my husband says if he pays it he will get a recipt and then we will write the appropriate letters to the cheif exec etc we have all the info but i am also hoping citizens advice will get back to me tomorrow and maybe able to make a few calls on our behalf . I really would like to sue for the emotional stress that my husband went through on friday he coped all day by himself without telling me because i am already on medication for my nerves. Lets hope we can get something done so this doesnt happen to anyone else. Its always those with less money like us who suffer this rubbish

its not the full council tax bill we have to pay its just the baliffs costs which are 42.50. My husband made a verbal agreement with the guy on friday that he would phone and then collect the 42.50 on tuesday its not a great deal of money but i still feel that we shouldnt have to pay it as it was the councils mistake. My husband is not sure we shouldnt pay it .. i dont know wot to do

what should i do about the baliff on tuesday night .. should we pay the bill and try and claim the costs back or should we not pay any advice would be appriciated

thanks for the info will do everything you have said and will let you know how i get on. Have also emailed citizens advice and a waiting to hear from them .

last year we got taken to court for our council tax and ended up paying for it through my husbands wages. A couple of months in my husbands firm changed hands , we informed the council in writing of his new pay office address didnt hear ne thing for a month then got a baliffs letter. On contacting the council they said they had recieved our letter and sent one to his new firm who hadnt responded.When asked wot adress they were using they reeled off my husbands old firm adress so instead of changing it they had carried on with the old one. When the mistake was pointed out to them they just said well its not our mistake on told us we would still have to pay baliffs fees of 42. We didnt pay the baliffs cost and didnt hear ne thing else. At the beginning of the year my husband started a new job and to make doubly sure nothing went wrong with the c tax he rang them and informed them of the change of details. We recieved a confirmation letter so we thought all was well. That was until friday the 19th of Feb when my husband was woken by a banging on the front door , a baliff had arrived with a c tax demand for 1400 ... which isnt even the amount we owe as we have been paying through his wages for the last 6 months. We had , had no letter informing us that they were coming when my husband finally got hold of the council the woman was snotty and wouldnt admit it was their fault yet again and said we would have to pay the baliffs cost from last time and probably this time too , Which i think is unfair as we did everything we were supposed to both times. My husband was extremely upset and the baliff is coming back tuesday to collect the fee please advice.

Hi all i wonder if you can help had a letter on saturday from Bryan Carter and Co solicitars regarding a CCJ from the northamton county court in which we owe three valleys water £1175. We were suposed to pay 15 a month but this got forgotton and we defaulted. The letter says about the outstanding arrears of 120 but then says they intend to issue a warrant execution in our local court. But it also says at the bottom the only way to insure it doesnt happen is to contact them by telephone immediatly now would this warrant be just for the arrears as the full amount is not mentioned on the letter. Plus i have been reading alot about BB&Co on here and it seems they have a bit of a reputation. My husband is going to phone tomorrow and offer the 120 at the end of the week plus set up a standing order for the 15 a month do you think this will sort the problem. Any advice would be apprieciated.