She had recived corespondece and told me she had had letters from them. I hadnt realised the nature of the letters till she mentioned baliffs. Its my fault, I should have looked at the situation sooner but I assumed it couldnt be a debt cos they told me it was all paid.

Hi all, When I set up my account to autopay Congestion Charge out of my bank I asked if I could clear any debt outstanding. They said it was done. The car was registered to my mum. She has just given me baliffs letters for three outstanding charges to her (cos the car was in her name) for around £200 each. I call them. They tell me to call up a number about an 'out of time statutary declaration'. The people on the number I call tell me the reasons I (or in this case my mum) can apply for them and they dont seem applicable. I call Congestion Charging again. They say its cos the charges dont go on the system for 4 to 10 days so they thought I was all paid up and basically tough luck. Also said I and my mum could send a letter but beyond that went too helpful. What is the best thing to do now?

your a diamond! im going to get on to that first thing in the morning! few things in life more satisfying than annoying a balif

caldfwich: did go bankrupt last year but as had never heard of debt before did not put it on the forms. does this mean it still gets wiped or not? pt: it was local court, from what i can tell it was feb 2009 and i closed the buisness and moved out of the premisis in nov 2008.

wd: how do i go about getting a set aside? pt: def not mistaken i.d. they had the buisness name address ect. i think i had them trying to sell me add space at some point in time but it would have been pointless cos they dont really cover the area the buisness was in! thank you both for promt response!

they are from a company called high court enforcement (whether that means they are a high court enforcement officers i dont know?). i do have a claim number and the court it went through.

i recently had a balif at my door telling me i owe a £1700 debt to a local news paper from 2008 when i was trading as a buisness that i closed around the same time. this was the first i had heard of it and they have not told me what its for! its been to court (without my knowledge) and they say they are going come and recover the debt. i went bankrupt last year so if i had known about the debt (which im 100% sure i dont owe, being as i have, to my knowledge, never advertised or anything else in said newspaper) i would have put it on the bankruptcy. i have been on the voting register since i closed the buisness so im not hard to find. this is the first corespondence i have had about the apparent debt. i need to know how to dispute this asap and make it so they cant try to take my stuff! any advice greatly appreciated.