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HI does anyone know if i have any redress against a £208 charge for being 2 days late for a payment to bailiffs - last years council tax? they arrived at my home on 2nd day payment was due and told me despite my instant payment £150(and explanation as to why it was delayed -verifiable excuse)that I HAVE to pay the fine. I explained that it would cripple my finances and increase to failing point an otherwise very tight budget. I have never failied to pay and am always usualy early. I have to pay £100 next Friday and £108 the following week and payment of full outstanding debt £1200 within 6 months.I would really appreciate your help. kind regards.
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More information is needed here.Thr right place for your post is the baliff and debt section,so I will move it there for you.
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HI does anyone know if i have any redress against a £208 charge for being 2 days late for a payment to bailiffs - last years council tax? they arrived at my home on 2nd day payment was due and told me despite my instant payment £150(and explanation as to why it was delayed -verifiable excuse)that I HAVE to pay the fine. I explained that it would cripple my finances and increase to failing point an otherwise very tight budget. I have never failied to pay and am always usualy early. I have to pay £100 next Friday and £108 the following week and payment of full outstanding debt £1200 within 6 months.I would really appreciate your help. kind regards.
I'm assuming this is an 'attending to remove fee where no removal takes place'. No doubt the visit was prompted by your failure to pay an installment on time. Legally, bailiffs are permitted to charge such a fee on one occasion (except where they actually remove) and the fee is a subjective 'reasonable' one. If this is the reason for the £208 then there's not much you can do. You were late, they enforced and added their reasonable costs. I have seen much higher 'reasonable' fees for this fee but if you feel it is too high then you can apply to a district judge at your local county court to have it independently assessed. However, I would caution that the bailiffs would be able to cite much higher levels of this fee in the industry and such a claim for this amount (assuming it is an attending to remove fee) would be more likely to fail than succeed (in my opinion). I know this is stating the obvious but the only way to prevent additional costs is to maintain any arrangement to the letter.
The letter passed to me by bailiff just states that i have entered into an arrangement to make payments...'if payment is not received by arranged date this will incur further costs of a minimum of £60 with an Enforecement Visit' The £208 is hand written on the above letter.
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redress for bailiff charges?
- last years council tax? they arrived at my home on 2nd day payment was due and told me despite my instant payment £150(and explanation as to why it was delayed -verifiable excuse)that I HAVE to pay the fine. I explained that it would cripple my finances and increase to failing point an otherwise very tight budget. I have never failied to pay and am always usualy early. I have to pay £100 next Friday and £108 the following week and payment of full outstanding debt £1200 within 6 months.I would really appreciate your help. kind regards.
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