High Court Writ

alltaken

I received a CCJ a couple of years ago that was upgraded to a high court writ immediately after. Made a few payments but the high court enforcement (Andrew Wilson) couldn't take any further action and in time passed the claim back to the original clients solicitor where it currently resides.

I spoke to my OR today during my interview and they seem to think that the writ is excluded from the bankruptcy, any opinions?

I've tried to contact the solicitors but they keep telling me to contact their client directly.

Johno100

You missed out at least one important piece of information, what was debt in respect of?

alltaken

Nursery fees

debt_doctor

Hi,


It is a bankruptcy debt.
They may be confusing the theoretical possibility that if the bailiffs managed to seize goods then that debt could have become 'secured' on goods and allow them to continue with the sale of those goods.
It would however still be a bankruptcy debt - and the theoretical argument does not hold up in practice.
-And also, High Court Bailiffs do not have any more powers than county court bailiffs, despite the claims made on 'Can't pay - we'll take it away!' It's the type of warrant that holds the power, not the type of bailiff.
DD

alltaken

Sound advice thanks, Stepchange confirmed as you just have. Strangely when I called my OR back later on that day to let her know I'd been advised differently and just wondered what I should do now, she became extremely annoyed and short. I'll have to watch out in future!

Johno100

alltaken wrote: »

Sound advice thanks, Stepchange confirmed as you just have. Strangely when I called my OR back later on that day to let her know I'd been advised differently and just wondered what I should do now, she became extremely annoyed and short. I'll have to watch out in future!

Phone the office again and find out the name of the Assistant Official Receiver for your case, the boss of the person you were most likely speaking to. Then write them a letter (marked Private & Confidential) setting out the issue and ask them to confirm that the debt is included in your bankruptcy.