Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

[Amy]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

It is not possible to prove a negative, they are clutching at straws and you must keep up the pressure.

[Arrogant Duck]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

I sent them a reply saying that I'll gladly prove the vehicle isn't mine when I take them to court.

[Amy]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

Is this correspondence in relation to a formal SAR?

[Arrogant Duck]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

No, already sent an SAR. My reply stated that the majority of charges added are invalid. All I want back is what I've overpaid.

[Amy]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

Then do what you threatened them with in post #23.

[Arrogant Duck]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

Somebody advised me to exhaust all methods of complaint before either complaining to the LGO or filling in a Form 4.

[Amy]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

I've just been back through your thread; do you know how much council tax was actually owed for each LO and are you sure this is completely paid up with the council now?

I rather think you have exhausted all avenues now.

[Arrogant Duck]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

I now have, in writing from the council, the exact amounts of the liabilty orders before Rossendales added any charges. I have paid in excess of this amount because of the invalid charges that Rossendales have added.

[Arrogant Duck]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

Just received another letter from these bunch of C-U-Next-Tuesday's...

They claim the onus is on me to prove that both the car they levied on does not belong to me as well as proving that a bailiff did not enter my property to conduct a levy on good therein. Surely this is unprecedented garbage!

They also state in writing that they are unaware of any part of the Council Tax (Administration & Enforcement) Regulations 1992 or subsequent amendment thereof which states that when a bailiff attends a property in respect of multiple Liability Orders that only one set of fees should be charged (even though visits took place on the same date, time, etc.)

In addition to the above, they are also unwilling to waive the two admin fees they added because I paid by debit card, stating that as I agreed to this at the time of the transaction.

I really have had enough now... Time to take this bunch of charlatans to court!!

[Amy]

Re: Are Rossendales trying to defraud money?

They claim the onus is on me to prove that both the car they levied on does not belong to me as well as proving that a bailiff did not enter my property to conduct a levy on good therein. Surely this is unprecedented garbage!

They are almost correct. The onus is indeed on you, but it is impossible to prove a negative, so you would have to prove the vehicle belongs to someone else. However, this would only apply if the levied vehicle belonged to say, another family member or a friend, who is not responsible for this debt. Therefore, it is impossible to prove that you do not own the vehicle levied.

In addition to the above, they are also unwilling to waive the two admin fees they added because I paid by debit card, stating that as I agreed to this at the time of the transaction.

They can be as unwilling as they like, but it does not change the fact that they are not allowed to charge a fee for paying via card and that is because there is no provision for this fee in the law.