jbw enforcement acting on the enfiorecers bb1 weds @8.30pm

BAILIFFCHASER

Did anybody see these clowns acting on the enforcers on weds 14th novemeber at 20.30 on bbc 1. What did you think ? Were they right in doing what they were doing ? Also did you know that mr newton was uncertificated when this programme was recorded and also jason hillier the chap who caught white van man has never had a certificate ?

d123

I saw the program, Jamie Waller (Wally, more like ) did seem a total prat.
I couldn't believe the part in the apartment where the guy opened the door and he then stepped into the doorway saying now that he had crossed the threshold he was entitled to enter!

I wonder where he got his legal training?

I though the program was tantamount to a propaganda film, the way it flipped between the police and bailiffs, almost as if it was trying to insinuate they were both "enforcers" and both had power to act.

BAILIFFCHASER

yes

This was supposedly a documentary with real things going on.

tallyhoh

isnt it correct then that if they get a foot in they can enter? Do they have to be invited or have all their body in, what is the ruling?

mum2one

yes

basically if the door os opened then technically that constitues an entry and they have the right to enter the building, same as if the door was unlocked or a window open that they could get through.

mum2one

yes

I may be having a senior moment, but did have the programme on, was that the one where they pulled that woman uo for no insurance, put the stickers on her car, as they said she had no insurance, then she had a lift of a good samartian (yes as though you would offer a stranger a lift - unless there was a camera crew), and she got done for driving offences.

yet the poor lady in the 1st place had got insurance, - not been updated on the system - Poor woman, Id of gone mad

nottoolate

someone posted this the other day

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/ManagingDebt/DebtsAndArrears/DG_10034289

What bailiffs can and can't do

If County Court bailiffs come to your home, you don't have to let them in.
They can't force their way in on their first visit, but they can enter through an open window, or an unlocked door. Forced entry includes pushing past you once you have opened the door to them or leaving their foot in the door to prevent you closing it. Such action would make the whole process illegal.
Bailiffs trying to recover money you owe to HMRC are allowed to break into your home, providing they have a magistrates' warrant.
Bailiffs recovering unpaid magistrates' court fines, however, do have the power to force entry.

rog2

no

tallyhoh wrote: »

isnt it correct then that if they get a foot in they can enter? Do they have to be invited or have all their body in, what is the ruling?

A 'Foot in the Door' does NOT constitute 'peacefull entry'. Neither can a Bailiff push past you to 'gain' entry. NOR does, as the programme implied, closing the door on a bailiff constitute assault.
I have, deliberately, not commented on the programme, until now, but I have to say that the BBC's 'glorification' of this disgusting band of criminals does absolutely nothing to enhance my perception of the role of 'bailiffs' in the collection of debt.
I am surprised that no-one has taken the BBC to task, over this program, as it definitely gave out the message that 'bailffs' such as JBW could both behave, and do, as they wished without regard for the law.

Conor_3

Why wasn't the driver of the red volvo charged with driving an overloaded vehicle? Why wasn't the owner of the red volvo charged with allowing his vehicle to be used by an uninsured driver? In fact, if VOSA had been present, they'd have thrown the book at the pair of them.

BAILIFFCHASER

yes

Conor wrote: »

Why wasn't the driver of the red volvo charged with driving an overloaded vehicle? Why wasn't the owner of the red volvo charged with allowing his vehicle to be used by an uninsured driver? In fact, if VOSA had been present, they'd have thrown the book at the pair of them.

That is the difference with factual and made up story lines.

mum2one

yes

BAILIFFCHASER wrote: »

That is the difference with factual and made up story lines.

Or was half of that just fot the TV cameras!!