On Friday a [EDIT] from Marstons Bailiffs called and put a 'Removal Notice' through the door. I collected it at 6pm on Friday night. By this time there was not much I could do, so I searched your forum for previous issues, and found that because I did not previously know of the fine I could complete a statuatory declaration and get it certified by a solicitor. I finished work at lunchtime Monday and printed the stat dec out and went to the solicitors, swore on oath and got it signed. I then faxed a copy of the dec to suffolk magistrates and marstons bailiffs. Tuesday morning at about 10.30am (whilst I was at work) my housemate answered the door to the bailiff (again [EDIT] two police officers and a locksmith. He said that I was out, and they looked round the house, saw most of the stuff was my girlfriends or his and left a note. I have spoke to the court, and apparently I have three seperate fines that are at distress warrant level and im worried the bailiff will come back. One of the warrants (the one I know about through this) is £495 and I dont have enough money to pay that, let alone the other two I dont know about! Help!

Yorkshire bank (whom Gf's account is with) inform us we have to get in touch with the people that took too much out...

Thanks guys, the GF is worried that should we cancel the fee today the bailiffs could reappear tomorrow or Monday, basically before i've had chance to send off the Stat Dec. Thoughts?

Thanks again Numbers I have drafted a Statuatory Declaration but have not got it signed yet as im not overly sure that I can seen as officially I did know about it when I was handed the letter in August 2010. I'll wait till the pro's reply... hopefully!

Thanks Numbers The idea sounds good in principal, Girlfriends card is a Maestro though, will that still work? Feel awful as i've practically bankrupt her before Christmas!! Nick

Ok.... Unfortunately a not very lovely bloke from Marstons Bailiffs called today, intimidated me and my girlfriend and left with the fine fully paid £587.90 This is my full story: (it is copy and pasted from a draft letter to the courts) Unfortunately, the first I heard of this fine was over a year ago when a letter was given to me from another (wrong) address. I spoke to the lady at Cambridge Court and she advised me that I write to the courts asking for details of the fine and all the paperwork. I sent the letter asking for all the above paperwork in August 2010 but never heard anything back. In all honesty, I probably forgot about it and that is why I didn’t chase it, At the time I had been unemployed for three months due to being made redundant and I was in the middle of starting a new job and moving home so I am not overly positive that the court didn’t reply but I just never received it. Fast forward the best part of fifteen months, and you’ll arrive at the problem I received today. My girlfriend arrived home from work and was followed to the door by a Gentleman, who turned out to be your Bailiff. He told me that I had to pay a £587 fine today otherwise he would enter my house and take things to that value. When I told him that it was a joint rented house with my friend and that probably eighty percent of the items in the house are not mine, he said that was not his problem, he was just instructed to remove items to clear the debt. My girlfriend, hearing this and fearing for our friends belongings, paid the full amount of the fine, £587.90 on her debit card. Leaving her practically penny less for Christmas. When I told the bailiff that I had not had a letter regarding this matter for well over a year he produced a form showing every time a letter was ‘sent’ or a phone call was ‘made’. None of those ever made it to me, and I would be surprised if the phone calls were ever answered as nobody from a court has ever contacted me. Furthermore, after reading on the internet and in several Legal forums, it was widely written that bailiff’s should give 7 to 14 days written notice before they attend your property, which never happened. I also enclose a copy of the distress warrant as the warrant address is 49 G St, whereas my residential address is 53 G St. My questions are, is there anything I can do to get the money back (even some of it!) I have spent near on two hours trawling the internet looking for information, and have found a Template of Statuatory Declaration, but dont know if this is valid as I did read the letter and phone the court over a year ago, even though they didnt reply to my letter that I know of! Any help would be great!