as che says ... consultation is to discuss your "provisional selction" alternatives to the redundancy etc... no decisions should yet have been made... how have they made these (your ) provisional selection? also ... how many people are at risk of redundancy in total? if more than twenty they have to consult collectively for a minimum 30 days.. if less then individually only but i believe this should be 30 days also..

you have a legal right to a 4 week trial on offers of suitable alternative employment. If during or at the end of that trial you decide its not for you, then you can still leave with your rdundancy pay. if an individual refuses the option of suitable alternative employment without taking the 4 week trial this can affect redundancy pay. the suitable alternative is a point of debate, the part time post on a similar grade to your current role (which i understand to be part time?) would probably be considered suitable. The other post, full time and lower grade could be argued as unsuitable if for instance you can only work part time hours for some reason, i.e you may only be working part time due to responsibilities for care of children etc so full time would not be suitable and in this case refusing the opprotunity and trial should not affect you right to redundancy

aint nothin' goin on but the rent.... gwen guthrey

my girl's mad at me.. madness

i have just updated the charges info, its actually now £24.50 for the first visit and 18 for the second

if you want to get them off your back you could pay them just what they are entitled to, otherwise stand firm until it is returned to the council. If you want them gone and a peaceful life then just pay what they can charge and no more.. your call... and send them something like this Dear Sirs, I write again in respect to your ongoing attempts to unlawfully collect a disputed debt. I have previously advised you that the outstanding council tax liability was paid in full directly to the council on XXXXX (date) Proof of payment is enclosed. The charges which you are attempting to collect from me a clearly inflated and are greater than those that you are legally entitled to collect. You are fully aware that you are only allowed to charge for 2 visits, £24.50 for the first and £18 for the second visit. You are not entitled to charge for further visits. You have not levied goods and you do not have a walk in possession order and therefore are not entitled to charge for the use of a van. Please find enclosed payment for £42.5 this being the total amount you are legally entitled to for your activities relating to this liability. Any further attempts to collect this debt or further charges will be reported to the council and also to the courts issuing you bailiffs certification. Yours

exactly wemouse... nobody objects topaying whats due.. bet these clowns just rip off those who can least afford it... you could turn it around back on them and pay them the £40 quoting what they are legally obliged to charge for 2 vists only.. send proof of payment of council tax liability and tell them your business is concluded thank you very much... if they continue to chase you for other charges then you will report them to the council and to the courts that issue their licenec and even bring action against them for harrasment:D

if a debt is dipusted they are legally obliged to investigate it further and rpove that the debt being collected is valid, you are disputing their charges which are clearly inflated and are well above what they are allowed to claim from you for the activities so far carried out. the most should be £35. they cant charge you for the third visit and they cant charge you for the van. they have not levied goods and do not have a walk in possesion order so them turning up in a van is irrelevant. even if a debt is at a stage where they were turning up to someone to seize good have done al of the above, they can still not charge more for than you could prove one could be hired for. i had a similar situation with Equita. i refused to pay them and paid the council. they still tried to charge me (well my ex) over £400 for two hand delivered letters and a van... i wrote to them asking for the break down and sent proof the debt was paid. they never supplied the breakdonw but aftre my letters to them and the council and me phoning them acouple of times the charges were reduced to £42

tut tut , nuaghty boys, no advanced warning of a proposed visit clearly breaks the guidelines on debt collection!.. no surprise there though, these guys flout the rules all of the time.. Bailiffs collecting rent are obliged to call between sunrise and sunset, all other bailiffs can call at any time of day or night. However most bailiffs should call at a 'reasonable' time, either during normal office hours or between 8.00 a.m. or 8 p.m., again as per the guidelines. If a bailiff calls they should provide identification or authorisation if you ask them to. Bailiffs collecting for rent must show their certificate from the county court if you ask them to. Bailiffs collecting unpaid council tax must show written authorisation from the local authority, they also have to be certieifed by the courts and specifically for the company they represent , you can demand they produce this as if they dont then they are acting unlawfully.. dont open the door though at any time!!

no problem wemouse, good luck with that and keep us posted kevin

try something along these lines Dear Sir/Madam, I understand xxx Council has appointed you to recover my Council Tax Liability arrears for year xxxx, stated as £779. This council tax liability was paid in full on the XXXX Firstly I would like to make you aware that I am fully aware of my rights and you will not gain entry to my home under any circumstances to levy goods and I know the fees allowed under statute and when these fees can be applied. I am not willing to deal with a Debt Collection Company in any way. Please stop sending letters to me regarding this matter. I ask you return the account to the council listed above. At this point in time you have added £180 in charges to my alleged Tax Liability arrears with xxx Council, although it is not clear what these charges are for. I therefore require you to supply an itemised statement of account that you hold on me that clearly shows what charges have been added and what these charges are for giving details of dates and times etc. You are required in statute to supply this information and I look forward to this within 14 days. Whilst your demands and charges are under investigation, all payments detailed above will be made directly to xxxx council I am sending the council a copy of this letter and requesting that it be filled with my account for further reference. I trust the above meets your approval and I look forward to your timely reply by letter.

try something along tehs elines, send a letter to the council tax revenues office as weel pointing out it has been paid in full and asking them to return the account to their control Dear Sir/Madam, I understand xxx Council has appointed you to recover my Council Tax Liability arrears for xxxx, stated as £xxx. This council tax liability was paid in full on the XXXX Firstly I would like to make you aware that I am fully aware of my rights and you will not gain entry to my home under any circumstances to levy goods and I know the fees allowed under statute and when these fees can be applied. I am not willing to deal with a Debt Collection Company in any way. Please stop sending letters to me regarding this matter. I ask you return the account to the council listed above. At this point in time it is not clear what charges you have added to my Tax Liability arrears with xxx Council. I therefore require you to supply an itemised statement of account that you hold on me that clearly shows what charges have been added and what these charges are for giving details of dates and times etc. You are required in statute to supply this information and I look forward to this within 14 days. Whilst your demands and charges are under investigation, all payments detailed above will be made directly to xxxx council I am sending the council a copy of this letter and requesting that it be filled with my account for further reference. I trust the above meets your approval and I look forward to your timely reply by letter. Yours faithfully,

im gonna run away from you... Tami Lynn

please do ... stand firm a sthey cannot charge that amount for two visits

Will I get advance notice of a bailiff visit and fees? From 1 April 1998, local authorities must send you a letter giving 14 days notice of a proposed bailiff visit to collect council tax. County court bailiffs must issue a warning notice allowing 7 days for you to pay. Do I have to pay the bailiff's fees? The fees that bailiffs can charge for recovering money vary. There are fixed fees for bailiffs collecting council tax; for example, from 1 April 1998 fees for the first visit by a bailiff are £20 and £15 for a second visit, where no levy or seizure is made. All bailiff fees (with the exception of magistrates' court bailiffs) can be looked at by the county court to see if they are reasonable or excessive. This is known as 'detailed assessment'. If you think that the bailiff's fees are excessive you should get further advice about this

the charges are pre-determined by law, they can charge £20 for the first visit and £15 for the second , whether they came by push bike, white van or harrier jump jet is irrelevant. the council tax staff wont necesaarily be aware of what bailiffs can charges, the council should have called off the bailiffs, and in this case it sounds as if they should neve have sent them anyway as you paid it several weeks ago. these bailiffs work on peopels fera and sacer them into paying, and rely on the fact that most people are not aware of what can lawfully be charged. challenge it, they cannot charge you £180 pounds for two vists.. end of story

£20 pound for the first visit and £15 fo the second, take a lokk here, some useful advice Debt Basics - Bailiff Guide - know your rights i would write to them advising that the debt is fully paid and when. ask them to break down their charges with details of what activiites they are charging you for and when these occured. the dispute the amounts and the right o colectthem if the debt was paid before you were contacted

as the debt was paid off before they called i would contest the charges as clealry the council should have advised them that the arrears had been cleared. are they charging £180 for 2 letters?. there are pre-determined amounts they are allowed to charge for visits to hand deliver letters, its around £24 for the first and a lower figure for the second , ill go check it out for you

if you have already paid the council tax of fthere is no debt for them to chase. You should write to the council tax revenues office asking them to call off the bailiffs as you have paid and they have confiemd this. i would also write to the bailiffs disputing thi sdebt and there right to collect and advis ethem to rfer to their client even when debts are passed to DC, you can stillpay the council directly. they will tell you that once you have passed it over they prefer you to pay the DC but they cannot stop you frompayingthem directly is the £180 what was owed or are they hiking charges on. They will try to inflate charges, but bylaw theer are only crtain things and amounts they can claim for.

as the others say they were one of the better ones to deal with... they were reasonable on agreeing repayment plans.. the debt i was paying was on a credit card of mine that was actually owed by a former employer (and former firend!. i had purchased the materials for a job on my card but he never repaid it and the company went under, big lesson learned!) eventually i stopped paying, sent them a CCA and i never heard anything after that

all you need is love.. the beetles

as you say, sounds like you have others that may be a bigger priority... good luck with those TK1979

i just checked, the information regarding CCJ's can only be listed for 6 years the same as for the defaults , after that time it must be removed.. unless you have paid it then you wouldnt be able to get it removed or update to show as paid... it's up to you really how you proceed, it depends on how much of a problem this judgement is for you.. im guessing as you were not aware of it is not been a problem up to now...

by "falls off" in a year i am guessing the information will be 6 years old by then. i know defaults can only be listed for 6 years after they were registered... ccj's may be the same but i am not 100% sure on this... does it show as paid or unpaid?

Hi The kat northampton magistartes court is 01604 497000 Northampton county court bulk processing centre is 0845 4085302 i have been helping one of our employees with a CCJ that he was not aware of that has turned to be incorrect, spoke to them recently and got through ok on the phone so give the number a try