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[teaboy2]

Re: Hi

Thanks teaboy2 for your thorough explanation and patience in replying to me. It increasingly looks likely that I will have to bite the bullet and allow them to enter my home and proceed with the levy.

If I did contemplate what CleverCloggs suggests and offer to pay the debt on my nephew's behalf, what would you suggest the minimum I should negotiate from if I asked the bailiff if he would accept instalments. The debt is £525.

I think I will also see, if I have time, if drawing up a Statutory Declaration as CleverCloggs suggest will have any influence on the bailiff's actions.

Thanks again for your helpful replies over the last few days. I truly appreciate it.

Cheers
Clay

Your safest bet would be the satutory declaration route - you will need to have a solicitor draw this up for you and counter sign it, declaring all property in the house as yours, your nepthew may also have to make one declaring the same.

This will force them to go back to court and get an attachement of earnings order or estabish a sensible repayment plan based on your nepthews income and expenditure per month, which given hes on benefits will likely be just £1 a month till he finds work.

You could make an offer to pay say £50 a month (they probably will not accept less than that), or negotiate a payment with the bailiff on your naphews behalf and have your nepthew pay you back from his benefits.

[clay]

Re: Hi

Your safest bet would be the satutory declaration route - you will need to have a solicitor draw this up for you and counter sign it, declaring all property in the house as yours, your nepthew may also have to make one declaring the same.

This will force them to go back to court and get an attachement of earnings order or estabish a sensible repayment plan based on your nepthews income and expenditure per month, which given hes on benefits will likely be just £1 a month till he finds work.

You could make an offer to pay say £50 a month (they probably will not accept less than that), or negotiate a payment with the bailiff on your naphews behalf and have your nepthew pay you back from his benefits.

Thanks for your quick response, teaboy2.

Would I have to attach a Declaration Schedule of items to the Statutory Declaration?

Cheers
Clay

[teaboy2]

Re: Hi

Not certain on that but i suspect that stating all items, fittings, funiture and other property inside your house are your sole property, would suffice.

Though the solicitor would beable to advise you more percisely on that.