Help needed with enforcement officers Ross and Roberts LTD

[whatwasithinking]

Hi all,

I am new to this, so please bear with me. I have got myself into a lot of trouble with money, I burried my head in the sand and put council tax bills in the draw. Unfortunately due my own stupidity and not dealing with this sooner I have now got an attachment on my earnings and apparently and enforcement officer.

 

I was paying £20 to these guys and then they put it up to £100, Came round to the flat, and told me I had no choice but to pay them £100 amonth as this is what the court has instructed. I told them I could not afford this, but they said tough. Cutting a long story short, I have a friend helping me sort out my finances now and she has written to them saying that I physically can not pay this as I do not have it.

 

I got this reponse.

 

Thank you for your email, the comments have been noted.

We are unable to amend your arrangement once your arrangement is signed and agreed to it must be kept to, failure to pay any later than your agreed date may incur further bailiff action

Yours sincerely

signature removed

Ross & Roberts Limited

I have resent the information and they have refused to enter into any further communication. What can I do?

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

You would I think need to ask the court that

made the order for a variation of the payments

ordered because of hardship.

The Local court will be able to tell you what

you must do.

[wonkeydonkey]

Have you verified exactly what is owed in CT with the Council ?(not the bailiff as they write their own versions of what is owed and what fees they can charge) you will need to contact them and get the following info.

 

1 - how many Liability Orders there are

2 - the dates they were obtained

3 - the address(es) they relate to

4 - the period(s) of time they cover

5 - how much each one is for

6 - how much is outstanding on each

7 - the names the Liability Orders are in

8 - the date(s) they were passed for enforcement

 

Then you will need to write to the bailiffs and get a breakdown of what they are attempting to charge in fees.

 

"From:

My Name

My Address

 

To:

Acme Bailiff Co

Bailiff House

 

Ref: Account No: 123456

 

Dear Sir

 

With reference to the above account, Can you please provide me with a breakdown of the charges.

 

This includes:

a - the time & date of any Bailiff action that incurred a Fee.

b - the reason for the fee.

c - the name(s) of the Bailiff(s) that attended on each occasion a Fee was charged.

d - the name(s) of the Court(s) the Bailiff(s) was/were certificated at.

e - the date of the Certification.

 

This is not a Subject access request under the Data Protection Act S7 1998 so does not incur a fee of £10. You are obliged to provide this information.

 

I require this information within 14 days.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Ripped off customer"

 

Once you have all this info come back here and caggers will help you solve this.

Meanwhile I suggest you pay start to pay the Council direct using their online payment system, if you can only afford to pay £5 pw then do so ..but..make sure you do this on the same day every week.

[ploddertom]

You would I think need to ask the court that

made the order for a variation of the payments

ordered because of hardship.

The Local court will be able to tell you what

you must do.

 

Court doesn't decide on level of payments for CT this is another fairy story fabricated by the elves at R&R.

 

PT

[whatwasithinking]

Thank you, for speedy responses. I will get straight on doing that. I have spoken to several agencies each charging me for there help. They have advised me to go bankrupt.

[whatwasithinking]

Right I have what is owed in council tax from tax office. My friend sent off for all these figures last week. I will send the letter

[ploddertom]

The letter to R&R requesting the breakdown of the fees should be sent initially by email backed up with a copy in the post.

 

PT

[seanamarts]

What agreement did you sign?