I totally forgot!! I was asked previously what was on the Bailiff's inventories, which was as follows: First (as per the list he asked me to prepare): 1 x tv 1 x dvd player 1 x beige 3 seater settee 1 x ipod docking system 1 x Apple ipod 1 x PC monitor 1 x PC tower Second (when he 'realised' there were 2 debts): 1 x colour tv 1 x dining table (round) 1 x microwave 1 x coffee table 1 x bookcase 1 x DVD collections Also, the fees etc he charged were as follows: £24.50 first visit fee £18.00 second visit fee £39.00 levy fee £12.00 walking posession and... £24.50 first visit fee £18.00 second visit fee £49.00 levy fee £12.00 walking posession

Thanks again Hallowitch! I will phone the Council tomorrow morning and report back. I did go on Rossendale's website to check my account this evening and they haven't removed the second lot of fees yet so I will query this as the bloke at the Council said he would contact them today.

Hi and thanks very much to hallowitch for the advice! Just to give you an update... I rang Erewash Borough Council today and spoke to their Recovery Team Leader. I put the 3 points to him as suggested by hallowitch (below) and his response was as follows: Apparently, I should have been charged only one lot of fees and he is going to take this up with Rossendales!!! He said that someone else had complained to him about the same thing this morning! Re: points 1 and 2, he said that he will look into the current regulations, speak to Rossendales and get back to me. So... thank you very much for the advice and I will keep you updated. I was expecting a phonecall back this afternoon from the Council but as they didn't ring, i will phone and speak to the same bloke tomorrow morning. 1) the bailiff should have sent this debt back to the council as you have a child thats falls under The national standards for enforcement agents vulnerably person situation 2) i presume that the settee ,chairs are the the only seating you have in your home they should not be subject to a levy they are exempt goods(can you list all the goods on both Levy's ) 3) you have been over charged with your fees a bailiff cant charge multiple fees when enforcing more than 1 liability order please start your own thread and we will all help you with this Bailiffs and Sheriff Officers click on this link it will take you to a new page near bottom on left you will see new thread Subject Access Request A Subject Access Request is a demand which you can make to any organisation to disclose any personal information which they hold on you. The right to disclosure of data is provided by the Data Protection Act. There is no time limit. The organisation is obliged to reveal everything they have about you - which you ask for - as far back as you ask for. There are very few exceptions. It does not matter whether the data is held on microfiche, in an archive, on tape, in a cardex system, in sound recordings or in screen notes. Some companies are saying that they do not have to disclose where it would be difficult to do so - "disproportionate effort". This is untrue. Disproportionate effort refers to something else under the Act. If you are seeking bank charges information then you should ask for "all data held on you" and you should make it clear that you want everything as far back as it goes. Your bank may try to kid you that they only have 6 years of data. Do not be put off by excuses. Do not accept being fobbed off. It is not in your bank's interest to make full disclosure to you. This means that it is in your interests to get it. If you have not started gathering your bank charges information yet, then you should start now. There will soon be a big rush once the OFT test case has been settled. Get all of your bank account informtion as far back as possible. At least as far back as 1995. If your bank says that they don't keep data as far back as this, don't accept it. Be persistent. They've got what you need in some form or other. __________________ i hate bailiffs would love to put a hex on them all i am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination any advice given is from my own personal experience and what Ive leaned on this site and if you are happy with my advice you might like to tip my scales Last edited by hallowitch; Yesterday at 22:51.

Hi, i wonder if anyone can offer me some advice please? Last Tuesday I came home to find a letter from Rossendales with regard to my Council Tax debt, stating that if i paid £150 initially, i could pay by instalments, etc. I rang the bailiff and explained that I was willing to give him a cheque that day for the £150 and arrange to pay by instalments but that I didn't wan him to enter my house that day as my two children (aged 10 and 14) would be at home, one of them is autistic and i didn't want them tobe present when he visited. I suggested he come the next day or on Saturday to give me an opportunity to arrange for my mum to look after them. However, he insisted that he could not come any other day as he would not be in the area. Reluctantly, I agreed, as he said it would only take 5 minutes and asked me to prepare a list of 7 items from the house, saying i should put down my settee, television, dvd player, etc, to which i agreed. He came later that evening and said that he hadn't realised (??) that there were actually two cases (i owe app. £300 for council tax for 2007/2008 and app. £700 for 2009/2010), therefore he would have to fill in 2 sets of paperwork. He wrote down the 7 items on my list on one form and then asked for more items for the second form. He wrote, among st other things, my table and chairs and microwave. I was absolutely terrified and ashamed and did not want my children to hear anything as they were in the other room so i just signed all the paperwork and gave him a cheque for £150. I have since looked at the paperwork in detail and was horrified to discover that he made two separate sets of charges (2 x first visit, 2 x second visit, 2 x levy fee and 2 x walking possession) even though he did not have to make separate visits to deal with both cases, both for Council Tax, which he claims he thought was one case and so did i to be honest. Is this lawful??? Also, having read some posts on this forum, would i be correct in thinking that he should not have levied my settee, table and chairs, microwave, coffee table, etc as these are items which we need to sit on, etc?? i don't know what to do next. Should i send Rossendales a subject access request letter regarding the double fees? If so, what happens next?? Or should i phone them? Can anyone with some experience or legal knowledge please advise me? Thank you.

Hi, i wonder if anyone can offer me some advice please? Last Tuesday I came home to find a letter from Rossendales with regard to my Council Tax debt, stating that if i paid £150 initially, i could pay by instalments, etc. I rang the bailiff and explained that I was willing to give him a cheque that day for the £150 and arrange to pay by installments but that I didnt wan him to enter my house that day as my two children (aged 10 and 14) would be at home, one of them is autistic and i didn't want them tobe present when he visited. I suggested he come the next day or on Saturday to give me an opportunity to arrange for my mum to look after them. However, he insisted that he could not come any other day as he would not be in the area. Reluctantly, I agreed, as he said it would only take 5 minutes and asked me to prepare a list of 7 items from the house, saying i should put down my settee, television, dvd player, etc, to which i agreed. He came later that evening and said that he hadn't realised (??) that there were actually two cases (i owe app. £300 for council tax for 2007/2008 and app. £700 for 2009/2010), therefore he would have to fill in 2 sets of paperwork. He wrote down the 7 items on my list on one form and then asked for more items for the second form. He wrote, amongst other things, my table and chairs and microwave. I was absolutely terrified and ashamed and did not want my children to hear anything as they were in the other room so i just signed all the paperwork and gave him a cheque for £150. I have since looked at the paperwork in detail and was horrified to discover that he made two separate sets of charges (2 x first visit, 2 x second visit, 2 x levy fee and 2 x walking posession) even though he did not have to make separate visits to deal with both cases, both for Council Tax, which he claims he thought was one case and so did i to be honest. Is this lawful??? Also, having read some posts on this forum, would i be correct in thinking that he should not have levied my settee, table and chairs, microwave, coffee table, etc as these are items which we need to sit on, etc?? i don't know what to do next. Should i send Rossendales a subject access request letter regarding the double fees? If so, what happens next?? Or should i phone them? Can anyone with some experience or legal knowledge please advise me? Thank you.