council tax baliffs wrong house

[bluebottle]

Re: council tax baliffs wrong house

This year the tipping point will be after April, when a common phenomenon ganis wider public knowledge, and odium, it goes like this:

There is an underpayment of 1p yes ONE PENNY on someones council tax an FOI on North East Lincolnsire Council has found that the council have obtained Liability Orders for that amount, and set Dossendales on the debtor to collect so a penny turns into say £400 after council fees and dossers dodgy fees have been added, an outrageous 40,000% increase Wonga would be proud of 'em.

There is a threshold amount below whikch a LO should not be sought maybe it is around £25, others will know for certain; however as the sytstem becomes increasingly automated, there is more chance of penny debts going fo a LO, and as it is a kangaroo rubber stamping exercise a LO will be granted. Now this could be the undoing of Crapita PLC, as where they infest a council their management software will be in place to automate many processes, so the scenario may well play out with them and their bailiffs Equita and Ross 'n Robbers.

Simply, debt 1p LO granted,debt now say £125.01 with the egregious council fees added. Debtor gets lertter, they query it, whilst that is going on Crapita pass debt to their bailiff, who charges the new fee structure at the first call, £325 + VAT so £390 debt now £515.01. Bailiff like the bell-ends they are seizes neighbours car as it was adjacent to debtor's property, Neighbour cannot afford the new interpleader, loses car, Daily Heil, Torygraph and Grauniad sniff it out and the merde is though the fan. The whole system collapses as a result

Well I can hope..... Can't I?

I think you may be nearer to what could happen than you think, BB. Now that Keir Starmer is no longer DPP, he is free to do what he does best.

Before his appointment as DPP, Keir Starmer was - and still is - a very gifted and talented human rights lawyer. He is a product of the grammar school system, not the public school system.

Common Purpose looked on Keir Starmer as a "Useful Idiot", but I have a feeling he is going to prove anything but. I would never be surprised to see him be the nemesis not only of Common Purpose, but of the ConDem government also.

The legislation that is due to come into force in April fails the test of compatibility with the Articles and Protocols of the Human Rights Act 1998. And since it seeks to deprive citizens of the exercise of their rights under the Act, in particular, Article 1 of Protocol 1 (Protection of Possessions), I can see this backfiring on local authorities, bailiff companies and the likes of Liberata and Capita.

[bizzybob]

Re: council tax baliffs wrong house

The way the Council Tax is collected and enforced allows the pound and penny debts to get LO because there is increasingly less human intervention into the already broken system. Hope Kier Starmer does grasp this nettle. As it stands after April there will be the method in place to turn a penny into £500 at the first knock with the new fee structure and other bailiff shenanigans. With the welfare reforms the total number of LOs will increase exponetially, allowing more below threshold debts to gain a LO.

[bluebottle]

Re: council tax baliffs wrong house

The way the Council Tax is collected and enforced allows the pound and penny debts to get LO because there is increasingly less human intervention into the already broken system. Hope Kier Starmer does grasp this nettle. As it stands after April there will be the method in place to turn a penny into £500 at the first knock with the new fee structure and other bailiff shenanigans. With the welfare reforms the total number of LOs will increase exponetially, allowing more below threshold debts to gain a LO.

Unless the "Stupid Idiots" in the Palace of Westminster have amended the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, the Human Rights Act 1998, if used properly, should nip any dodgy LO applications in the bud. However, with Cameron and Co becoming increasingly desperate, sooner rather than later, they are going to drop one almighty gooley that is going to bring down the present government. Cameron knows the people have sussed what is going on and he and his accomplices are panicking. When people panic, they do desperate and stupid things - enough to bring down a government.