Can anyone Help ASAP! Phoenix collections

[LittleElf]

Hi all

I've received this through my front door today.

I've telephoned the bailiff and he stated that I owe the amount shown £393.00 for an unpaid parking fine from the council for an old vehicle I had back in May of this year. I cannot remember this and there is no breakdown on the letter

He stated the company have sent two letters which I have requested copies of. He said he has a warrant for my address to enter the property.

I have told him I'm a vulnerable adult with a young child as I suffer with a mental health condition of PTSD and am under the mental health team and he stated from what he could gather on the phone I have full capacity to deal with this as I have recently just gone back to work.

I have just recently gone back to work due to having months off due to my PTSD condition.

He said I need to ring around family and friends and find the funds and he's ringing me back tomorrow!

What do I do?

[LittleElf]

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[zeke]

It's a bailiff's phishing letter.

Designed to see if an occupant contacts the bailiff, admits their identity and living at the address the document was given.

The law says the bailiff must give a statutory Notice of Enforcement.

This is what it should look like.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014 ... edule/made


If you have changed address, then make an "out of time" witness statement or statutory declaration, depending on whether it’s a moving traffic offence.

Here is the procedure.

https://www.nationalbailiffadvice.uk/Ap ... liffs.html

It is possible to appeal a PCN after receiving bailiffs.



If you are a vulnerable person, the law states the bailiff must give vulnerable debtors time to seek advice in relation to the enforcement power.

This article explains more:

https://www.nationalbailiffadvice.uk/Ba ... eople.html

And here is a free template to suspend the enforcement.

https://www.nationalbailiffadvice.uk/Te ... btors.html

[LittleElf]

Thanks Zeke so what shall I do when he rings me tomorrow.

He said saying I have to ask around for money.

[zeke]

Don't answer your phone.

Don't open the door - ever to a bailiff.

Keep that door locked shut. Even if the police and the bomb-squad are outside threatening to blow the house away,

Speak through a window, hand him the vulnerable people letter and ask him to leave quietly.

See if you have grounds to stop the enforcement. Here is a list of options.

https://www.nationalbailiffadvice.uk/St ... s-PCN.html

[LittleElf]

Okay thank you I wont do.

I have sent the email to the council and to the company regarding the enforcement fee as I am a vulnerable person.

I cannot find the text message to send to the bailiff regarding the the same though.

[zeke]

If you created a letter then send it by text to the bailiffs mobile and take a screenshot of the sent text message showing the time it was sent.

[LittleElf]

Thanks for all your help.

I sent the letter via email and post and they responded straight away, the bailiff has backed off and I don’t have to pay the enforcement fee and I am dealing directly with the council and the bailiff is to have no contact.