Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

[bluebottle]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

Bailiffs can only seize goods that are the property of the debtor. Seizing third-party goods is an absolute no-no and is illegal. Don't let the bailiffs in. They have no right of entry whatsoever without a court order wet-signed by a judge. The LO is not an entry warrant. It is a legal document that says you owe money to a local authority.

[bizzybob]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

You do not have to let the bailiffs in, end of.

[labman]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

As your N244 relies on you waiting up to 2 weeks because of the council, have you considered asking the council to suspend action until such time as you receive the required documents?

[pepsie]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

What grounds are you intending to use on an N244?

[cockyrocky]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

Hello everyone,

Glad to know the support is still there, it is still really appreciated.

First of all, I was going to use the N244 to go to Court to appeal against the parking tickets, but ... not sure if that has all changed.

Have just received the photo evidence and copy of the PCNs through the door from the council. There are some lovely photos of my car and one picture of the sign. As far as I can see, the picture of the sign could be anywhere, even though they are all time and date stamped, it does not relate to my car. I could have been parked somewhere else and the parking warden has decided to take some pictures of my car and a sign and issued a PCN.

Does anyone think I've got a case to go back to the Council and dispute the photographic evidence with them. They could argue the cause of the PCN but I could argue it does not relate to my car being parked where they say.

I really do think I can light at the end of this particular tunnel ... but I'll leave it up to you experts.


Thanks again for all your help I certainly started to sleep better once I had taken control back.


cockyrocky

[ploddertom]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

Personally speaking I think you are out of luck unless you can find a specific reason that invalidates the PCN. Normal course of action is submit a claim to the Traffic Enforcement Centre & if that fails you then submit the N244. Have you asked to see the Warrant the Bailiff has - in particular take note of the exact address they are using and the date it was issued.

From your original post you seem to accept you got the tickets fair & square but for some reason did not pay. If you hoped they were going to disappear then it has now come back to haunt you. I'm not having a go just explaining how I see it, even if you submit your N244 it is one application for each ticket and therefore 2 sets of fees at £80 a pop.

[cockyrocky]

Re: Bailiffs charging enormous fees and trying to get away with it.

Hello Ploddertom,

Thanks for your reply. I can see your point but my point is the council's reliance on photographic evidence. The photos are of my car and a sign. Where the car and sign are in relation to each other is not evidenced.

In a court of law the case would not stand. What is needed for the council to have a case is clear evidence. There is none. I had assumed I had done something wrong. Looking at the evidence it can be argued I had not.

Thanks for your comments.

Cockyrocky