Bailiff fees for parking fines and magistrates court fines

[MARTIN3030]

Hi, the fine which is made up can be made to go out your bank via standing order, less hassle if you know you can get arrested if you miss a payment.

The other thing you can do is to phone your local court and arrange a payment plan, they should inform you what times they are open from. You will then need to gis o in and show them you havent got the cash and what you are willing to pay and if need be that you need longer.

You will then be taken to the Judge who will slam his hammer and that will be the new order. Doesnt take to long, can be done on your own.

 

 

I dont think this is good advice Alistair.

In any case it seems that things are in hand now.

 

Its always advisable to contact the Warrant Officer by the number which appears on a hand delivered warrant.

If it is a warrant without bail,this is usually indicated in the header.

In almost all cases a date will be given to attend Court.

The downside of failing to respond is facing being arrested and if this is in the evening then you face a night in the cells.

If it falls on a Friday evening,there is a possibility of spending a weekend in the cells.

[tomtubby]

I think the letter was from the court as it was on HMCS headed paper although hand delivered. Before my OH had a chance to phone the person named on the letter this morning, he actually contacted him so OH has now agreed to pay half Friday and the rest within 4 weeks. We cant really afford that but OH cant afford to take time off to go to court either as he is self employed he would lose out on a days wages.

 

Many court are carrying out Operation Clampdown during February in an attempt to get income into the courts. Frankly, I have no objection to this way of trying to get the debt paid because NORMALLY the Distress Warrant is sent to Marston Group or Philips and this would have added an admin fee of £75 to the account together with a visit fee of £200 !!

 

By the court using their own "in house" Enforcement Officers, these fees have been avoided.

[MARTIN3030]

Yes that makes perfect sense....275 quid is better in anyone's pocket than the bailiff's coffers.

[stressed2009]

Hi

After a lot of reading on this site its got me thinking about the 2000+ I have paid for my partner in fees for magistrates and parking fines to bailiffs.

I have just found the paperwork for one which makes me so cross at my partners stupidity back then, it is for a parking fine plus bailiff fees totalling £654.11 (please see breakdown below). The paperwork shows partners van on the inventory but nothing was signed!

Parking Penalty Charge: 125.00

Bailiff Costs: 160.31

Attendance to remove/Removal Costs: 290.00

VAT on bailiffs costs: 78.00

Total amount due today: 654.11 - yes I paid it in full eek!

 

So basically its just over £529 in bailiff fees, makes you sick when if my partner wasnt so stupid it probably would have only been a £60 fine.

 

Anyways, is this allowed? It seems a lot! If its not right I would love to go about claiming it back This is just one of many lol!

 

Thanks

Stressed2009