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• About Bailiff’s Fees
• How much will the Bailiff charge me?
• Can the Bailiff charge me VAT?
• Example of Bailiff’s Fees for unpaid PCN’s
• Example of Bailiff Fees for arrears of Council Tax

Bailiff Offences

• What is illegal distress?
• What is irregular distress?
• What is excessive distress?
• Excessive overcharging.

Complaining about the fees.

• How to complain about the Bailiff fees.
• Detailed Assessment of the Bailiff Fees.

Where to complain.

• Complaining to the Court about a Certificated Bailiff.
• Complaining to the Bailiff’s Professional Associations
• Complaining to the Local Authority
• Complaining to the Office of Fair Trading.
  

About Bailiff’s Fees

The fees chargeable by most bailiffs are legally regulated in various Statutory Instruments, but this varies between the different types of debt that he is to collect. Sadly, many bailiffs are charging fees that are either not permitted by law, or are very excessive. The Government is currently looking at introducing far stricter regulations of Bailiffs and has recently issued a Consultation Document to various organisations that includes the following statement…

“Enforcement agent law is currently very complex and confusing, and comes from a number of sources in both statutory and common law. The regulation of the enforcement profession is currently fragmented, with some individuals operating outside of any structures and evidence of threats and intimidation being used against vulnerable people in their own homes. The enforcement agent fee structure is similarly flawed and open to abuse, whilst there are concerns about whether some parts of the existing enforcement agent law are ECHR ( European Court of Human Rights) compliant”.

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