Hi all and Happy New Year.

In November, my employer was sent an attatchment of earnings order from my local council relating to a property that was repossessed in 2001.

The order was issued in 2001 and it came out of the blue. I have had absolutely no notification of these arrears despite never leaving the borough and have paid council tax to them ever since in my present property. The only thing I can remember from 2001 is that I was off work for eight months with depression, which is how I came to eventually lose my home. My question however is this..

Although I understand council tax is not statute barred, can they use an enforcement order issued in 2001 where there has been no contact from them for nearly ten years. They have taken £300 from Novembers wage and a further £200 from this months which totally wiped Christmas off the map and has left me virtually penniless now until the end of January.

They gave me absolutely no opportunity to dispute their figures, they slapped the order on and took the money.

I would be most grateful for any advice

Thank you.

They Can Only Take Out A Percentage

20 %max I Believe

Ime Checking That Out

What % Did They Take Out Of Your Wages

i hope this link works you may find something useful to help you

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/bailiffs-sheriff-officers/237643-attachement-earnings.html

Great Link

Quicker Than Me

They can do this at any time once a liability order has been granted and do not have to consult you about it. They can take up to 17% of your net pay, and your employer can also deduct £1.00 every time a deduction for arrestment is made.

click here for a more indepth look on the amount they can take.

Thanks for the posts so far, much appreciated.

Some rough sums indicate that they have taken about 17.5% of my net earnings on both occasions. I guess that my next step is to request that they supply me with every piece of correspondance from 2000- to date.

It staggers me that they can simply plunder your wages simply on the basis that they believe that you owe them this amount, without giving you the opportunity to prove that this is not the case.

Keep the tips and pointers rolling folks, and thanks again

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Seconded.

Send a Subject Access Request to them and you should get back everything they have about you which will include any liability orders and letter they are supposed to send to you.

Thank you all for your help thus far. I shall send them an SAR this week and will post again when I have got some results.

Much appreciated, thank you.