A good friend of my family has been visited on a number of occasions recently by Dukes to collect council tax debts on a previous property.
She has been giving the bailiff cash just to get him to leave yet he gave her no recipts when he took this cash.
Her other half is a bit of a waster and is hardly at home and they struggle to make ends meet. She also has 2 young kids and is very scared by these visits (hence giving him whatever cash she has on her at the time). However one good thing is that she has not let them in to the house. But she has no information on what she owes and the state of the accounts as she left it to her partner, I can only assume her fella has that information from Dukes.
I've suggested that she contact Dukes by letter to request a full break down of the account. Is Letter number 1 or Letter 3 full SAR in this thread here the correct ones to use:
http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...Useful-Letters
And in the meantime I've said not give him any more money or let them in.
I've also suggested that she contact the council and get them to send the amounts owed, the properties they relate to and when the liability orders were issued.
They live in a fully furnished rented house too. So how does she stand if the bailiff got entry to the house to levy or try to take goods?
Also is there anything else she can do? I notice in the useful letters and documents section that theres a sworn declaration that the property is not hers and belongs to someone else, which in this case it does as its rented. Is that applicable in this case and is it something she should send?
Thanks.
She has been giving the bailiff cash just to get him to leave yet he gave her no recipts when he took this cash.
Her other half is a bit of a waster and is hardly at home and they struggle to make ends meet. She also has 2 young kids and is very scared by these visits (hence giving him whatever cash she has on her at the time). However one good thing is that she has not let them in to the house. But she has no information on what she owes and the state of the accounts as she left it to her partner, I can only assume her fella has that information from Dukes.
I've suggested that she contact Dukes by letter to request a full break down of the account. Is Letter number 1 or Letter 3 full SAR in this thread here the correct ones to use:
http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...Useful-Letters
And in the meantime I've said not give him any more money or let them in.
I've also suggested that she contact the council and get them to send the amounts owed, the properties they relate to and when the liability orders were issued.
They live in a fully furnished rented house too. So how does she stand if the bailiff got entry to the house to levy or try to take goods?
Also is there anything else she can do? I notice in the useful letters and documents section that theres a sworn declaration that the property is not hers and belongs to someone else, which in this case it does as its rented. Is that applicable in this case and is it something she should send?
Thanks.
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