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      I doubt HMCTS holds any data on whether arrests by AEAs required police assistance.  They couldn't or wouldn't provide data on how many of warrants issued were successfully executed - just the number issued!  In my experience, arrest warrants whether with or without bail are [surprisingly] carried out with little or no fuss.  I think it's about how you treat people - a little respect and courtesy goes a long way. If you treat people badly they will react the same way. Occasions when police are called to assist are not common and, having undertaken or managed many thousands of these over the years, I can only recall a handful of occasions when police assistance was necessary. On one occasion, many years ago, I arrested and transported a man from Hampshire to Bristol prison on a committal warrant. It was just me and he was no problem. I didn't know the Bristol area (pre Sat Nav) and he was kind enough to provide directions - seems he knew the prison.  One young chap on another committal warrant jumped out of his back window and I had to chase him across several garden fences.  When he gave up (we were both knackered) I agreed to drive by his girlfriend's house to say farewell for a while.  I gave them a few moments and he was fine. The most difficult are breach warrants but mainly in locating the defendant as they don't want to go back to prison - can't blame them.  These were always dealt with by the police until the Access to Justice Act transferred responsibility from them to the magistrates' courts. The fact was the police did not actively pursue them and generally only executed them when they arrested someone for something else and found they had a breach warrant outstanding.  Hence the transfer of responsibility.
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      thats down to mcol making that option available for you to select, you cant force it. typically if there are known processing delays at northants bulk it will be atleast 14 days later if not more.
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      Thanks   Noting the day to apply for default judgement if necessary
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      nope, as the display model was not the colour the customer wanted. but your question is totally immaterial anyway as custom built doesn't come into it. dx
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      as long as aos is done by day 19 from the date on the claimform they get a total of 33 days to file a defence. (whereby the date top right on the claimform is ONE in the 33 day count) dx  

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Shown a flat to rent, went to move in and it was a different flat in a different building

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Me and 2 of my friends viewed a flat in London we liked it enough to take it off the market and then paid the full deposit and first months rent. Then when we went to move in (after signing the contract) there was no one to check us in or do an inventory check then when we finally got the keys we discovered that the flat they had 'given' us was in a different building, much smaller and worse condition than the one we viewed.

 

We tried to speak to the agents but they denied ever being in the property we viewed and refused to show up at their office on the day.

 

I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to resolve this issue because we don't want to live in the property they provided as it is nothing like the one we viewed in the first place!

 

We also have photos of both properties one with the agent themselves standing in the one we viewed. The estate agents we used are quite a large chain so they can't disappear over night or anything like that.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jacob

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Hello,

 

Me and 2 of my friends viewed a flat in London we liked it enough to take it off the market and then paid the full deposit and first months rent. Then when we went to move in (after signing the contract) there was no one to check us in or do an inventory check then when we finally got the keys we discovered that the flat they had 'given' us was in a different building, much smaller and worse condition than the one we viewed.

 

We tried to speak to the agents but they denied ever being in the property we viewed and refused to show up at their office on the day.

 

I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to resolve this issue because we don't want to live in the property they provided as it is nothing like the one we viewed in the first place!

 

We also have photos of both properties one with the agent themselves standing in the one we viewed. The estate agents we used are quite a large chain so they can't disappear over night or anything like that.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jacob

 

Was the address on the contract (lease) the address of the flat you were shown or the one you were given?.

 

If it was for the one you were given and not the one you were shown - why did you sign it?.

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So the flat we were shown and were given are part of the same complex but different buildings. We were led to believe we were viewing a flat in block D but we were actually viewing a flat in block A, we signed the contract for the block D flat under the impression that it was the flat in block A, both flats were number 12. I can only think that the estate agent has made an error and doesn't realise her mistake.

 

Thanks for you quick response,

 

Jacob

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What is the name of the agents, please? Can you post the photos up

 

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does sound like an error, and they should sort it out quickly.

you will no doubt have expense's as well which they should compensate you for.

Make sure you put this in writing to them and ask for your expenses, or you seek court action.

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this is a common [problem], the more usual one is the flat isnt for rent by the person you are dealing with in the first place. read very carefully what you have agreed to and then see who actually owns the property in case you end up in a big mess.

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