Hi, Im new to the forum and have spend the past couple hours reading and am hoping for some advice. Im writing this mainly on my girlfriends behalf but it involves me too.
A couple of years ago my girlfriend got into council tax arrears at a flat she rented. As she wasn't planning on staying there long she used my address as a postal address. A couple of letters turned up here from the council about the arrears then a couple of months ago bailiff letters started arriving. She contacted the council about the arrears and was told that she had to deal with it through the bailiff and the council refused to take payment. She then contacted to bailiff and set up a payment plan. Unfortunately she missed a payment this month and the bailiff has been ringing her this evening. She offered to make up the payment by card there and then but the bailiff said no, he was going to come to the address and seize property. But he has my address and not hers! She informed him of this and refused to give her current address to him. He said he will be contacting the council tomorrow to get her address.
Reading through this forum I saw the following...
Before bailiffs appear at your property, the law states you should have received a Final Notice or Reminder to your current address. If bailiffs have appeared, and you have not received this Final Notice, contact your council immediately, insisting the bailiffs are called off.
My girlfriend has been living at her new place august 2013 and pays her council tax promptly so her address is available to the council. However she has never received any of the above to her address.
The bailiff also informed her that her case had been taken to court which is why he is now involved. She has no information about this, didn't receive a court summons or any other letters. Should she have?
I have no fear of the bailiff turning up either to my place or hers and will be giving her all the info from here about not letting them in under any circumstance!
So basically Im just looking for some advice on the next step to take regarding this.
Thank you for reading and any advice will be much appreciated and please ask for any other info you may need to give advice!
Jim
A couple of years ago my girlfriend got into council tax arrears at a flat she rented. As she wasn't planning on staying there long she used my address as a postal address. A couple of letters turned up here from the council about the arrears then a couple of months ago bailiff letters started arriving. She contacted the council about the arrears and was told that she had to deal with it through the bailiff and the council refused to take payment. She then contacted to bailiff and set up a payment plan. Unfortunately she missed a payment this month and the bailiff has been ringing her this evening. She offered to make up the payment by card there and then but the bailiff said no, he was going to come to the address and seize property. But he has my address and not hers! She informed him of this and refused to give her current address to him. He said he will be contacting the council tomorrow to get her address.
Reading through this forum I saw the following...
Before bailiffs appear at your property, the law states you should have received a Final Notice or Reminder to your current address. If bailiffs have appeared, and you have not received this Final Notice, contact your council immediately, insisting the bailiffs are called off.
My girlfriend has been living at her new place august 2013 and pays her council tax promptly so her address is available to the council. However she has never received any of the above to her address.
The bailiff also informed her that her case had been taken to court which is why he is now involved. She has no information about this, didn't receive a court summons or any other letters. Should she have?
I have no fear of the bailiff turning up either to my place or hers and will be giving her all the info from here about not letting them in under any circumstance!
So basically Im just looking for some advice on the next step to take regarding this.
Thank you for reading and any advice will be much appreciated and please ask for any other info you may need to give advice!
Jim
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