Bailiff took money on expired warrant?

Tilt

Joe_Horner wrote: »

So it's ok for baliffs to break the rules as long as that gets results, and the people they do that to should just treat it as a learning thang.

Why waste time with clamps if that's the case? Why not just come round with baseball bats? After all, if you didn't owe the money.....

No, i'm not saying that at all. If the bailiffs had taken the car, then the OP would definitely have grounds for getting it back immediately.

But at the end of the day they would not be there at all if the OP had dealt with the matter correctly. If the original PCN was issued incorrectly there is a appeal process to follow as well as the opportunity to have the matter decided by an independent adjudicator. Even after it gets as far as the LA applying to the traffic enforcement centre (TEC), the OP could of still applied to have the matter suspended.

Unless there is any further info from the OP (only one post so far), we are left to assume that he has simply ignored the process hoping that it will go away and now he has been forced to pay the inflated amount, he is now seeking a way to get a refund. While I agree that bailiffs should make sure that the paperwork is in order, in these circumstances (in the absence of further info), I think the bailiff's actions would be seen as a 'slight technical error' in their conduct and perhaps been given a slap on the wrist.

But at the end of the day they have done the job that they were required to do which was recover the debt owed by the OP.

Obviously the OP could take it further but it still will not change the fact that he has an outstanding PCN to rectify.

Joe_Horner

So who exactly decides where the acceptable line in rule breaking is between "a slight technical error" and "beating 7 shades of sh*t"?

Regardless of the Op's position, those with authority in a society cannot be allowed to step over the lines drawn by that society. If they do, they should be taken to task.