sons council tax debt and Marston .

[dx100uk]

nothing to do with you ignore the bailiffs totally do not engage with them at all even on behalf of your son.

they are only doing this as the NOE is about to expire and they want to get their fees first by a knee jerk reaction of fright and payment. DONT !!

there is no right of forced entry allowed on CTAX debt so if ignored they will just go away and refer it back to the council.

as they have also not served him DIRECTLY to his correct and current address a notice of enforcement that means their fees will be null and void.

tough luck marstons.

 

now i would get your son or you on his behalf?  to ring the council and come to an arrangement to get it sorted,

i would be quite firmly pointing out to them that the bailiff NOE which is about to expire was sent to an old address and as they are now banging on your door which your son is not registered at trying to get their fees which they are of course not entitled too anyway as the NOE is invalid could they please call them off and remove their fees from the sum.

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[dx100uk]

19 hours ago, mb135 said:

how long do they last as they seem to have just obtained one recently but for £140, LO's do not expire.

can the council or Marston combine them under the same £1400 figure. - for collection purposes yes.

Its getting confusing , my son has the habit of burying his head in the sand when confronted with bills .

Latest liability order attached.

 

2023-10-05 LO.pdf 315.95 kB · 0 downloads

was your son residing at and legally liable for CTAX at the address they state for the dates they state?

you indicated earlier that some of the periods for the earlier LO he was not the properties renter?

was this a share like  student accommodation or what?

 

19 hours ago, mb135 said:

Currently he is living hundreds of miles away from the address that he accumulated the debt at. 

was my reason for the above

[dx100uk]

a notice of enforcement (@£75 fee to the bailiff) as far as i am aware is only effective at the ADDRESS it was sent to for the person thus named. if one is sent to x address and the bailiffs turn up at y address, that is not on. a NEW NOE must be sent.

i dont think this is coming about 'because' of the recent LO, it might have started 'things' again, but it's because marstons did nothing for almost a yrs from the original NOE (look at it's date!) enforcement (via a NOE) only lasts 12mts, before a new one must be sent to continue enforcement. and anyway that was to an old address.

the bailiff has spotted this when the new LO just came thru, , lumped the two LO sums together (as they can) and immediately tried to find him, picking your address as a likely 'i hope they wet themselves action' by turning up issuing a hand delivered letter @£275 ...(£75+£235=£310 which is the max fees a bailiff can charge for CTAX enforcement) on the back of the almost expired one issued to another address.....you almost fell for it!

sadly depending upon the council CTAX office and who runs it for them (could be outsourced) you might get someone with a brain that already knows the (bailiff) fees are bogus and should be removed... others just dont want to understand and give the usual 'you must speak to the bailiff rubbish..it's out of our hands.

see how you get on.

if all goes well they should remove the bailiff fees added (£310) and allow £PCM payment going fwd in payments to meet the old LO settlement and the new one.

as 146.69+1026.11+310=1482.80 it looks like certainly from the bailiffs side they think they are getting their fess. ..NOT.

why dont you be sneaky and ask the council FIRST what your son owes for both the 2 LO's added together.

if they comeback with 1172 ish. the fees are not registered..