Bailiff SAR Good News

[Caspar]

Re: Bailiff SAR Good News

Thanks Amy,

The reason I cannot take the same action again as I did with the levy fees was that the cheque was enclosed with their reply to my SAR - they obviously knew what would happen, so pre-empted it.

The fees are different as they claim they did happen, but we don't think they did as we never received paperwork. Are they supposed to keep copies of the paperwork they post through your door when they visit as proof? If not, what other proof would they have that a visit has taken place - they can write anything down on an SAR? At least with the levies there should have been paper work to back up what they claimed. Do you see what I'm trying to get at?

Thanks for your help, and sorry again for the confusion.

[Amy]

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Yes, of course they should keep paperwork. They should also be able to describe your house, the colour of your front door, how well or how poorly the property is kept, if any cars were on your drive, if you have a drive. Things like that.

Bailiffs have been known to use Google Earth for this, but I remember one poster was able to prove he didn't have the colour front door the bailiffs said he did at the time they said he did.

Were all these visits made on separate dates?

[Caspar]

Re: Bailiff SAR Good News

Visits
LO1 31/05/2007 and 04/06/2007

LO2 29/05/2007 and 04/06/2007

LO3 17/08/2007 and 20/08/2007

LO4 27/08/2007 and 03/09/2007

Presumably visit 2 for LO's 1 and 2 should have been one charge?

My house is described only as semi-detached in fair condition on every single visit. Is this sufficient?

[Amy]

Re: Bailiff SAR Good News

Presumably visit 2 for LO's 1 and 2 should have been one charge?

Yes, this should be one charge only.

My house is described only as semi-detached in fair condition on every single visit. Is this sufficient?

Not really, this describes a fair few houses in the UK. However, I'm not sure what you would be able to do about this since it has been so long. Then again, they paid out for the levies when they could have fabricated the paperwork, so what do you have to lose by trying.

[Caspar]

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Thanks Amy,

That's brilliant. I might as well try and reclaim the visits as I've got to buy a stamp to reclaim the visit fee in any case.

Thanks again for all your help,

casps

[WendyB]

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I don't get this.You are saying that they refunded you for levies, but that they never did any levies, so in effect they have refunded you for levies that they never actually charged you in the first place, therefore if they hadn't charged you, you obviously couldn't have paid it. So they "refunded" you money they didn't owe you in the first place? Have I got that right?

If this is the case - and I think this is what Leclerc was asking earlier - then you've had money you weren't actually entitled to. Whilst I don't necessarily agree with him that you should return these monies which were incorrect (perhaps I don't have as many morals as he does lol, and I'd treat it as "compensation" for the way they dealt with you, and also because they are bailiffs and deserve it!!) I think I'd be inclined to stick with the money that I'd already got,mainly because it's more than the charges you haven't claimed for the visits,or non-visits as the case may be. As in what you weren't entitled to but have ended up with is more than what you were entitled to, but haven't had, so you've come out better off. If you see what I mean.

Of course, if I've completely misunderstood your posts then ignore everything I've just said.

[Caspar]

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they Hi Wendy,

Yes, you've misunderstood. It's quoted chapter and verse in a post to Amy above, but what basically happened is we settled everything over these 4 LO's three years ago. We were in a mess and glad to get rid of them. Since I've discovered about their overcharging via this site, I SAR'd them (having already paid everything) and they claim they made 4 levies which I'd paid for, but they have no evidence to prove they levied anything, hence the refund.

Does that make sense?

Casps

[WendyB]

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Yes, that makes things clearer, I read the post to Amy but it just seemed a bit ambiguous/unclear, hence my questions. And what's NNDR? Sorry if I'm being a bit dim today

[Caspar]

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Sorry Wendy,
Honestly I'm not ignoring you. For some reason I missed your question.

NNDR are Business Rates (National Non Domestic Rates) -ie- Council Tax for businesses.

[WendyB]

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yes I realised that later when I got my brain back in.Didn't realise you'd been in business, thought you were a Headmaster...sorry

[CleverClogs]

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Didn't realise you'd been in business, thought you were a Headmaster...sorry

NNDR for Dotheboys Hall? (link)

[Caspar]

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Gawd, I'd forgotten about this thread.

Wendy, I know it's totally irrelevant now, but I never replied to your question. I was a Headmaster, had nervous breakdown so was pensioned off on health grounds, then in an effort to get back to work ran a business for three or four years, hence the NNDR's.

All thankfully in the past now.