distress warrent via marstons

[mwamwa]

hi all, hope someone out there can help. i had a letter handed to my husband by one of marstons bailiffs so i called miss taylor as requested, they want £825 for non payment of a tv licence fine in full. we simply do not have that kind of cash with four kids and one of them training to be an olympian. she would not accept installments in any shape or form. she wants me to call her at 1pm tomorrow to see if i could borrow it but i cant myself and my husband are only children and our parents have passed away.any advice would be greatly appreciated on this matter thank you.

[bluebottle]

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What Miss Taylor has told you may well be unlawful. Is her initial "N" by any chance? Which is your local police force, please?

[labman]

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Any fine imposed by a Magistrates' Court has to follow a specific procedure. It's set out, with a lot of other information, here:

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...s-Courts-Fines

In particular if you ignore the original fine, you should then receive a formal reminder called a Further Steps Notice - did you receive this?

How much was the original fine for, as the amount they are demanding is astronomical?

Have a read of the link, and then come back with answers to the above, and any further questions you may have.

[mwamwa]

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hastings police i presume. there was no initial just miss taylor

[mwamwa]

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never even recieved notice of how much it was the fine that is, just got a text from hmcs, 20th dec 2012 and forgot to call them. also no further steps notice was not posted posted to me. so my question now is do i contantact miss taylor tomorrow incase she comes to my property. also not sure how much the fine is as i was never notified. how do i prove they never sent further steps notice.

[mwamwa]

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interestingly they done the same thing to a couple four doors up, they took out loans borrowed off parents and skipped their rent payment so their in trouble with the housing

[Somecamel]

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I've Pm'd you

[bluebottle]

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We know of the bailiff and their modus operandi.

[mwamwa]

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ty blue bottle, should i be scared

[bluebottle]

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Just make sure your anti-rabies and anti-tetanus jabs are up to date.

[mwamwa]

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oh dear trying hard not to laugh but can't help it, thanks i have been so down and stressed since talking to her.

[bluebottle]

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Glad its given you some light relief. The bailiff to whom you refer is known to us. Are you sure the text message you received was from HMCTS, as they don't send text messages, only written documents by post.

Were you/your husband in court when the fine was imposed and were your's/his means (income) examined? Non-receipt of the Further Steps Notice (FSN) means the involvement of Marston bailiffs may well be premature or, even, unlawful. The amount being demanded is, I agree with Labman, excessive. Do you know how much the fine was, please? The most Marstons can claim is £300, made up of £85.00 Administration Fee and £215.00 Attendance Fee, which can only be charged if they attend your home. If they don't, only the Administration Fee can be claimed.

Have you spoken to the Area Enforcement Manager at the court that imposed the fine? This you should do tomorrow morning. If they are unhelpful, escalate the matter to the Regional Contracts Manager, who is more senior. If that proves unhelpful, then come back onto this thread.

[bizzybob]

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oh dear trying hard not to laugh but can't help it, thanks i have been so down and stressed since talking to her.

Don't worry, you are in safe hands with bluebottle and the others, if you have not had a final steps notice, there is something seriously awry with the courts in your area, they MUST send one out before sending bailiffs.

[mwamwa]

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thanks bizzybob. we were not in the court. so no earnings consideration taken into account. no idea what the amount of the fine was. my fine reads tanyr your fine is de within 7 days. please phone 03007909901 to pay quoting your case number and division 126 if not paid already

[mwamwa]

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Have you spoken to the Area Enforcement Manager at the court that imposed the fine? This you should do tomorrow morning. If they are unhelpful, escalate the matter to the Regional Contracts Manager, who is more senior. If that proves unhelpful, then come back onto this thread.......not spoken to them but will in the morning.what are your thoughts on calling miss taylor