Bristow and sutor gave me five days to pay or take car.

[kel123]

A couple of questions

 

Your C/tax was for £500

you paid £100 to the council

you paid £400 to the bialiff

 

Is this correct

 

If this is correct then the bailiffs fees will have been taken out of the £400 and therefore you will still owe the equivalent of the bailiffs fees to the liability therefore they have the rights. you do need to tell the whole truth if you want poeple to help because it seems rather bitty.

[intrigue]

No maybe your getting confused with the two threads i have

 

I have two council tax issues one is for £101.13

 

Rossendales came and i paid the £101.13 to the council and have also now paid £400 ish to rossandales (paying the debt twice as they were going to take the car)

 

Bristow and sutor i have the same issue with except i have paid the council tax bill of £400 and i am not sure if they will be coming here tomorrow to try and collect their fees.

 

So basically total is £500 council tax all paid online.

 

I have also paid £400 in bailiff fees.

 

Total £900 outgoings for £500 debt.

[Fair-Parking]

Intrigue - First and foremost, do not lose sight of the fact that what is written on the magistrates liability order is the amount you owe. That is ALL you are legally required to pay unless the bailiffs produce a court order for their fees, which I can guarantee they will not have. You are not in contract with them, so you haven't agreed to pay them anything for them to sue you over.

 

Tell the council in no uncertain terms that you have paid what is written on the liability order to the bailiffs and therefore you have discharged your legal liability.

 

Then tell the council that if this money has not been passed on then the council must contact the bailiffs for the balance.

 

Finally tell the council that you have not seen any court order for any amount over and above what is written on the liability order and that without any such document you are not legally obliged to pay any more.

 

Do not debate the situation any further with them as the matter is now closed.

 

Better still drop a letter outlining these points onto their front desk.

 

Job done.