Bailiff Advice - thank you greatly for taking the time to write such a comprehensive response. It is very much appreciated and explains the position clearly. I will contact my local magistrates court shortly. Can i do this despite the fact that the original case was at Highbury Court? This is on the other side of London from me (im in Surrey, Highbury is North London)

Is it possible to download a stat dec form somewhere from the internet? Im hoping this is possible and i can then fill it out, take it to a solicitors and send it recorded delivery to the court. Im spending 14 hours a day trying to save a business from bankruptcy at the moment, and just dont have time to go to the magistrates court at the moment (also stress levels are so high ATM i dont think i could cope with it!). Obviously if travelling to the court is the ONLY way to do this i will have to.

ps im really sorry if this information is elsewhere and easily found, ive had a brief look and just become more confused. Time is not on my side at the moment!

It seems i have learnt that lesson the hard way!

Where can i get the statutory declaration form?

Hi All- quick update- The Bailiffs are back!

I thought i had this under control.

After the last post on the 5th December i rang the LCCC and got through to a very helpful guy.

He gave me all the details of the case

- case number, court, etc and put the bailiffs on hold until 3rd January 2017.

I rang the court,

explained the situation and they asked me to write an email asking for the case to be reopened and attach a copy of my insurance certificate.

They said i would then be contacted by post (after confirming my address).

I did this and waited for a letter.

Nothing.

Christmas comes, my Grandfather dies and i go away to look after my father and support him.

Come back 3rd of January- no letter.

I get on the case again and find out that the court had sent me an email telling me i had to file a statutory declaration.

I dont know how i missed it.

Next day i get back from work and the Bailiffs had visited.

In everyones opinion, what is the next step?

To file an out of time statutory declaration?

Hi All,

Thanks so much to everyone that has helped thus far.

Unfortunately after my last post i was taken ill and have just returned from hospital.

I will be back on this again now.

Luckily it appears that Bailiffs have not revisited whilst i was in hospital, but i had better get this sorted before they do!

I will keep you all updated, and thanks again!

So i can just call the number 020 7556 8556 and give them the reference on the final notice and they should be able to give me all the information?

Is the court normally quite helpful in situations such as this?

Just out of interest, how did you get that contact information from "HMCTS London NW"?

Hi All,

I could really do with some expert help here!

A Bailiff visited me on 29/11/16 to collect money for an issue that i had no prior knowledge of.

The bailiff told me it was for driving without insurance (something i have never done and can prove), and that is all the information i have.

I want to do a section 14 statutory declaration, but have no information about the court hearing / date / court etc.

How do i find this out without contacting the bailiff?

I dont want them to find out im trying to stop them, and put further effort into recovering the money!!

The only information i have on the final notice is a reference number and the client which is HMCTS London NW.

Any ideas?

I have trade insurance through Tradewise. I didnt expect them to be particularly helpful, and knew that if i was to write my car off through my own fault then it would only be valued at trade price. But seeing as this is not my fault i reckon its only fair that i should receive market value. To be honest im completely gutted. I was very attached to that car and its almost irreplacable.

Feeling pretty hard done by at the moment, struggling through work in pain with no car to get home in! Guess life likes to give you a bit of a kick sometimes!

Has anyone had any good experiences with accident management companies? The attraction of having someone else sort it all out is quite great at the moment!

Hi All,

On monday i was on the way to work and i was hit by another car from behind.

I was following a car down the highstreet that stopped at a zebra crossing. I pulled up behind it waiting for people to cross. All of a sudden i didnt know what hit me! I was hit very violently from behind. Not sure if i blacked out but felt very disorientated. Got out of the car in shock and legs gave way. I think i hit my head on the steering wheel quite hard- airbag didnt go off.

A girl rushed over to me very apologetic, saying that she was adjusting her glasses and hadnt seen me. She said it was all her fault and had hit me at full speed not breaking at all. She had hit me so hard i was pushed into the car in front. The car in front appeared to have no damage, but my car looks like a writeoff with extensive damage to the back and front. A passerby called an ambulance and the police arrived. I was checked over by the paramedics and despite developing aches and pains was deemed to be ok and told to see a doctor. I was interviewed by the police that confirmed the girl had already admitted liabilty and was probably speeding. I gave a statement and recovered my car and went into work.

Now, i called my insurance company who were very unhelpful. |The first call the girl answering the phone told me she was passing me over to her colleague (that turned out to be an accident management company). The second call i was told that if i claimed i would have to pay my excess (£500), my car would be valued at trade (£600) and my premiums would go up.

I need a hire car to get into work, cant afford to rent one myself, but dont want to end up in the accident management company trap of being given a credit hire car at a ridiculous daily rate that the third company isurance wont pay for. And a settlement cheque that is way below the market value of my car. Any advice?

Once again Tomtubby had come to the rescue and helped me out with alot of my questions. The only one im still worried about is what happens if i am too sick to attend court? Is it abit silly of me to request a court hearing when im pretty sure i wont be well enough to attend? But if i dont send form n244 and request a court hearing then the bailiffs have won. They will come and take the car and i cant afford to pay them.

Hi All,

Im sorry if this is in the wrong place but i had no idea where to post this.

Originally a car i was using was clamped by a bailiff because of a PCN i did not know about. Tomtubby helped me to file an OOT statutory declaration and the car was unclamped. The statutory declaration has now been refused by the TEC. This was refused on the 5th November and now i need to fill in the N244 and i believe it has to be in now, but i have some questions.

1/ What if i am to sick to attend court (I have health problems, ME, depression amongsth other issues and cant see how i could possibly make the trip to court)?

2/ How do i fill out this form, it makes no sense to me!

3/ In box 10 can i state the reasons that were put on my OOT statutory declaration? and which box do i tick?

4/ Can i retrospectively claim the court fee exemption? I see that form EX160 requires a letter stating that im on income support dated within the last month. This will be impossible for me to get in time and means i will have to borrow the money.

5/ Am i the claimant or the defendent?

6/ If i fax the form through to the TEC how can i make sure they get the fee in time?

Sorry if some of these questions are stupid, but when i am stressed my M.E prevents me from being able to think clearly.

Good morning all, im posting this early out of desperation (been up all night having a panic attack about this). Ive been advised to just to pay it with anything i can find, i could possibly use my rent to do this. Ive seen letters i can write to the council about being classed as a vulnerable person etc but i cant see how any of that can help the immediate situation that any moment a bailiff will remove my car.

Is there any last ditch effort i can make to stop my car being removed?

If they do take the vehicle would my stepfather be able to get it back?

what documents would he need?

although he doesnt have anything except the receipt/invoice i gave him when he bought the car off me (he only bought it to help me out of a financial mess).

To be honest i dont know whether ive received any statutory notices.

I dont want to go on about this but i just havent been able to deal with anything recently.

I suffer from depression as well as quite bad M.E, Migraines and IBS.

I have been through a very bad patch and everything has piled up.

The council that are mentioned on the letter are not my local council and i am sure i have never received a parking ticket in that area.

Its registered with me, but i know this is not proof of ownership. Sorry for the lack of information, im not sure what im allowed to say, should i give name of bailiff or more personal details?

Please any ideas needed tonight, im sure the car will be gone by the time im up tomorrow morning.

Hi,

I sure this is a pcn.

Thats what it says on the notice anyway.

On the car was a sticker that said

"It has been immobilised and impounded in execution of a distress warrant".

My tax is not zero rate as i am on the lower mobility DLA and the lower care rate.

How do i stop them removing the car whilst i try and resolve this?

The car used to be mine but couldnt afford to keep it and sold it to my stepfather. Im on DLA, and Income support.

Hi All,

Sorry to just jump straight in to the problem but im panicking a bit.

Ive just seen that a car im using has been clamped by Marstons.

Its in regard to a pcn.

The notice put through my door says that the PCN is for £202, and that the total amount due is £493.

This seems incredibly steep to me but that is what they say.

At the moment im not sure whether the pcn is valid or not, i

m in too much of a state to think clearly and the last few months have been a bit of a blur (suffer from bad M.E and most of the time i dont even know what day it is!).

I need the car to get about (legs dont work too well) but i dont have £493!

I say a car im using because technically its not mine, im not sure if this makes a difference.

Please help me.

Wonkeydonkey, thank you so much for your support. Just knowing that i have got some people on my side makes a massive difference. I really cant tell you how much i appreciate it.

That thanks also goes out to everyone on the forum that has taken time out of their busy day to help.

Now im going to start asking some silly questions;-

Is there a way of finding out which council to contact about the PCN? Im inclined to contact my local council, but in all honesty i dont remember this PCN and have no idea who issued it. It doesnt say anything about this on the notice from Phoenix Commercial. All it has on it is a PCN number and it says somewhere in print that the bailiff is acting under a warrant of execution issued with the authority of the Traffic Enforcement Centre.

So what should i be doing next? I will send out the letter asking for the breakdown of bailiff charges, but i need to try to work on some way of being able to get my car back outside the house so i can use it again. It would also be quite nice to be able to get rid of this horrible ball of stress stuck in my stomach thats making me feel rather awful.

is you car on hp ,finance,or leased through mobility

Its none of these. I purchased it with the backdated money i received from DLA after it took them 18 months to process my claim.

Well for a start you are without doubt classed a "vulnerable" and this must be brought to the attention of the Local Authority immediately:

Do you have a support worker?

Do you have your car on motability?

Do you have motobility componant of DLA?

 

WD

I dont have a support worker. I used to get help from the M.E clinic but as soon as i became too sick to attend the clinic the help stopped aswell.

My car isnt on motability but i do receive the lower mobility component of DLA. This should be the higher rate but the DLA messed up and i havent been well enough to appeal.

Is there a list of fees that bailiffs can charge? i would be very interested to see what they are allowed to charge.

move your car mate and don't just park it round the corner as they will look there, many threats as usual but they may come back, and if your car was clamped it would be very visible(big yellow clamp) and for safety reasons they should put a sticker on your front windscreen or drivers side door just so you don't just get in and drive off clamped and damage your car.

No car then they got nothing to hold you over

I have moved it now with the help of a friend. The problem i have now is that i cant use it anymore. If the car isnt parked outside my house i am unable to walk to it, hence im now pretty much trapped in the house.

let me know if the bailiff is either paul isadore, kevin crompton or dave dagg

The bailiff was none of these people. Is it considered bad practice to post his name?

Thanks all for your interest. Im sorry i had to go and have a bit of a lie down and hence havent been around.

Were you aware of the ticket? Have you had notices about it sent previously through the post? Have you moved house within say the last 2 years & if so could the vehicle have been registered at your old address?

 

PT

I wasnt aware of the ticket, but to be honest with you im not aware of much these days. The problem with the M.E is that your brain stops working properly. I have a continual brain fog and some days cant remember how to turn the TV on let alone what happened yesterday. I know this sounds like an excuse but my personal administration has gone to pot these days, i really struggle with keeping a check on things.

If they say i have a parking ticket im inclined to believe them (although it does sound unusual as i normally use my disabled badge). I havent moved house or anything like that so there are no other excuses im afraid.

So pleased to hear you are recovering from this mornings visit, post #7 needs reply to give a bigger picture also you will need to request a breakdown of the fees applied to this pcn, see below for template.

 

 

 

"From:

My Name

My Address

To:

Acme Bailiff Co

Bailiff House

Ref: Account No: 123456

 

 

Dear Sir

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

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 Certificated at.

e - the date of the Certification.

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

I require this information within 14 days.

Yours faithfully

Ripped off customer"

Thanks for this. I will fill that out and send it off.

Did you ever receive a PCN or notice of one.

I honestly dont know. I havent been able to deal with stuff for quite a while. It is possible that it was received whilst someone else was borrowing the car

I just want to make it clear to everyone that im not trying to shirk responsibility here. I will gladly pay for a fine i have incurred, i just need help to deal with it. Im also shocked that so many charges can be added on to a parking ticket to bring up the amount so much. £739 is absolutely unbelievable.