Court Fine

FLOPPY_DISK

A lapse of a tv licence resulted in a £450-00 Magistrates fine it was being paid directly from my JSA @ £5-00 P/W my benefit changed so they stopped paying I didn't notice (should have done) anyway letter from Bailiff company you owe £275-00 emailed them...no answer...phoned court you must speak to them out of our hands so i phoned them...You must speak to the Bailiff himself he beat me to it posted final notice through door you owe £550-00.. he came round I'm coming in to take your goods.. no your not you cant do that after some time he left i didn't let him in or sign anything....can they charge this money and what happens now?....He's going to come back.:mad:

HappyMJ

No they can't charge it but it won't stop them from trying. You will need to speak to the fines officer at the court and set up a new direct debit of £5 a week.

Tixy

Did you let him into your property? Has he ever been into your property in the past?

Who is the bailiff firm?

[Deleted User]

How long did you not pay TV for? Out of interest please?

geoffky

next time do not admit to needing one...they can not do a thing if you refuse to speak to them..just shut the door..there is no such thing as a detector van

RAS

HI

Court fines are a different matter to a lot of other debts.

Please ring National DebtLine and get advice because they can wrack up a lot more fees.

give_them_FA

That sounds an extremely stiff fine for someone on benefits, did you fill in your means form properly?

Bailiffs are being instructed more by criminal courts now, but they are relatively easy to avoid if you are careful. Never, ever, allow him into the property no matter what excuses he makes (need to use toilet/ need to phone office/don't want neighbours to hear are common) keep all doors and windows locked and don't open the door to him, I take it you have no car? They won't keep calling and will return the warrant to the Court, minus their robbing charges.

You need to make an application to pay by instalments again. I suggest you see a solicitor, you should be able to get a free consultation if on benefits.

chanz4

If its a court fine, you may get an arrest warrant .

hallowitch

you should have received a further steps notice from the court before it was passed over to the bailiffs

there have been a lot of posts over on CAG about bailiffs turning up and the court haven't sent out a further steps notice first

FLOPPY_DISK

Tixy wrote: »

Did you let him into your property? Has he ever been into your property in the past?

Who is the bailiff firm?

No I refused to let him in and never been here before (MARSTON)

FLOPPY_DISK

give_them_FA wrote: »

That sounds an extremely stiff fine for someone on benefits, did you fill in your means form properly?

Bailiffs are being instructed more by criminal courts now, but they are relatively easy to avoid if you are careful. Never, ever, allow him into the property no matter what excuses he makes (need to use toilet/ need to phone office/don't want neighbours to hear are common) keep all doors and windows locked and don't open the door to him, I take it you have no car? They won't keep calling and will return the warrant to the Court, minus their robbing charges.

You need to make an application to pay by instalments again. I suggest you see a solicitor, you should be able to get a free consultation if on benefits.

I've learned today that the court should have sent me a FURTHER STEPS NOTICE i've never received one if i had i would have dealt with it i've also spent an age on the phone to the court trying to speak to a human but cant get past machine that says "please hold to speak a an advisor" and then phone is cut off.