Update, I phoned Lewisham and spoke to a nice man who told me that the debt related to the period after the property was sold, they had not been informed of the details of the new owner (though I swear I rang them at the time). So I gave him the new owners details and he said to confirm what was said by letter which I have just done and posted. He said they would call off Newlyns. So I rang Newlyns to tell them this, the man who answered could not have been less interested and said that they would continue to enforce the order until Lewisham contacted them to request "the file" whatever that means. Nice.

Anyone? I have not dealt with bailiffs before and don't know anything apart from not to answer the door to them.

I have just returned home and found a "Control of Goods" notice posted through my door saying that I must pay Newlyn £1115 from a property I used to own in Lewisham. I moved away from Lewisham in 2009 for work and sold the house in 2013, in the meantime I rented it out to tenants and always kept the council informed of comings and goings - there were only two tenants in that period anyway. I wanted to sell in 2009 but you know what the housing market was like couldn't give it away then. When I lived in the house up to 2009 I paid by direct debit so it can't be from those dates. I rang Newlyn and the woman who answered was really quite nasty but I persisted with being calm and she told me that they had sent notices to a rented address that I moved away from over two years ago. I have contacted Lewisham via their webform to ask what debt they are asking for. I suspect that either one of my tenants never paid their council tax or the buyer of the property chose not to register promptly. So my question is - can they just post a Control of Goods form to me without any other notices regardless of whether they sent a notice to a property that I no longer live in? Miss Nasty from Newlyn seems to think that was fine to send notices to my old address and then send Control of Goods form to new address but surely that can't be legal? Also it was a Liability order so I can't do anything about it according to Google. I never received a copy of the order even though I had my post forwarded because Royal Mail only allows your post to be forwarded for 2 years, and I did forward it for 2 years. Is there anything I can do about never receiving a copy of the order? Obv. I am going to ring Lewisham council tomorrow but having dealt with them over the years when I lived there I know they will be difficult can anyone let me know what I should be saying to Lewisham and Newlyns? NB the Newlyn Notice said the Liability order was from May this year. Thanks.