful advice!

I bought a house two years ago - and from that time have received a constant deluge of letters etc for the previous owners' business - initially, I felt kind and ran round a sackfull every now and again - asking him to change address etc, but gradually got sick of doing so so agreed with him I'd just bin anything that didn't look incredibly important etc.

To cut a long story short, got home last night to find a hand written note posted through the door (not in an envelope or anything) from Marston High Court enforcement offices - notifiying that they have received a high court writ enforcable at this address and to please contact them...!

My inclination is that my best course of action is to simply call them - briefly let them know he hasn't lived there for 2 years and request they cease all contact with my address...

Is there anything else I can / should do to disassociate myself (well, my address) from this man / company? Is it likely to impact upon me in any way? (Credit history etc.) - presume the answer is a resounding no, and that it won't affect me at all etc - but have a feeling you guys will know more than me

Cheers


Jim

Valli

TBH I would be returning all that mail to sender marked 'gone away' or some such...

anyway

WRITE to the court saying you are NOT the person named on the letter and keep a copy.

Mark_Hewitt

Valli wrote: »

TBH I would be returning all that mail to sender marked 'gone away' or some such...

Yes, rather than bin it. Put it back in the post box with "NOT AT THIS ADDRESS" on it. Then it's not your responsibility any more. I think you're in dodgy legal ground if you throw away something which is not addressed to you.

We tried taking letters which weren't for us to the post office, then 2 days later they were delivered back to us again!

WRITE to the court saying you are NOT the person named on the letter and keep a copy.

Good advice. Get proof of posting too.

maninthestreet

As you seem to know where this other person lives, give this address to the Bailiffs.

jimboban

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

Yes, rather than bin it. Put it back in the post box with "NOT AT THIS ADDRESS" on it. Then it's not your responsibility any more. I think you're in dodgy legal ground if you throw away something which is not addressed to you.

We tried taking letters which weren't for us to the post office, then 2 days later they were delivered back to us again!



Good advice. Get proof of posting too.

Thanks for the heads up - to be honest, the volume of mail would necessitate a lot of "writing"!

The letter that I received wasn't from the court directly - but the bailiffs - how would I find out which court to write to?

pitkin2020

Put all post back in the post box marked return to sender Not known at this address. I would also phone the baliff on the handwritten note to explain the situation.

Don't waste you time contacting the court its not your responsibility to chase up debters on their behalf, the balliff will inform the court. You could just wait for him to call again to save the phone call aswell.

They can't force their way into your home so i'd just wait for them to come round. Even returning the letters you may still get a visit so they can confirm you are not the person they want as he/she may just return them pretending to have moved address.

rsykes2000

jimboban wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up - to be honest, the volume of mail would necessitate a lot of "writing"!

The letter that I received wasn't from the court directly - but the bailiffs - how would I find out which court to write to?

What I did in this situation was call the bailiffs (house prior to the one I am living in got a load of letters shortly after I moved in, threatening dire legal consequences for the person who owned it before me). They actually listened to what I said, but asked me to prove I owned the place so I told them to check the land registry records. They did so, I heard nothing from them again.
You'll likely get people on this thread saying it is illegal to open other people's mail. It isn't, as long as it has been delivered correctly to the house stated on the envelope and you won't use any information to the detriment of the addressee.

asdash

We had a lot of post from previous people, I just printed some stickers on the computer with - No longer at this address on them and just stuck them on as the post came through the door and put them back in the post box

Andrea

nomoneytoday

Marstons are a "proper" bailiff, and not a DCA.

I faxed them a copy of my council tax bill, showing that the person listed on their warrant didn't live here. They sent me a receipt letter back saying thanks etc etc

smileygiraffe

We've had loads of these in Uni.

We've called the debt collectors to say that the person they're looking for can't be found on our address, but most of the time they then switch their contact details to ours!

For a while we had capital one calling us every day on the phone asking for the person who had run up the debt! eventually, after several angry phone calls, they stopped.

If we have to call a company to say that the person they're looking for isn't at our address, I always make sure to tell them clearly that the person they're looking for is not on my phone number nor my address. If you're clear enough they tend to leave you alone, if not, you can ask for a copy of your conversation with them