Philips Debt recopvery and Bailiffs.

[gridl0ck]

Hello everyone,

 

I have £300 court fines to pay and I was sent a letter from the Philips saying it has been referred to them. Thisthen increased to £364. I sent out a cheque on friday and yesterday a bailiff came and gave a letter by hand to my moms house( I have moved out). The new letter said I owed them £564 for costs of bailiffs coming out. I told Philips that I cannot afford that and that a cheque has already been sent out. She said cancel it with your bank and pay the new amount. I told her my address was also wrong as I don't live there and she said give me the new one. I refused to give it to her and pay the new amount and she said she has put out a police tracker on me and hung up.

 

What can I do now? They are charging me £200 extra for a guy to come to my house and post a letter, that is ridiculous. What can I do, and if nothing can be done can I request monthly payments that suit me? Thanks.

[harrassed senior]

As they say, cancel the cheque to them, and pay direct to the Court the original amount.

[hallowitch]

did you send the cheque recorded delivery

 

as i understand it (not 100% sure) once the fine has been passed to the bailiffs the magistrate court wont accept payment

[cerberusalert]

Moved to Bailiffs Forum

[gridl0ck]

I have cancelled the cheque and it was not recorded. Can I not pay the original amount owed to the court to Philips and dispute the rest as they will have to forward the courts costs?

[tomtubby]

The letter from Philips should have warned you that if payment was not made within a certain time that the debt increases by £200. You should have paid by debit card and NOT by cheque.

 

You say that the address was wrong. Did you receive the original summons? If not, then you can make a Statutory Declaration and this will cancel the fine and a new summons would be issued to you.

 

Yes, the HMCS Contract with Philips does permit them to accept repayment over a maximum period of 6 months. HOWEVER, this will be from the date of the warrant so you will need to know when the Distress Warrant had been sent to them.

 

PS: The "one off" visit fee of £200 has been agreed with HMCS.