Received a "Notice of Distress Warrant" wrongly!!!?

why all the drama if your not even that guy, just tell them to **** off and forget about it, no need to stress, even if they did break and take all your stuff, they can't keep it as your not mr bloggs, then you can sue them for being retards and not checking first
 
As someone else said you need to make sure your in the electoral roll and paying council tax at your address

Otherwise they think someone else is at layout address and that they haven't paid council tax (why should they)
 
"andy" said:
Doesn't matter if they're inland revenue court appointed scumbags
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Why the hate? They are doing their job, nothing more, nothing less. Its not the bailiffs fault (nor the OP's obviously) the information was wrong.

Though, I bet no-one dodging their debts have EVER tried saying "nah mate, he dont live here".
 
Just out of interest, if the bailiff pushes you out of the way to get in (wrongly like in this case) I presume you have the same right to defend yourself and your house as if it was a common burglar? Ie clocking him over the head with a lamp is about right?
 
Woden said:
Why the hate? They are doing their job, nothing more, nothing less. Its not the bailiffs fault (nor the OP's obviously) the information was wrong.

Though, I bet no-one dodging their debts have EVER tried saying "nah mate, he dont live here".
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Because most bailiffs are just hired thugs?
 
Woden said:
Why the hate? They are doing their job, nothing more, nothing less. Its not the bailiffs fault (nor the OP's obviously) the information was wrong.
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If they've seen that letter they're patently not doing their jobs.

Woden said:
Though, I bet no-one dodging their debts have EVER tried saying "nah mate, he dont live here".
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Of course people will try to pull that one, but it doesn't justify a scattergun approach and unrelated people like Mr Loads having to prove he's innocent.

Crater, I don't honestly know what to tell you, other than contacting your MP or the court or the local police station. Court seems more likely but I'm guessing.
 
My mum had a similar scenario when she moved into her current house, she called up the debt collection company, they apologised and she wasn't bothered after that.
 
The Halk said:
If they've seen that letter they're patently not doing their jobs.

Of course people will try to pull that one, but it doesn't justify a scattergun approach and unrelated people like Mr Loads having to prove he's innocent.

Crater, I don't honestly know what to tell you, other than contacting your MP or the court or the local police station. Court seems more likely but I'm guessing.
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This really is an epic logic fail. While there obviously are some ****tastic bailiffs, the vast majority are above bored. Why would you knowingly spend money chasing the wrong person? Even if you get anythoing you will have to give it back and may well lose your licence.
 
Woden said:
This really is an epic logic fail. While there obviously are some ****tastic bailiffs, the vast majority are above bored. Why would you knowingly spend money chasing the wrong person? Even if you get anythoing you will have to give it back and may well lose your licence.
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That's for them to answer not me. Patently they've been negligent here. It's not the right person - are you now saying that they wouldn't spend money chasing him if it wasn't the right person?
 
Woden said:
Read the first sentence.
Also realise the bailiff has probably been told the right person lives there.
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They've had a warrant issued for a person that doesn't and has never lived there. Bailiffs can be told anything you like, but to go as far as a warrant without checking is terrible.
 
Craterloads said:
Weve been receiving Inland Revenue payment request at our address for the last few weeks addressed to a Peter A Hopkinson, who does not live hear! My sister called them and explained that nobody by that name lives here or ever has as far we know. They told her to send off the letter to IR explaining the issue, which she has.

Anyhow fast forward to today and recieved a "notice of distress warrant" from Philips Specialist Bailiff. Says in the letter if full payment is not paid within 7 days they will attend our premises to seize and remove goods without further notice! WTF?
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How much do they want? Why did you open the letters anyway instead of marking the first envelope that arrived weeks ago with 'return to sender, no such person at this address' and sticking it back in the post? If a second one addressed to him still arrived after that, a phone call to IR could have been made to try and sort it out, weeks before bailiffs were even appointed. Did your sister call them weeks ago or just now?


Woden said:
While there obviously are some ****tastic bailiffs, the vast majority are above bored.
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So would I be doing that job.
 
This is quite an interesting article, particularly the second half:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/...Englishmans-home-is-no-longer-his-castle.html

I don't care what the law currently states on the matter. If someone basically breaks into my home and pins me down I will use all reasonable force to evict him from the house. If they want to arrest me for it I'd take that law to the supreme court and see if they think it's constitutional.
 
The law is different in Scotland, and I'll probably come across as a keyboard warrior here, but if someone who wasn't the police forced their way into my home then I would force them to leave violently. That Telegraph article is staggering, what the **** were labour doing when they put that law into place?
 
The lady on the phone said to send a council tax bill to avoid it going any further, so hopefully should be resolved. Only thing bothering me is i have to put in the effort and money (albeit small) to prove innocence for something they cocked up.
 
The Halk said:
The law is different in Scotland, and I'll probably come across as a keyboard warrior here, but if someone who wasn't the police forced their way into my home then I would force them to leave violently. That Telegraph article is staggering, what the **** were labour doing when they put that law into place?
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Who knows, this is one thing that the Americans have done correctly, or rather not done anything about. The law existed here and the Americans just kept it going. Bloody Labour screwed it over in favour of thugs with warrants.
 
Well, we have it right up in Scotland. A Sheriff Officer is what we have - directly employed rather than a private company, and they do not have the right to seize items from people - but they do from businesses. Or at least that's my understanding.

I'd be absolutely furious in your position Craterloads. Furious. I've no idea if the HMRC are obliged to make compensation payments to people they wrongly harass, but I'd be writing a letter asking for it anyway. What the company they've subcontracted to have done is disgusting and negligent.

Hopefully it's the end of it - but having to prove your innocence is unacceptable.
 
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