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My friend is a neighbour is a Thai person who cant understand written English and is unable to speak/understand English fully
[she is estranged from her English husband]
She was visited by her Landlord and an officer from Ross and Roberts concerning a Birmingham City Council council tax debt the landlord owed. The debt covered a period before she became the tenant and importantly it is the Landlord who is shown on the 'Form 7 Notice of seizure and inventory of goods' as the Debtor.
She was asked by the Landlord to lend him £200 so that he could pay a sum towards the debt
She agreed to do this and was asked by the Landlord to sign a piece of paper. She didnt understand what she was signing (see above - she cant read English) and did so - she now realises that this was wrong to do so
However whilst she signed the signature field, the line below which requires 'Printed name' has the Landlords name and not hers, and as stated earlier the 'Debtor Name' field is clearly shown in the Landlords Name
Ross and Roberts visited yesterday to seize goods as the Landlord had paid nothing since the £200
He has also put the house up for sale and has left to go to Jamaica
On the phone yesterday he agreed that he will instruct his solicitor to pay the Ross and Roberts from the sale of the property - expected to be completed at end of July 2013
However Ross and Roberts are saying that they will still return once their lorry is free (maybe today, maybe tommorow) to seize the tenants goods
Surely this is wrong ie the Debt is in the Landlords name, the Notice 7 signature was obtained from someone who clearly did not understand what she was signing and the Printed Name block does not match the signature name (ie it is shown as the Landlords name)
Please advise if you can
[she is estranged from her English husband]
She was visited by her Landlord and an officer from Ross and Roberts concerning a Birmingham City Council council tax debt the landlord owed. The debt covered a period before she became the tenant and importantly it is the Landlord who is shown on the 'Form 7 Notice of seizure and inventory of goods' as the Debtor.
She was asked by the Landlord to lend him £200 so that he could pay a sum towards the debt
She agreed to do this and was asked by the Landlord to sign a piece of paper. She didnt understand what she was signing (see above - she cant read English) and did so - she now realises that this was wrong to do so
However whilst she signed the signature field, the line below which requires 'Printed name' has the Landlords name and not hers, and as stated earlier the 'Debtor Name' field is clearly shown in the Landlords Name
Ross and Roberts visited yesterday to seize goods as the Landlord had paid nothing since the £200
He has also put the house up for sale and has left to go to Jamaica
On the phone yesterday he agreed that he will instruct his solicitor to pay the Ross and Roberts from the sale of the property - expected to be completed at end of July 2013
However Ross and Roberts are saying that they will still return once their lorry is free (maybe today, maybe tommorow) to seize the tenants goods
Surely this is wrong ie the Debt is in the Landlords name, the Notice 7 signature was obtained from someone who clearly did not understand what she was signing and the Printed Name block does not match the signature name (ie it is shown as the Landlords name)
Please advise if you can
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