high court writ

dmrjkr

Hi,
I had a phone call this morning regarding a debt that has slipped my mind,
He said he was from the sherrifs office and theres a high court writ been isued regarding this debt it just under £5000.

I have no assests im on benefits
If they came into my house they would get about £30 for the tv every thing else is worth nothing,

I tried to arange a payment plan but he was having none of that,

My question is if i have no assets of any real value
What will they do?

Thanks in advance

harveybobbles

Are you in Scotland?

dmrjkr

harveybobbles wrote: »

Are you in Scotland?

Hi,
No in England

FireWyrm

dmrjkr wrote: »

Hi,
No in England

Or was the debt incurred in Scotland? We dont have sheriffs unless you could Yorkshire.

The principle is the same though. They cant actually get blood out of a stone and if you have no assets, then there is nothing to seize. Either they come to an 'arrangement' or it gets referred back to the court who then come to an arrangement anyway. The bottom line is that you have nothing to take and no means to pay their demand. I guess, the first port of call is citizens advice because we are confused over your jurisdiction and whether this falls under Scottish or English rules.

dmrjkr

Hi sorry for the confusion
This is the company
And the debt was incurred in England

The sherifs office
Airport House,
Purley Way,
Croydon,
Surrey
CR0 0XZ

dmrjkr

And when they phoned this morning they said they will be out byb12:00 noon today 9/1/15 but still no show

dmrjkr

Also can they remove items from my childrens room ie tv console witch he brought him self

thewhiteavenger

The Sheriffs Office is just the name of the commercial HCEO company that feature on the BBC's [STRIKE]advert [/STRIKE]programme about them The Sheriffs are Coming

Unless this is a criminal fine in the magistrates court they cannot force entry.

You can (a) talk to them though an upstairs window and tell them where to go, (b) be out

You could let them in as they are unlikely to remove anything but you will be subject to several hours of pressure to find cash. They can't take control of goods that are not yours.

This can't be a consumer credit act debt but whatever it is it needs sorting, together with any other debts you have. So advice from CAB or National Debtline on Monday would be a good idea.

Edit -National Debtline Call us free on 0808 808 4000 Saturday 9.30am to 1pm

poppasmurf_bewdley

If you literally haven't got anything they can levy on, then the company have wasted their money issuing a writ. They cannot take any of your children's possessions, but you (they) may have to prove ownership.

chanz4

how does 5k slip your mind? Whats the debt for?

dmrjkr

Hi and thankyou for the replys
The debt is for rent threw a private landlord
The past thew months iv been trying to sort my debts out and this one honestly slipped threw the net

Thanks for your time and patenence