marstons bailiff threatening prison

[messycess]

Right these debts are catching up with me now thick and fast.

Today a bailiiff visited my property while i was at work. He told my girlfriend that i must pay £550 for an old TV license fine from my old address a few years ago. He said if i dont pay it he could arrest me! is this true? This is the very first time i have heard about the fine and had no idea i owed it as im guessing all previous letters from HMCTS were sent to my old address. Would it be possible to speak to HMCTS and set up a payment plan with them rather than marstons? Any help as always is very much appreciated.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

A baillif cannot arrest someone, its a load of rubbish!

Please have a read of this sticky, it shows how to deal with the idiots, I mean cretins, BAILLIF.. i mean baillif!!

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...The-First-Time

When are they saying it was from? remember if its over 6 years old they cannot collect it at all

[messycess]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

Hi thanks for the quick reply but the debt is only from 2 years ago! I have just spoke to my girlfriend and the bailiff never actually said HE could arrest me but that I COULD be arrested. Can i be arrested for a TV license fine???

[Hurricane Puffrose]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

To the best of my knowledge, no. Not unless you lamp the baillif (thats an example not a suggestion!!!).

The only way a baillif can have you arrested, and again this is to the best of my knowledge, is to give him reason to be "in fear of his life".
And they can't have your kids removed from you, or have you evicted for not letting them in (both i've heard from people I've mentioned this site to!) The only way a baillif can have you evicted is if the reason he/she is there is to evict you in the first place!

[ploddertom]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

When are they saying it was from? remember if its over 6 years old they cannot collect it at all

Court fines cannot be Statute Barred

[ploddertom]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

Hi thanks for the quick reply but the debt is only from 2 years ago! I have just spoke to my girlfriend and the bailiff never actually said HE could arrest me but that I COULD be arrested. Can i be arrested for a TV license fine???

If you have no knowledge of the fine as it is from an old address you may be able to go to Court and swear a Statutory Declaration to that effect which winds the clock back and gets rid of the Bailiff. I believe you have 21 days from when you became aware of this to do so. You should contact the Court where the fine was awarded and speak to either the fines officer or court manager - best done in person if possible, a receptionist may try to stall you so don't take no for an answer.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

Have you checked the date of the debt? made sure you hadn't moved out before it was added?

[Celestine]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

Thread moved to Bailiff forum. Thanks Plodder

[messycess]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

OOps wrong forum. Sorry!

I knew that i owed for a TV license but when i moved house i completely forgot about it. I have no idea of dates or anything the only paper work i have is todays "REMOVAL NOTICE" from marstons

[ploddertom]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

Follow what I said in Post 6.

[bluebottle]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

Marstons, like many other firms of certificated scumbags, sorry, bailiffs, will try their best to intimidate people into paying them money. What these morons and their employers, including the creditors who hire them, do not seem to realise is that they are going to do this once too often and it is, sooner or later, going to backfire on them. The saying "What goes around comes around" springs immediately to mind.

[labman]

Re: marstons bailiff threatening prison

As always excellent advice from PT - do as he says and contact the court.