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Hello I have been reading through the horror stories here but haven't seen anything directly relating to my situation so if anybody can advise me further then it would be extremely welcome.
My incapacity benefit stopped - which i have appealed - back in September 2012. Received a further steps notice from HMCT Southend in October saying my £5 per week payment to them had stopped, fines for motoring offences as far back as 2004. I wrote to them saying I am still in receipt of Carer's Allowance of £55 a week - being a full time carer to a disabled woman and a disabled child - so could they continue to collect the money from that.
Heard nothing back from them, then this morning I get a visit from an enforcement officer from Marston's saying i owe £1,152, and if i dont pay then they will effect removal of goods in including my car. I asked to see the warrant, but he didnt have it, just a list of the offences etc that made no sense, and said i owed this money from 2004 with a further offence in 2007.
I expalined my situation with the benefits problem above, and also that the house is rented by the disabled woman from the council and everything in it bar my clothes is hers. He said i would have to show receipts for everything. He asked if the car was mine, which it is to the point that i will be the registered owner of it even though the disabled woman bought the car just before xmas.
It was left that he would return Wednesday, but i said i would call him on the number he gave before once Ive contacted HMCT today to see why they had jumped to this course of action.
This has caused tremendous stress already to the lady i care for. I called the court in Southend asking why they hadnt replied to my letter, and the guy said they couldnt take money from Carer;s Allowance anyway, and when I said i have a copy of the letter i sent he actually said that ' i could go away now and type it up, it wouldnt mean anything'. His advise was to call Marstons and sort it with them, I replied that I had been checking online and they seem an awful bunch to be dealing with. He stated that they could force entry on Wednesday with a locksmith, i tried saying that from what i'd read on these threads they don't have the warrant to do so he belittled these 'internet forums' as being useless. I managed to get the fines managers address out of him and will forward the letter i wrote to them, but he stated its up to Marston's if they return the warrant or not.
Im loathe to call these people as i know what im in for, and more bs and stress is the bottom of the list working 24/7 as a live-in carer for my two patients, so im hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
One thing I wasnt sure of also was the HMCT said an enforcement officer is the same as a bailiff - this came up when discussing about forced entry etc..
Thank you very much in advance..
My incapacity benefit stopped - which i have appealed - back in September 2012. Received a further steps notice from HMCT Southend in October saying my £5 per week payment to them had stopped, fines for motoring offences as far back as 2004. I wrote to them saying I am still in receipt of Carer's Allowance of £55 a week - being a full time carer to a disabled woman and a disabled child - so could they continue to collect the money from that.
Heard nothing back from them, then this morning I get a visit from an enforcement officer from Marston's saying i owe £1,152, and if i dont pay then they will effect removal of goods in including my car. I asked to see the warrant, but he didnt have it, just a list of the offences etc that made no sense, and said i owed this money from 2004 with a further offence in 2007.
I expalined my situation with the benefits problem above, and also that the house is rented by the disabled woman from the council and everything in it bar my clothes is hers. He said i would have to show receipts for everything. He asked if the car was mine, which it is to the point that i will be the registered owner of it even though the disabled woman bought the car just before xmas.
It was left that he would return Wednesday, but i said i would call him on the number he gave before once Ive contacted HMCT today to see why they had jumped to this course of action.
This has caused tremendous stress already to the lady i care for. I called the court in Southend asking why they hadnt replied to my letter, and the guy said they couldnt take money from Carer;s Allowance anyway, and when I said i have a copy of the letter i sent he actually said that ' i could go away now and type it up, it wouldnt mean anything'. His advise was to call Marstons and sort it with them, I replied that I had been checking online and they seem an awful bunch to be dealing with. He stated that they could force entry on Wednesday with a locksmith, i tried saying that from what i'd read on these threads they don't have the warrant to do so he belittled these 'internet forums' as being useless. I managed to get the fines managers address out of him and will forward the letter i wrote to them, but he stated its up to Marston's if they return the warrant or not.
Im loathe to call these people as i know what im in for, and more bs and stress is the bottom of the list working 24/7 as a live-in carer for my two patients, so im hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
One thing I wasnt sure of also was the HMCT said an enforcement officer is the same as a bailiff - this came up when discussing about forced entry etc..
Thank you very much in advance..
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