Success !!! I gave the councillor a quick call this morning, asking him to give the relevant officer a little nudge, I also followed it up with a short email in which I CC'd the Leader of the council and the CEO. One hour later I received the following from the Head of Finance..... So my calculation was almost bang on...... I was only 4p out. Thank you DX 100uk and London1971 for your replies, keep up the good work, I will be making a donation to the group in a few days..... once this months wages hit my bank account

Thanks for the replies DX 100uk and London1971. As I mentioned before, I honestly do intend to pay the outstanding CT, but the figure I was initially quoted on 3rd April is obviously wrong, I want to get that corrected first. As soon as I get an accurate figure I will arrange payment. I will call my local councillor tomorrow sometime and ask him to give the relevant officer a nudge, then if I don't hear anything from them by this coming Wednesday (21 days after my initial enquiry) , I will issue a SAR. I'll update again when I have anything to tell.....

Update: I wrote again to WODC and again they have failed to reply. I also wrote to my 2 local councillors and the Leader of the council..... Only one of them responded, my local councillor who also happens to be "Executive Member for Finance" , and he said that he had asked the relevant officer to look into it and report back, then he would come back to me with the response. I haven't heard back and it's now a week. I'm seriously beginning to think that someone there has been alerted to the fact that they have fuffed up, and they are dragging their feet until they can cover their arse! Do you think it is worth sending a reminder email to the councillor that responded, or should I give them a little longer ? I have stopped receiving SMS's from B&S so maybe they have been asked to lay off, but I have no sure way of knowing ! I also have the email address of the CEO of the council, maybe I should send him a copy of the above, stating that I am still waiting for a response and that I am completely in the dark about B&S.

NOA ? Is that Notice of attendance ? They haven't been here..... yet ! As for the LO details, I have requested them from WODC, but not heard anything yet, I'm sending a reminder today or tomorrow. I'm running completely blind on this at the moment as I've never received anything to do with it before last week.. Do you think it might be worth me contacting Breathing Space in the meantime as well ?

On 3rd April I received 3 letters in the mail, a CT bill from WODC was dated 26th March, two begging letters from BS dated 25th March. WODC claim that I owe outstanding CT for an address I left almost 4 years ago (9th July 2020). I don’t dispute this as I have now checked with the agent I rented through and was told that CT was not included in the rent, though I was definitely under the impression at the time I lived there that it was. I lived there from 20th March 2020 until 9th July 2020, and I was never contacted about CT whilst at that address. I have since been living in the same WODC area continually, with 2 changes of address, and had 2 later CT accounts (no problems with these) they have my details and address on record and have had since 10th July 2020 when I filled in the forms at my next address with my new landlord. WODC claim that I owe £501.45, (email reply to my first query) though they only sent me a bill for £351.05 (1st April 2020 to 9th July 2020), the remaining £150.39 is supposedly for the 12-day period 20th March 2020 to 31st March 2020, this figure seems to be excessive, as I have not seen any paperwork regarding this I have had to roughly recalculate the figure based on the 2020/21 charge minus the 4% increase from 2019/20. By my calculations, 12 days of council tax should have been approximately £40.44. £1281.36 / 104 * 100 = £1232.07 (to back-calculate the previous years CT) £1232.07 / 366 = £3.37 (daily CT amount, 2020 was a leap year) £3.37 *12 = £40.44 Giving a total owed of (approximately) £391.49. It looks like they have mistakenly charged me from 20th February 2020. BS sent me a “Notice of enforcement” the day before I was even sent a bill by WODC !!! In it they claim that I owe WODC £870.06, though they give no explanation of how the increase of around £475 came about ! They then add on a “compliance” fee of £75, and magically make the total £1180.06….. Try as I might, after many attempts to work this out, I can only make their figures add up to £945.06….. I think someone there needs to go back to school and do basic maths over again ! They also state that there was a Liability order made on 3rd November 2023, though they give no details of where it was obtained. I have since received threatening SMS messages from them, but to date, I have completely ignored them. I know they have no power of entry so the bluff and bluster can be ignored (the adrenalin still pumps though whenever the doorbell rings), but I am worried about mine and my wife’s cars, as they are parked outside with nowhere to move them to. I’m almost sure that I remember reading somewhere that there is a lower limit on the value of the car they can take, and if it is below this they are not allowed to take it, I think this was somewhere around £1350, but I am not sure…. can anyone here verify this or am I imagining it ? My car, a 20 year old Toyota Yaris valued at about £650, is my sole means of getting too and from work (34 miles a day) as public transport (3 busses and a train at £26 per day) would take me more than 3 hours each way. The other car is registered in my wife’s name, and her name is NOT on the bill or the BS letters. I have written to the council informing them that I am not attempting to avoid payment of the genuine arrears, and I have asked to see documents showing the accurate amounts and any extra charges applied, plus unredacted copies of all previous communications from WODC to myself concerning this account and anything concerning any Liability order. I also informed them that as I am not legally obligated to do so, I will not engage with BS in any way, they will not be allowed into my home, and I will not be paying them anything, all payments will be made direct to WODC once the dispute has been settled. I also asked them to contact BS and instruct them to immediately cease all action and return all documentation. Since 4th April, I have heard nothing back from WODC, but I have received another SMS from BS. I am going to contact my local councillor by email later today, giving him all the details I have outlined above, and I am also going to send a reminder email to the CT department of WODC and CC the council leader and other “high up” members. Am I handling this correctly ? can anyone suggest anything else I can do as well.

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Put the kettle on, and have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. then; Sit back and relax and keep shtumm, until such time as they ever find you.

Yes it is

I've recently been bankrupted here in Norway, and they allready have charges over all my belongings and my half share in a house here. I have just received an email from the bankruptcy lawyers asking about my house in the UK where my (soon to be ex) wife and children currently live, and I have a feeling that they might try and force a sale of it. Can anyone advise on this at all

BTW, If you really would prefer to pay them and just get rid of the hassle, here are their details on the official Norwegian register of businesses: http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/detalj.jsp?orgnr=974782766

This is a private parking company, and here in Norway have similar rights to what they they do in the UK, so if you were dealing with them yourself, you could just ignore them and they'll go away... BUT, You're not dealing with this yourself, and no matter what you tell them or write to them, Hertz will pay the "fine" for you and they will bill your card. So, as Notts_Phil wrote, Cancel your card. Do it right now, and inform your card issuer NOT to make any payments to Hertz without your express permission. Been there, done that, and had to fight like hell to get it back.

As a current resident of Norway, and one that has just been made bankrupt himself, I would advise you to do at least one thing; make sure that you were not made bankrupt in your absence. If you were, you will need to take action against it. The laws here are far worse than the UK, for one thing, you will never be discharged from bankruptcy until the debt is paid, and they will come after any property you have in the UK if they find out about it. I am currently trying to find out more information regarding their rights to take my house in the UK, which is difficult considering the only access to communication of any sort that I have is the internet, they even had my phone disconnected and are re-routing all my mail to them first !