breakdown of charges council tax

[sanj]

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Hi got a reply back from S/G...


2)They were not passed the original liability order by Hillingdon council,and have ask me to contact them directly.
3)They have send a copy of levy notice,levy fee's attendance charges have how been removed from my account (which they had to do cos they screwed up).LOL
4)The £85 they have added for the letters delivered were delivered to my Dad's home ,not at my address were ive been since 2003.
So this £85 for there letters is also unlawful?If so i don't own them anything.Is the council now responsible,could this be classed as fraud/trasspassing on private property looking through windows over fence's writing down items which ant even mine.

[ploddertom]

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May I suggest you remove the Bailiff's name.

[ploddertom]

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I've looked the name upon the register and it does not exist there. Have they given the Court they say he is Certificated at?

[ploddertom]

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3)They have send a copy of levy notice,levy fee's attendance charges have how been removed from my account (which they had to do cos they screwed up).LOL No surprise there then
4)The £85 they have added for the letters delivered were delivered to my Dad's home ,not at my address were ive been since 2003. I assume this is for 2 lots of Visit Fees, if done at the same time must be treated as a single item. Also if they have gone to a non-existent address for you because you moved from where the Liability Order then that is their problem and should be removed in its entireity.
So this £85 for there letters is also unlawful?If so i don't own them anything.Is the council now responsible,could this be classed as fraud/trasspassing on private property looking through windows over fence's writing down items which ant even mine. may be hard to get a resolution to this.

I would write to the Council as they are responsible for all of this and remind them oft heir Bailiffs ineptitude.

[sanj]

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Have sent a email..il wait for there reply..ive removed bailiffs name.

[sanj]

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Have sent a email..il wait for there reply..ive removed bailiffs name.they said he's registered at Medway county court.

[ploddertom]

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Have sent a email..il wait for there reply..ive removed bailiffs name.they said he's registered at Medway county court.

To check you would need to contact Medway & find out when the Certificate was granted and if it was an initial or renewal, if a renewal then what date did the prior one run out and what Court was that held at.

[sanj]

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Hi. got a letter from S/G this morning this is what they wrote:
The law of distress authorise us to go anyway in England and Wales to attempt to levy distress.It is not necessary for a bailiff to physically touch the goods that he is levying upon nor must must a letter be handed to the charge payer in order for a visit to a property to be valid and the charges for such a visit to be legal.
We note that once it had been ascertained that the goods levied upon did not belong to you we have removed the levy fee of £26 and attendance fee of £125 from your account.We are therefore satisfied that our bailiffs have acted correctly and the remaining fee's apply to your account have been correctly charged.

[wales01man]

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can go anywhere and levy distress?
on whoes property then anybodies what ballcocks?

[miliitant]

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there was a court case on this where the baliff did a levy by looking through a window and not "laid hands" on the goods in person

judge concluded that practice was bogus and the baliff got his wrist slapped

[sanj]

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Yes quite right too..

But as the address the Humpty Dumpty Bailiff went to was wrong incorrect and the address on the L/O was
different how can they possible bill me for it,If they went to 10 Downing St instead,would i still get bill for it.

[alham]

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Yes, and I would forward it to Mssrs Cameron and Cleggggg. On a serious note, get in touch with the Head of Revenues in Hillington Council and give him a right rollicking. That will sort out this mess.

[bluebottle]

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LOs and Distress Warrants are specific to a person and an address. If a person has moved home, the bailiff is supposed to return the LO/Warrant to the local authority or court of issue for cancellation and re-issue with the new address on it. A bailiff's legal protection against being sued for trespass is usually linked to the address on an LO/Warrant. S & G have displayed an alarming lack of knowledge and understanding of the Law of Distress and, I suspect, they have been selective in which bits they have quoted.

Ask S & G to quote the exact legal provision they are relying on to justify what they are saying. I would not be at all surprised if they were unable to do this.

Keep putting pressure on S & G. They know they've messed-up and they seem determined to come out of this with some financial benefit. However, the circumstances indicate they are not entitled to any financial remuneration of any description whatsoever.

[sanj]

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I will,i know there trying to worm them self out of this mess...I will write to the Council and ask them to explain there bailiffs actions.Mickey Mouse Bailiffs LOL ...cheers

[ploddertom]

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A Bailiff's Certificate once awarded empowers him to levy distress at any address in England or Wales. I suppose it depends on interpretation of that but mostly I imagine it means he could work in Cornwall or Cumbria, Suffolk or Anglesey. They are stretching things in my view using it as they say. Flannel & soap go together.