Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

[saqademus]

Re: Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

So since they don't know where I currently live and have no way of finding out.... Will they eventually pass the debt back to the council? And so I can pay them directly without the added fees?

[saqademus]

Re: Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

bump

[saqademus]

Re: Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

bump for response!

[pepsie]

Re: Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

So since they don't know where I currently live and have no way of finding out.... Will they eventually pass the debt back to the council? And so I can pay them directly without the added fees?

You can do exactly that without waiting for it to be passed back to the Council...you simply pay using the Councils online payment facilities, quoting account reference on CT bill. The sooner you start to show you are willing to pay (at a rate you find affordable) the possibility of the Council going for committal when the bailiff returns the debt to them becomes almost nil. The bailiff can claim his £42.50 for legitimate visits and if that is paid he will need to take you to court to claim any other fees he alleges are owed, of course he will then have to justify those fees to a Judge...won't he?????

Pepsie

[saqademus]

Re: Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

The law says you dont owe any council tax at all. Payment of council tax is the landlord's responsibility.

Section 2 of the Council Tax (Liability for Owners) Regulations 1992. Tenants renting rooms or do not occupy the whole dwelling are not liable for council tax.

Write to the council saying you are students in a shared house quoting the above legislation, and ask the liability order be quashed under Section 82 of the Local Government Act 2003.

If you get excuses from the council, then ask the Local Government Ombudsman to intervene.

I dont think the house was a HMO, we were all on the same contract with the same start and end date. that means its not a HMO right?

[saqademus]

Re: Newby here - Bristow and Sutor Bailiff fees

You can do exactly that without waiting for it to be passed back to the Council...you simply pay using the Councils online payment facilities, quoting account reference on CT bill. The sooner you start to show you are willing to pay (at a rate you find affordable) the possibility of the Council going for committal when the bailiff returns the debt to them becomes almost nil. The bailiff can claim his £42.50 for legitimate visits and if that is paid he will need to take you to court to claim any other fees he alleges are owed, of course he will then have to justify those fees to a Judge...won't he?????

Pepsie

Thanks for your response. I've started paying them directly now, and will pay the rest off within the next couple of months.


btw-

1 - how many Liability Orders they have against you- 1
2 - the dates they were obtained- 21 sept 2011
3 - the addresses they were for - Number 49
4 - the period of time each covers- 14^th oct 2011
5 - how much each one was for-831.65 + 70 cost
6 - how much is still outstanding- 300
7 - the dates they were passed on for enforcement- 17^th oct 2011