Your help would be much appreciated ! court fines

dianet2

hi
i started a thread on here a while ago, due to my partner missing his last installment of his van insurance, (he has since been diagonosed with depression which i can only put down to him being so forgetful during that time ) he was caught and fined and due to appear in court but sadly sufferred a brain heamorrage due to a head injury. I had problems but we managed to come to an agreement of £10 per week to pay off the fine to the court bailiff.
My partner fortunatly did get better after 6 months off work and has recently started working again part time. He has continued to keep up with the fine payments but out of the blue a phone call today saying he must now pay the full fine plus expenses for the courts and the bailiff dealing with it. The bailiff said he made an agreement to pay £10 per week for a limited time only and he said he has sent 2 letters to our house regarding the payment of the fine in full. Because he hadnt responded to the letters he now has to come up with £1600.00 by 12.00 tommrow if not he will appear in court on friday and either be sentenced of i presume a bailiff warrent issued.
We are at our wits end because we never recieved any letters stating term agreements or any final payment warnings, all i do know is he kept paying weekly payments direct to her majestys courts. Had we got any of these letters we may have been able to sort something but we have no proof we have not recieved any mail.
Theres no way he can come up with the full amount within less than 24 hours ! Can they still go ahead and do want they want ? from what i gather it is the courts telling the bailiff to go ahead. my partner argued that he has kept up with all payments, that had he recieved a letter we may have been able to organise ourselves a bit more. can anyone give advice, it just seems so unfair for what he has been through.
I would be grateful for any advice you can give.
thanks for reading
diane

RAS

Herbie21 runs this web-site http://www.bailiffadviceonline.co.uk/ - 0906 802 0273 (60p a min) Read up there.

SHe may post here if you send her a PM, otherwise try leaving her a message and see if she can pick up your thread here.

dianet2

thankyou ras, ill take a look at the link, although im not sure how much help it will be as these are your ordinary bailiffs but ones sent by the court.
thanks again
diane

RAS

Hi

Herbie21 deals wirth court bailiffs as well as CT ones. Please get in touch with her or perhaps National Debt Line?

HappyMJ

Go to the fines officer at the court and create a new agreement. I didn't know they tried to change the instalments after 1 was agreed. I'm paying £10 a month towards fines and I thought that was it. Pay the £10 a month forever and they leave you alone.

dianet2

hi ras, thanks for the link, it still hasnt helped but helped me to make clearer sense of what a county court bailiff actually is ! as i was very confused about what they are and getting them mixed up with debt collectors.
iv tried to pm herbie21 but they must have their message inbox full as not accepting.
thanks so much anyway for your help
diane

dianet2

can anyone else help ? im not sure by the sounds of it that negotiations can be made at this point from the conversation he had on the phone with the bailiff, it seems a case of pay up tommrow by 12 noon or else. what will happen now as i dont think theres anyway he can come up with £1600 by tommrow unless he goes to a loan shark ! which iv begged him not to

dianet2

hes tried the national debt phone line .. which seems constantly engaged ! hopefully he will get through there for some advice.

katsu

Call the Herbie21 phone number - other people have posted that they found it helpful - even tho it isn't cheap it sounds like you need the urgent advice. Good luck.

HappyMJ

dianet2 wrote: »

can anyone else help ? im not sure by the sounds of it that negotiations can be made at this point from the conversation he had on the phone with the bailiff, it seems a case of pay up tommrow by 12 noon or else. what will happen now as i dont think theres anyway he can come up with £1600 by tommrow unless he goes to a loan shark ! which iv begged him not to

The bailiff is bluffing. Magistrates court bailiffs don't do that. I'd call his bluff and go to the court and see the judge. They do understand that not everyone can magic up £1600 in 1 day and they'll set a repayment schedule again.

dianet2

katsu wrote: »

Call the Herbie21 phone number - other people have posted that they found it helpful - even tho it isn't cheap it sounds like you need the urgent advice. Good luck.

thanks, its good to know it must be a good number to phone if recommended by other users.

thanks
diane