High Court Enforcement Officer???

UnderPressure

Hello

Am I right in thinking that a high court enforcement officer has the same rights as any other bailiff apart from they do not have to serve any notice before visiting?

The still cannot force entry etc etc for a non HMRC debt?

Thanks

nottoolate

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_wales/factsheet.php?page=31_dealing_with_debts_in_the_high_court

"Enforcement officers cannot break into your home (or any residential property) to seize goods. If you do not allow them to enter your home at any time they cannot seize goods."

UnderPressure

Hello

Thanks for that, I have used the national debtline before dont know why I did not think of checking their site it is excellent.

I had a funny feeling they were basically the same just had one trying to bamboozle me a bit on the phone ahhhh well bless him for trying

Thanks again

RAS

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Watch out as they can charge much higher fees.

UnderPressure

Hi RAS

Tell me about it the cheeky !!**!!*

It's Marstons I have had the mispleasure of dealing with them now on and off for just over 12 months, they come I tll them where to go usual bla bla bla

They are really starting to get on my wik now though, I am in touch with nationaldebtline quite a lot these days, excellent people there, they reccomend I should go bankrupt but not being one to walk away from stuff too easily I am still fighting very much a losing battle if I could just fend these dam people from Marstons off for good I might have a very slim chance of being able to come to arrangements that are affordable, I know they cant come in and take things and cause havoc, I live in a rented property with a long drive that has locked gates on it so they never get anywhere near the house, he could jump over if he wanted but I see them pulling up in their car and go out to them, I am a big guy (gentle giant lol but they dont know that) so they never try any funny business.

Im just getting a bit fed up of them and having to be on my guard all the time because of them, really tempted to bring the whole thing to a hlat and look into bankruptcy but its only 3 creditors that are being unreasonable and using bailiff's the rest are quite sympathetic and have come to arrangements so I fell sorry on them really.

ahhhhhhhhhh bad day, I get rid of them then another letter comes then a phone call I am thick skinned but beginning to think they are jus think they dont seem to get the message!

ANyhow sorry for the waffle thanks for the advice

DarkConvict

Doesn't it cost the creditor a fee of £1500 to have a debt shifted to the high court in order to use high court bailiffs?

UnderPressure

Not as far as I am aware, mmmmmm none of them have hit me with a £1500 bill anyhow??

It seems from my chats with the national debtline that any ccj that does not fall under the consumer credit act has to be passed off to a high court to be allowed to use bailiff's to recover the debt, for instance this particular debt is for central heating oil as we live in the middle of nowhere we have no access to natural gas so have oil fired central heating, this particular debt as said is from an oil company that sipplied us with oil to keep us and the family warm over last winter, it is one of the most expensive ways to heat your house known to man! It used to be relatively cheap because of the price of oil but over the last 4 years I have sen the cost of central heating oil rise by well over 300%.

You have to be paying oil companies around £100 a month every month even in summer to ensure you have enough oil over winter! The house I live in is fully double glazed, cavity wall insulated, loft insulation and the landlord had a new boiler put in 4 years ago that is still 96% efficient so in terms of use, I would consider our actual oil consumption quite low!

Anyhow sorry I digress................... so because this debt does not fall under the consumer credit act even though they have obtained a ccj they cannot use county court bailiff's to collect it has to be passed off to the high court then private bailiff's or high court enforcement officers (cowboys in my book!)

That is what I understand from the national debtline anyhow. If it was £1500 I think it is about that for a creditor to declare you bankrupt isnt it? THey would have done me a favour doing this in a lot of ways, the longer this nightmare goes on the more favourably I am looking at bankruptcy wipe the slate clean in 1 go, I dont know sometimes trying to claw your way back just seems to create more grief......................