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I have another thread on here relating to a council tax bailiff issue, I've opened this for clarity as it relates to a very different bailiff situation which I'm facing.
I have had a visit from another bailiff in August saying he had a distress warrant (He never actually showed me any paperwork) relating to unpaid court fines (I had major surgery and had to go onto benefits and couldn't pay, they refused to consider the reason for non-payment valid and instructed Marstons as soon as the first payment was missed). I refused entry and asked for a payment plan to be considered without giving any details of my financial situation. I have since moved, and am waiting to be added to the electoral roll at my new address.
I am in a slightly better position now, and could make some contributions to the fines, but the bailiff, when he visited last time, absolutely refused to consider any form of payment plan. He informed me he was only willing to accept the full payment on the spot along with £70 for sending me a letter 2 weeks previously (I did recieve it) and £200 for his attendance that day. When I recieved the letter I attempted to contact Marstons, but the phone was answered and hung up immediately, they publish no email address and my letter was ignored. I didn't think to send the letter recorded delivery so couldn't prove I had sent it.
I informed him I did not own goods to the value of the fine, and he suggested he would take what he wanted, then we could simply prove that it was owned by somebody else, and we could get it from their office (120 miles away). I asked him how we would prove what my partner owned, he said he would only accept credit card statements or reciepts. I asked him if he had a receipt for every item in his house, he said no, so I asked him if he would let me in in the same circumstances, he got angry and started shouting about going back to the court and that I would be very sorry.
A few years ago I lost all of my possessions during a serious issue in my life. Since then I have either been in very low paid work or unemployed, so I currently only own outright my clothes and a few items relating to my studies (University mature student). My partner owns everything else in our house, but this has been built up by her over her lifetime. Some things purchased since we moved in together 18 months ago have been bought with my credit/debit cards, but the money is hers.
My questions would be:
Should I contact Marstons and inform them of my house move as a gesture of goodwill and to indicate I am not intending to run from the debt?
Is there a way of compelling this debt back to the court who originally issued it so that I can return to dealing with them?
How can I prove my lack of possessions or that the contents of the house belong to my partner?
I am a student living on a loan/overdraft, so I don't have much income and certainly cannot pay almost £1000 of fines in a lump sum.
Thankyou in advance!
I have had a visit from another bailiff in August saying he had a distress warrant (He never actually showed me any paperwork) relating to unpaid court fines (I had major surgery and had to go onto benefits and couldn't pay, they refused to consider the reason for non-payment valid and instructed Marstons as soon as the first payment was missed). I refused entry and asked for a payment plan to be considered without giving any details of my financial situation. I have since moved, and am waiting to be added to the electoral roll at my new address.
I am in a slightly better position now, and could make some contributions to the fines, but the bailiff, when he visited last time, absolutely refused to consider any form of payment plan. He informed me he was only willing to accept the full payment on the spot along with £70 for sending me a letter 2 weeks previously (I did recieve it) and £200 for his attendance that day. When I recieved the letter I attempted to contact Marstons, but the phone was answered and hung up immediately, they publish no email address and my letter was ignored. I didn't think to send the letter recorded delivery so couldn't prove I had sent it.
I informed him I did not own goods to the value of the fine, and he suggested he would take what he wanted, then we could simply prove that it was owned by somebody else, and we could get it from their office (120 miles away). I asked him how we would prove what my partner owned, he said he would only accept credit card statements or reciepts. I asked him if he had a receipt for every item in his house, he said no, so I asked him if he would let me in in the same circumstances, he got angry and started shouting about going back to the court and that I would be very sorry.
A few years ago I lost all of my possessions during a serious issue in my life. Since then I have either been in very low paid work or unemployed, so I currently only own outright my clothes and a few items relating to my studies (University mature student). My partner owns everything else in our house, but this has been built up by her over her lifetime. Some things purchased since we moved in together 18 months ago have been bought with my credit/debit cards, but the money is hers.
My questions would be:
Should I contact Marstons and inform them of my house move as a gesture of goodwill and to indicate I am not intending to run from the debt?
Is there a way of compelling this debt back to the court who originally issued it so that I can return to dealing with them?
How can I prove my lack of possessions or that the contents of the house belong to my partner?
I am a student living on a loan/overdraft, so I don't have much income and certainly cannot pay almost £1000 of fines in a lump sum.
Thankyou in advance!
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