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Bailiff help
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Cherry_Bomb wrote: »Debt has been settled since Nov 2011 yet the bailiff is now trying to chase me for a call out charge I shouldn't have to pay seeing as there was no need for a call out.
The councils stance on it is there is no debt. The balance on my old CT account is £0.
Are you saying that even with a £0 balance I may still have to pay the bailiff?
Then the council should tell the bailiff that and the bailiff company should accept that - I've worked alongside 8 bailiff companies and this has always been the case with them all - I.e. thy nomally take their liens instructions. It seems strange though that it was passed to them in November and they have only visited now.I work in Council Tax recovery, any views are purely my own based on the information supplied.0 -
There is no council tax to recover. It's all been paid. It's up to the bailiffs now to try and get their fees.
If the bailiff visit prompts the payment direct to the council, which it does in quite a few cases, then that fee is legally due. The op needs to contact the council concerned and clarify this. The bailiff doesn't need to get a ccj as you suggested previously.I work in Council Tax recovery, any views are purely my own based on the information supplied.0 -
adi_clarke85 wrote: »Then the council should tell the bailiff that and the bailiff company should accept thatadi_clarke85 wrote: »It seems strange though that it was passed to them in November and they have only visited now.
It wasn't passed to them in November. The council for whatever reason didn't pass on the info hence why they've only turned up today.0 -
adi_clarke85 wrote: »If the bailiff visit prompts the payment direct to the council, which it does in quite a few cases, then that fee is legally due. The op needs to contact the council concerned and clarify this. The bailiff doesn't need to get a ccj as you suggested previously.:footie:
Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S)
Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money.
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