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Debt Advice Handbook 14th edition

Chapter 14: Bailiffs

• 1. Introduction
• 2. When bailiffs are used
• Civil court judgments and orders
• High Court judgments
• County court judgments
• Road traffic penalties
• Commercial rent arrears
• Other debts
• Local taxes
• Debts to HM Revenue and Customs
• Magistrates’ court orders
• Child support maintenance
• 3. How bailiffs are instructed
• High Court writ of control
• County court warrant of control
• Road traffic penalties
• Commercial rent arrears
• Income tax
• VAT
• Local taxes
• Magistrates’ court order
• 4. Bailiffs’ powers
• Courts and the enforcement process
• The enforcement notice
• Binding the client's goods
• Entering premises and identifying vulnerability
• Time
• Place
• Method of entry
• Identification
• Taking control of goods
• Time and place
• Ways of taking control of goods
• Which goods can be taken
• Inventories
• Selling goods
• Removing goods for sale
• The sale
• Final accounts
• Fees and expenses
• Fees
• Expenses
• Costs of selling the goods
• Exceptional costs
• Multiple warrants
• Vulnerable clients
• If a client disputes the fees
• 5. Complaints about bailiffs
• Taking court action
• Complaining to the bailiff
• Complaining to creditors
• Complaining to a professional organisation
• Complaining to the Ombudsman
• Court proceedings
• 6. Emergency action
• Refuse the bailiff access
• Get the warrant withdrawn from the bailiff
• Raise a lump sum to clear the debt

This chapter covers:

1. Introduction (next)

2. When bailiffs are used (here)

3. How bailiffs are instructed (here)

4. Bailiffs’ powers (here)

5. Complaints about bailiffs (here)

6. Emergency action (here)