bankcrupt but baliff claiming council tax

[elainnehearn]

My husband declared himself bankcrupt back in February 2008 listed down as creditors was the council tax for the previous year. We had not been notified by either the courts the insolvency service or our local council that this bill was still liable to be paid and today a baliff visited and left a letter stating that he would be returning to remove goods to the value of the bill outstanding. My husband has phoned the insolvency service and they have admitted that they should have informed us of this back in march but the lady responsible had been sacked due to negligence. He then phone the council whom informed him that the liability order stands and that we should speak with the baliff to arrange a payment plan.
The bill is for just under £2000. and we feel that as it is now August and the fact the we were unaware until today that this bill was still to be paid and we have only been given 48 hours to settle this that we should be able to return to court to come to some sort of arrangement. We live in a partly furnished rented house and have very few possessions so are not in a position to settle this demand. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[old_andrew2007]

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[postggj]

not my area but have you told the baliff company you were/are bankrupt
and given them your bankrupcy order number.
if you have the baliff could be in deep trouble as the official receiver should be dealing with this

[ss002d6252]

If the Council tax bill was in both names then the regs have changed so that they can pursue you for any council tax even if it is for a period covered by your husbands bankruptcy, they would only not be able to chase you if the bankruptcy was in both names.

Have you checked to see if the debt falls after the date of bankruptcy, if so they can collect it.