No parking ticket, but being pursued. Help!

quatrofromageo

Hi guys,

I have a suspicious story to tell and am not sure what to do next and would appreciate any advice.

I moved out of a house in October 2015.

The new owner contacted me this week, having found me on social media.

He told me that bailiffs had turned up at the house, demanding payment for unpaid parking fines. They told him the name of their firm and a reference number.

I find this very suspicious for the following reasons:

I updated my car registration details with the DVLA as soon as I moved house. (This actually resulted in a speeding fine being sent to my new address!)

No parking fines have been stuck to my car.

No parking fines have been sent to me in the post at my new address.

The only places my car has been parked since October 2015 are my place of work (dedicated staff parking), my new home or on the driveways of friends/family.

What should I do?

I feel bad for the new owner if bailiffs really are knocking on his door.

However, I have not had a parking ticket stuck to my car.

The new owner has also not been forthcoming with information about the parking fine. Stating that it is "A parking fine" not "YOUR parking fine".

Maybe the parking fine actually belongs to my ex-wife? Who knows?

I'm naturally inclined to ignore the problem until it goes away. But I do feel worried about it.

Can anyone offer some advice?

The_Deep

Sound like a snafu, why not write to the court?

Umkomaas

You will be best served in dealing with bailiffs by making contact with 'Bailiff Advice Online'. Sheila, who provides this excellent service, has an extremely good reputation for assisting people with bailiff issues.

Calls and the email enquiry service are free.

Here's your link:

http://bailiffadviceonline.co.uk

HTH

Giant_Hogweed

Surely if bailiffs have called then loads of other stages have passed including a court hearing and bailiffs being instructed?
The OP can't have missed all these and those in themselves don't happen overnight.
Wrong address/car reg maybe? Plenty of these on here.

interstellaflyer

Giant_Hogweed wrote: »

Surely if bailiffs have called then loads of other stages have passed including a court hearing and bailiffs being instructed?
The OP can't have missed all these and those in themselves don't happen overnight.
Wrong address/car reg maybe? Plenty of these on here.

Surely that would depend on whether they were in fact official court appointed bailiffs as opposed to debt collectors playing at being bailiffs.

Giant_Hogweed

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Surely that would depend on whether they were in fact official court appointed bailiffs as opposed to debt collectors playing at being bailiffs.

Yes there is that possibility but is this a common occurrence? Although relatively new to this site I've yet to read anyone else who's had a similar experience, and if someone turns up at my door without a court order they'll be getting little change out of me barring a "you're trespassing" message very firmly!

fisherjim

"They told him the name of their firm"

Knowing this would be a help, did you ask him!

maninthestreet

So you have paid the speeding fine that received after you moved addresses?