Liability order - council tax and bailiffs

[Deldench]

I have received a letter from a bailiff telling me to make payment to them for a council tax liability on a property I lived in about 4 years ago.

 

This is the first I have heard of this alleged debt and I dispute I owed any council tax when I vacated the property,

I rang the bailiffs who informed me I need to make immediate payment to them for £532.

When I told them i disputed it and this was the first i heard of it they told me they had no information and referred me back to the council.

 

I contacted the council who were unwilling to discuss this on the phone.

 

I think in order to stop any bailiff action I will need to get the court to suspend the action whilst I have an opportunity to attend a hearing and state my case.

What i need to know is how do I get this action suspended, Any help greatly appreciated.

[dx100uk]

ok

so its only at the letter stage

no charges yet.

 

you need to contact the council and ask:

 

You need to speak to someone at the Council and ask the following questions:

1 - how many Liability Orders they have against you

2 - the dates they were obtained

3 - the addresses they were for

4 - the period of time each covers

5 - how much each one was for

6 - how much is still outstanding

7 - the dates they were passed on for enforcement

8 - ask them if they permit their agents to subcontract as it appears that the bailiff is a self-employed bailiff

 

why do you dispute the ctax debt?

 

are the council REALLY aware of the true date of vacating etc etc

 

dx

[TB Law]

Write a formal complaint and sday you moved and you did not get a final notice or a reminder. The council will roll the case back to the liability order. Then you can challenge when you lived at the address and the amount is revised.