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Hello im new to the site and having some trouble with Bristow & sutor, any help and advice that anybody has would be very apreciated. I have read through most of the relative stickies on here and had a read on a few other advice sites so im not completely clueless (i hope).
So my situation is i have an outstanding council tax payment from when i lived with my ex girlfriend, the council gave us a court summons but said we did not have to attend and could pay in installments when the debt is passed to the bailiffs. This is what we have been doing since around may last year, me and my ex had agreed to take it in turns and pay 2 months each as obviosly we where both jointly liable so this is what we have done and for me this was no problem but she had lied to me on one occasion back in the summer about paying so i got a phone call from B&S around ten days after our payment date saying they have recieved no money this month so i thought fine i will pay it now to clear that months agreement off.
Everything went fine for the next few months untill december when it was the ex's turn to pay again, she came out with all of this rubbish about not being able to afford it so she spoke to the council who rearragned the monthly installments from £46pm down to £20pm i have a letter from B&S confirming this. so i thought fine it will be my turn to pay again in february.
So on friday i got a call from my mum saying a bailiff turned up at the house asking for me saying hes going to sieze goods and what not, my mum told him i dont live there (which i dont) and she doesnt know my new adress, i have told B&S on loads of occasions that i do not live at my parents adress anymore and they can contact me through my email or telephone if there are any problems, but i have refused to give them a new adress saying that i am living with a friend and wouldnt want the hassle of bailiffs at his house.
So it turns out that my ex hasnt paid any money to them and lied to me again about doing so, i recieved no word of this from B&S via email or telephone and they just showed up at my parents house and have levied against my old mans car which was on the front drive! I beleve that he has commited illegal distress by doing this as the vehicle is not owned by the debtor and i am also under the impression that a claim for tresspass to goods can be made and myself or my dad can claim compensation for this?
I have had some charges added onto the outstanding amount of £230 in a letter the bailiff posted through the door after my mum told him to leave, these include:
Attendance to levy fees £24.50
Levy fee £31
Redemtion of goods fee (head H) £24.50
Now i am under the impression that i do not owe the levy fee and redemtion of goods fee, would this be correct? I wasnt sure on the Attendance to levy fee so any help with that would be brilliant. I have also decided that i am just going to pay £30 ASAP and the final £200 at he end of january when my xmas overtime pay from work comes through as i cannot be bothered trying to squeeze money from that lieing parasite of an ex any longer, could anybody say what the best way to pay this would be? Ideally id like to pay B&S or the council over the phone as i completly despise bailiffs and i am afraid i would loose my temper if i met the cowardly person who intimidated my mother on friday. However i spoke to B&S over the phone on friday and they said i would have to call the bailiff and arrange payments with him they gave me a number but there was no answer so i am a bit lost on this.
Anyway my apologies for the mammoth wall of text, i didnt want to miss something out that could be important.
Any help or advice from somebody would be massively apreciated thanks for taking the time to read,
Kieran.
So my situation is i have an outstanding council tax payment from when i lived with my ex girlfriend, the council gave us a court summons but said we did not have to attend and could pay in installments when the debt is passed to the bailiffs. This is what we have been doing since around may last year, me and my ex had agreed to take it in turns and pay 2 months each as obviosly we where both jointly liable so this is what we have done and for me this was no problem but she had lied to me on one occasion back in the summer about paying so i got a phone call from B&S around ten days after our payment date saying they have recieved no money this month so i thought fine i will pay it now to clear that months agreement off.
Everything went fine for the next few months untill december when it was the ex's turn to pay again, she came out with all of this rubbish about not being able to afford it so she spoke to the council who rearragned the monthly installments from £46pm down to £20pm i have a letter from B&S confirming this. so i thought fine it will be my turn to pay again in february.
So on friday i got a call from my mum saying a bailiff turned up at the house asking for me saying hes going to sieze goods and what not, my mum told him i dont live there (which i dont) and she doesnt know my new adress, i have told B&S on loads of occasions that i do not live at my parents adress anymore and they can contact me through my email or telephone if there are any problems, but i have refused to give them a new adress saying that i am living with a friend and wouldnt want the hassle of bailiffs at his house.
So it turns out that my ex hasnt paid any money to them and lied to me again about doing so, i recieved no word of this from B&S via email or telephone and they just showed up at my parents house and have levied against my old mans car which was on the front drive! I beleve that he has commited illegal distress by doing this as the vehicle is not owned by the debtor and i am also under the impression that a claim for tresspass to goods can be made and myself or my dad can claim compensation for this?
I have had some charges added onto the outstanding amount of £230 in a letter the bailiff posted through the door after my mum told him to leave, these include:
Attendance to levy fees £24.50
Levy fee £31
Redemtion of goods fee (head H) £24.50
Now i am under the impression that i do not owe the levy fee and redemtion of goods fee, would this be correct? I wasnt sure on the Attendance to levy fee so any help with that would be brilliant. I have also decided that i am just going to pay £30 ASAP and the final £200 at he end of january when my xmas overtime pay from work comes through as i cannot be bothered trying to squeeze money from that lieing parasite of an ex any longer, could anybody say what the best way to pay this would be? Ideally id like to pay B&S or the council over the phone as i completly despise bailiffs and i am afraid i would loose my temper if i met the cowardly person who intimidated my mother on friday. However i spoke to B&S over the phone on friday and they said i would have to call the bailiff and arrange payments with him they gave me a number but there was no answer so i am a bit lost on this.
Anyway my apologies for the mammoth wall of text, i didnt want to miss something out that could be important.
Any help or advice from somebody would be massively apreciated thanks for taking the time to read,
Kieran.
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