Thanks for all your help lookinforinfo. much appreciated

Hi Wonkeydonkey, I would be very grateful of any assistance either you or PT could give me. I have my scanner up and running and can forward any info on. Thanks very much

Thankyou very much. I have been having a great deal of help from ploddertom but to be honest i don't like to pester too much. Have just been trying to read up as much as i can in the meantime. Seems to be tho the more you read the more questions you have and it gets more worrying. Hopefully learning all the time tho and i am enjoying it too . But not sure if i have upset anyone. I apolagise if i have

Hoping somebody can help me again. I have already sent in a formal complaint to sherforce. They have had over 7 days to deal with it. Now i am looking to go down the small claims route. I have the form set out on MCOL and all ready to submit. Do i need to send them a "letter before action" and wait another 14 days before beginning. I am worried that in that time they may get there fees approved. Advice greatly appreciated again

An update on my case. I went to see my first solicitor today. Didn't go well, he seemed to think that all of there charges are set previous. I did try and explain and he said he would look into it further but i'm not hopeful. Think i need to phone around and find someone who knows what there on about. When i was leaving he did try and sell me a divorce tho

I would think if they showed an operating profit something would be seriously wrong. They cannot make a profit in carrying out the business they do. The money they make from us good paying customers is well hidden i bet. They probably own the van companies and supply the office temps who both make a very healthy profit

Not sure if i have read this right but. The car that he has levied on does not belong to you, The pcn does belong to you. So he has no correct levy on the car. But if you then leave your car in front of it tomorrow he may be able to levy and take that. I would not give him the option of two cars tomorrow. If he takes a car that does not belong to you, you have a valid claim to get it back. Furthermore do not answer the door to him. The more i read it i think i have got it wrong. But hopefully you get what i mean. Good luck and hope all goes well

Also was there anything else with the letter he left you. If he levied any goods he will of left a form 55 notice of seizure. I take it he did not gain entry into your house, so could only levy on something external, maybe a car ?. If this was the case it may be an idea to move that out of site if you cannot pay. If you have any more info please post it

Hi Karennol, Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge on this matter will be able to answer you soon. But in the meantime i'll just relay advice that has been given to me in the past. Ideally i would say if you can pay them in full, do that, although it is not a nice thing to have to do it does ensure that no further fees will be added. And then you can dispute the fees at a later date. That is the position i am in currently. I am not sure if they are allowed to charge a van fee for a first visit. As they would not have levied on anything until a first visit this seems unlikely and i would say is certainly not standard practice. but again if you are in a position to pay, this can be argued later. That you have been charged £142 in fees is not bad going, there are many cases on here where the charges are thousands. From what i have read on this site bailliff charges can soon mount up and dwarf the original debt. I am sure there will be someone on to answer your questions pretty soon, but in the meantime if you have can pay then i would recommend that even if you have to borrow money like i did at least you wont be facing further charges.

Hi again, could somebody point me in the right direction as to where to download this cpr 8 form. I think i have found it but it's labelled N208. Don't need it just yet but better to be ready. Thanks once again

I have sent the letter (email) off to them. I also phoned them prior to that to check that it was ok to correspond with them in that way. I figured it is better for me as i have a record i can easily keep. I had read honey b's thread before but not it's onlyme's. Going to do that in a minute. I have given them a very short deadline to reply satisfactorily to my queries. And have tried to fit in all the questions i can think of with honey b's case in mind. I told them it was a bit better than the 18 hour deadline they gave me on a friday and that it should be adequate time to respond as they have all the information and presumably a calculator at hand to answer my questions. I don't know if i would be wise to apply for a detailed assessment fee on monday or just give them the extra bit of time to reply. Would i be able to cancel the process if everything is resolved. I highly doubt that things will be resolved but as my case is fairly similar to honey b's i think they may be playing with fire by letting it go to court. If it is ok with you PT i will send you a copy of my mail to them just in case i missed anything out. Or indeed have said too much. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated and i know you are very busy too. As always with big thanks

Thanks for everything PT. I am compiling my email to them now. I have spoken on the phone to them and they say i can challenge there fees in court or direct with them. They said i should give them a chance to sort it out first. Which is fair enough. What is a fair amount of time to give them to review my challenges before i go to the courts.

As far as i know they should check for ownership and finance on any vehicle. If it belongs to a third party then they cannot take that. But i'm still pretty new to all of this

Just one other thing probably worth pointing out. At the time of me phoning and them demanding that i pay at least £1000 before 9am the next day. They said if i did not pay i faced a further charge of £780.00 + VAT for removal of my vehicle. They only valued my car at £500. Is that a normal thing to do or is it just another money making [problem] from them.

Hi again PT, Thank you for your mail. I have sent you a breakdown of there fees by email. Sorry I should of included that with the original email. Hope it all makes sense to you. I do have a habit of waffling on a bit. I think i may be getting in touch with them very shortly and asking them some questions. Thanks again

I have found this looking at the different local government websites. this does seem to be the mentioned in all of them. But this seems to explain it best. There is only one Council Tax demand for each home. To work out who pays for your home, look at the list below. When you reach the first description that applies to someone in your home, they are responsible for the demand. They are known as the 'liable person'. A resident freeholder (for owner-occupied property, this will be the owner) A resident leaseholder A resident with a statutory or secure tenancy A resident licensee A resident The owner A 'resident' is a person of 18 years or over who lives in the home as their only or main home. These rules mean that the owner-occupier(s) or resident tenant(s) usually pay the Council Tax. "People who are joint owners or joint tenants are jointly liable for the one Council Tax demand for that property. Husbands or wives of the Council Tax payer are also jointly responsible for paying the bill. This also applies to a man and woman living together as husband and wife, and to same sex relationships where there is a civil partnership or the persons are living together as a civil partnership. Special rules apply where one of the liable people is severely mentally impaired". So it seems from that if the person whom she was living with was registered at that address then they would be liable too. Then for recovery of the debt they can recover it from either person. You can check your local government website for there stance on it. That would probably be the best thing to do. Now that the debt has been paid at least you have the time to pursue it correctly. And there are good people on here that know all the in's and outs to help and advise you

Thanks again, very much appreciated. If you need any more info please let me know. Will have my scanner back up and running either tomorrow or Tuesday also.

Hi PT, I have sent you that email. I sent it yesterday then mailed you from this but of course because of the 30 posts rule i couldn't message you back on here and i didn't notice. I need to get posting more i think. thanks again. I owe ya

I have typed it out, to be honest the print on the letter is not the best. It is very small and faded especially on the records page. I think I have spotted a few mistakes in it already but could definitely do with an expert eye over it. Unfortunately i cant send attachments or even messages yet as my posts are under 30. Is it possible you could PM me your email address and I will post it straight over. Thanks again PT it is very good of you to help people like me out. It is very much appreciated

Thanks PT Sorry for late reply been very busy at work. I can copy it all for you now if you want. Unfortunately my scanner isn't working so going to have to manually type it. Can i just send it to you through the mail on this site ?. thanks again

Hi well i have received the SAR. Not sure what to make out from it. It basically shows phone calls made over a period of 3 months. 1 letter sent out and 3 EO visits. Not sure if all of these visits ever took place. However on the supposed 3rd visit i received the letter etc and immediately contacted them. They have a picture of my car in use and not in use (on the drive not on the drive). Advice needed again please. Thanks in advance

Thankyou again Yes most of them look confusing. Most of the extra amounts come under part c fee 12. I will now wait and see what the SAR comes up with and like you say compare them then. Will keep you posted.

Thanks PT, I have received an email from them with a breakdown of costs and showing that the debt has been settled. They advise me to keep it for my records as proof of payment. I shall be forwarding it onto the court. I did not get a receipt as it was paid over the phone. I was, when paying advised that a receipt would be sent out, but it hasn't . It really does seem a bit suspicious that a company charging the amounts they charge do not even send out a receipt with maybe the words "thank you for your payment". Call me old fashioned but i expect a little bit more for £1300.

I'm not sure if this is at all relevant as sherforce are a company and probably not tied to an individual. But section 4 of the HCEO Regs 2004 says that an individual is not authorized to act as an EO if he or she has an outstanding court judgement granted within the last 6 years and remains unsatisfied. But it would be nice if it were to be the case eh. And morally it should be the case. Well done on all you have achieved so far HB

so i have no way of knowing if i have paid a dubious company correctly for 14 days. Will they have info if the debt has been passed to sherforce. Or do i need to phone my original debtor. Maybe i have been watching too much hustle, but it does not sit easy with me.