Bailiff enforcing Merseyflow fine

Demivolt11

Hi guys, first time poster here.

So, 2 days ago, my girlfriend had the horrendous experience of being (as my documented next of kin) contacted by a bailiff with a warrant of control and (apparently) the right to enter our property and remove assets etc, or to pay the total of £380!

Turns out this was related to an unpaid Merseyflow bridge toll from back in February. Annoyingly, it must have just slipped my mind as I think I was late and rushing to a medical training session at the time. The reason it got to this level was that it seems I hadn't updated my v5c and all the letters were going to my old address! Despite having given our forwarding address to the old landlord and tenants, none of these were ever forwarded.

My worry now is not so much the cost of the fine but whether I have a CCJ. I would have thought I clearly would have, however a check on my credit score shows it to be unaffected, and a direct check on the register itself (paid the £6) shows no judgements. The documentation from the bailiff shows a warrant of control to have been issued by the Traffic Enforcement Centre on 10/6/19, so, it being over a month I would've thought it would show up by now.

Thanks to all the helpful posters previously, I'm thankfully now aware of the potential to apply for a set aside etc but I can't yet find evidence that I actually have a CCJ.

Should I wait, get legal advice, or just commence the set aside proceedings? Or commence the out of time witness statement in relation to the fine?

Also, would having not updated my V5c give me no grounds for applying for a set aside if it came to that?

Thanks ever so much for reading this guys!

Quentin

You need to take this to pepipoo for best advice

This forum majors on private parking invoices rather than proper council fines

(The debt free wannabes forum here can help over bailiffs)

Redx

Try Sheila at bailiffadviceonline

tboo

Demivolt11 wrote: »

Despite having given our forwarding address to the old landlord and tenants, none of these were ever forwarded.

Just my pennyworth


It beggers believe that people rely on others to forward on their mail after they have left the property.


It's darn right rude, even if a handfull of stamps/envelopes were left, why should the l/l or new tenants do this?



The previous owners of my sister's house did this and then they complained to her when they didn't receive something they were expecting :shocked:

BrownTrout

I have to agree with the above
12 months mail fowarding costs very little and i have used it and it really did prove very very useful !

Quentin

Depends on your definition of very little!

£70 for one name plus £10 per person extra