Can an unlicensed debt recovery company pursue tenancy and accommodation debts According to the Bristol Trading Standards,an unlicensed debt recovery agancy can chase up debts due from a tenancy or accommodation contract as such a debt is apparently outside the Consumer Credit Act. Can anyone shed light on this?

We recently had an issue with Compass Debt Recovery (not a registered limited company) run by one Mrs Christine Tuckwell based in Bristol who is "trading as" Compass Debt Recovery. Compass Debt recovery does not have a consumer credit licence as their license is pending and cannot carry out any activities that require a consumer credit licence as it is a criminal offence. Mrs Christine Tuckwell left her employment at Bevan’s Debt Recovery and set up on her own as Compass Debt Recovery. She has taken the files from previous clients from Bevan’s and then began chasing up the debts including my sons; this was with Bevan’s agreement. It was a year since we have any correspondence from Bevan’s. Now it appeared that Mrs Tuckwell TA Compass Debt Recovery was instructed by the original client and was threatening legal action. Despite being informed that I have a power of attorney for my son to handle this on his behalf because of a medical condition she simply stated she was going to instigate an action against my son. This was not accepctable According to their client (a university) who was chasing up a debt due to accommodation arrears, Compass Debt Recovery is covered under an umbrella Consumer Credit License from Bevan’s Debt Recovery, Mrs Christine Tuckwell’s previous employer. Can anyone shed light on this type of umbrella consumer credit license? According to the Bristol Trading Standards, Compass Debt Recovery can chase up debts due from a tenancy or accommodation contract as such a debt are apparently outside the Consumer Credit Act. Can anyone shed light on this? If you had dealings with Compass Debt Recovery or Christine Tuckwell we need to hear from you. Banks01

in relationto edited recordings this can and is done. I covered this area in dept and It takes a FBI specialist to try to uncover but he can never be 100% certain he can only give a prfessional opinion

I have used this method. Record the conversation, do a transcript, list it in the evidence bundel as a 'brief of the telephone conversation' and not a transcript. This way you are not informing the court you did record the conversation but the evidence is there and hard to deny. If they do deny what they said you then tell the court you have the recordings as evidence.

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look at the SIA website, if its the same clamping outfit Parking Control Services they were operating illegally as of setember 08. The clamper need a frontline license and the principals nee a non frontline license, if they are operating withour either then you can sue the landowner. Director Information for SANJEEV GILL Businessman trasp Companies Information For SANJEEV GILL Parking Control Services Ltd unit k4z southall business centre Director UNIT 4-5 THE BRIDGE BUSINESS CENTRE BRIDGE ROAD SOUTHALL Middlesex UB2 4AY Deli 177 Ltd Company Secretary 177 THE BROADWAY SOUTHALL Middlesex UB1 1LX gill, sanjeev 10/02/1976 iver SL0 gill, sunil 01/01/1971 iver SL0 gill, meena 01/01/1980 iver SL0 masih, aloysius joyti 20/06/1966 iver SL0 gill, babita 24/09/1981 iver SL0 gill, sital 10/05/1980 iver SL0

Hi The people who employee the clampers must also be SIA licensed and have a non front line license. The clamper on the ground who does the clamping will have a frontline license. All principals of the company must be licensed, if the employer does not have a license thay could be committing a criminal act. The Private Security Industry Act sets out some very strict rules for those wishing to engage in Vehicle Immobilisation or Car clamping that involves a release charge and they are severe penalties for breaches of the ACT including fines up to £5000 and 5 years in jail. These Licenses fall into two categories – frontline and non-frontline. Frontline licenses are required by all staff who will be undertaking day to day security duties including vehicle immobilisation/Clamping. Non-frontline licenses are required by the principals of firms Nail the scumbags