sheriff officers (scotland/england)

Euphoria1z

Can someone tell me if Scottish sheriff officers who are chasing council tax debt, can they visit you if your living in england ( but the property in question is in scotland)?

do they travel to england? or do they send english sheriff officers instead? or do they do nothing as its a different country? or does it not make a difference?

thanks

CIS

To enforce an English council tax debt in Scotland you have to apply via the Scottish courts, I would presume the same applies in reverse.

jay1181

i would have thought they would just instruct bailiffs then if you were living in England as sheriff's officers can only enforce in Scotland. I may be wrong

CIS

i would have thought they would just instruct bailiffs then if you were living in England as sheriff's officers can only enforce in Scotland. I may be wrong

Ordinarily they would but with it being a different legal system it has to via a court first - bailiffs would then be the equivalent action.

Buzby

No - in the same way an action in England can be enforced by Sheriff Officers in Scotland, the reverse is true. A SO has no jurisdiction in E&W, so would not 'visit you'. But they would simply instruct a Bailiff who is licenced to act as their enforcement (and this almost doubles the charges).

There is no need to have the action reheard in an English court.