January 2014 , was eventful ,

Had an early morning call from 2 from rundels (?) .

Asking for my other half regards Council tax (Unknown luggage from a previous)..

They claimed to have a warrant of Committal to Prison, which I asked to see, ,

They refused ,

I Laughed at them as I only believed the police had the power to arrest .

Asked when issued and was told a court date we were not informed about..

Cut a long story short

THEY ended up calling the police,

She was taken and then transferred at the first op to a local prison.

Everyone pulled together and got the debt paid completely...

Fast Forward same time of year she gets a letter From a firm called Dukes demanding payment for year 2013 -14 .

Council refuse to listen,

even though she's disputed it has paid £40 monthly as she said she would to them .

Can anyone help drafting a letter to both to get them to back it up.

After they way they took pleasure in watching me be able to do nothing

I made myself and her a promise there will be no next time . Period.

Thats what worries the other half..

Last years bill was paid in full..

Thanks in advance to All replies

What's your question? Are you asking about something that happened in 2014 or more recently?

In 2014 after that fiasco all we were informed arrears were cleared

( All arrears had to be cleared before partner was released ).

2018 they're demanding we pay 2013-14 again..

Council are refusing to acknowledge any form of mistake or listen to any form of reason .

Just need a few pointers putting a letter together.

Here is something to be getting on with.

First of all establish from the Council how much was owing etc

You need to speak to someone at the Council and ask the following questions:

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1 - how many Liability Orders they have against you

2 - the dates they were obtained

3 - the addresses they were for

4 - the period of time each covers

5 - how much each one was for

6 - how much is still outstanding

7 - the dates they were passed on for enforcement

8 - the dates & amounts of any payments

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Next you need to send off for a breakdown of the charges the Bailiff applied.

Here's an example, use and ADAPT at will and best sent initially by email

backed up by a copy in the post.

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"From:

My Name

My Address

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To:

Acme Bailiff Co

Bailiff House

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Ref: Account No: 123456

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Dear Sir

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With reference to the above account, Can you please provide me with a breakdown of the charges.

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This includes:

a - the time & date of any Bailiff action that incurred a Fee.

b - the reason for the fee.

c - the name(s) of the Bailiff(s) that attended on each occasion a Fee was charged.

d - the name(s) of the Court(s) the Bailiff(s) was/were certificatedicon at.

e - the date of the Certification.

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This is not a Subject access requesticon under the Data Protection Act S7 1998 so does not incur a fee of £10. You are obliged to provide this information.

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I require this information within 14 days.

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Yours faithfully

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Ripped off customer"

For council tax it's not unusual for debts to be still be chased after this length of time but,

as above, only the council can give the full position and history.

There are numerous reasons why a charge for the period could be due

- an error, a retrospective adjustment to the charge etc etc.

It's always a pain trying to sort these sorts of cases without the council's information

but they should have sufficient to be able to explain their side of it

- whether or not this give a good answer or not..

. In some ways it's good that it's only back 4-5 years,

when I was working in council tax it wasn't unusual to have to go back that far, and further.