About a week ago a bailiff from "Direct Collections Limited" showed up at my door un-announced - this is not the main story but a build-up which I immediately posted on reddit to document, the main story will be after this: Well apparently that wasn't bad enough, because today this happened: This took an unfortunate turn. A different bailiff showed up at my house, this time "xxxxxx" the team leader of Direct Collections Ltd showed up - edit, considering the incident with the last bailiff he was promptly told i won't be talking to him, I asked him if he has a court order for anything or any documents that required I had to speak to him - he said no, and so I attempted to shut the door... He then stuck his leg inside the door and tried to push his way through, he pushed me back while doing this - I managed to force him out of the door and lock it (again - to clarify he has NO paperwork that allows him to enter the property) when I locked the door he was opening the letterbox and shouting through it, I asked him what paperwork he has on him and he said he had a paper that he had to show me... What I've later learnt is the company he's "collecting" for haven't done their research to realise that the company has gone into liquidation and I have gone into bankruptcy (hence living with my parents), so the bailiff is trying to show me a guarantee that I signed 4 years ago when I first setup the company - which he has no legal rights to show me if I don't want to see it. At this point he shouted through the door "I'll be waiting outside, you've got to come out at sometime i'll rip your ****ing face off when you do" we immediately phoned the police. While my mum was phoning the police our dogs (Labradors!) were barking, he shouted that he would kill them if they got anywhere near him. He continued with a tirade of abuse including "If this was a different place, i'd put you in hospital". After around 10 minutes we figured the police would be arriving any moment so we then waited in the side alley of our house behind a gate for the police, and for some bizarre reason he went and got a camera and took a picture of us all stood there. Now you might think this story would have a good ending when the police arrived of him being arrested.. Unfortunately we seem to have a distinct lack of police who understand the law regarding bailiffs, because as soon as they realised he was a bailiff - they immediately took the "you owe debt and he's collecting" stance, we explained to them the situation and everything that happened and their stance didn't change, and in fact took a tone with us as if we were being over-dramatic . The situation has ended with him leaving and nothing being done, and the police telling me he may be back. The baliff claimed he didn't force entry - he "just put his foot in the door" and that we were trying to set our dogs on him... Our labradors... through a locked front door... My mum is now in tears and frightened to leave the house - thanks xxxxxx police for protecting us! As far as I know he will be returning, and I will hope to get a video camera up before anything happens - unfortunately it's hard to grab one while being assaulted.

Hope you stick with me as it's a little long winded. On tuesday of this week I had a visit fom a very abusive Rossendale baliff. I wanted to try and get some advice on a couple of things and whilst googleing Rossendale , I came across this forum. In september of last year I answered the door to what I now know was a Rossendale Baliff. He told me that I owed council tax which amounted to £440. I agreed to pay £60 a month , I sorted this out on the door step as I know never to let them in. I paid 2 months and then money became tight, inbetween this I changed jobs so things became a little worse. To cut a very long story short I was defrosting my sons car as he was taking me to work, as I walked out the door there was a stranger standing on the step. He never showed me any I D he just said he was here to remove some of my possesions and he was from Rossendales and unless I paid the amount in full he would need to enter my property. I went back in the house forgetting that the car was running he went to get in my sons car and said he would take that instead . I told him that I was on my way to work and he was having nothing I would ring the council and sort it with them. He said it had to be done right here right now. I told my son to go out and I would get to work in the other vehicle. I told the baliff to go away and again that I was going to be late. I came in the house and got the keys to my other vehicle and told him I was going to work, as I got into my car he blocked the dive with his vehicle and said I was going nowhere. I got out of my car and came back into the house to ring my partner as by this time I was feeling intimidated and getting very worried. When I was back in the house the baliff kept banging on my door. I eventually watched him get in his van, my driveway was still blocked by him so I got in my vehicle and drove away down the bridle path at the side of my house. When I came back in he had tucked a walking possesion order in my font door , he had put his costs on and had put a levy on both of the cars . There is a lot more to this story but I just want to stick to the facts. I found out from another forum that the council have to accept my payment of which they did yesterday. The lady from the council says that now the full liabilty order has been paid she will withdraw the baliffs for 28 days. I never signed the walking posession order and on the order he wrote the wrong registration number down of one of the cars. my question to you is , now that I have paid the full liability order , do I have to pay the baliffs fees and does his levy still stand , bearing in mind that I have not signed the walking posession order and he wrote the reg of one of the cars down wrong. I have spoke to someone from the National debt helpline who says that once the liability order has been paid the baliffs can no longer chase me for their fees. Thanks for taking the time to read this ...... Hayley !!!!