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• What is the Congestion Charge?
• Representation against a Congestion Charge Notice.
• Notice of Acceptance/Rejection/Appeal
• Appealing a Congestion Charge to the Adjudicator
• Charge Certificate & Registration of Debt & Order for Recovery.
• What is a Statutory Declaration?
• A Warrant of Execution.
• 3 or more unpaid Congestion Charge notices.
• How can I check the bailiff’s fees are correct?

How can I check if the bailiff’s fees are correct?

For Congestion Charging, only the following companies are contracted by Transport for London to enforce unpaid Congestion Charges.

• Drakes Group Ltd
• CCS Enforcement Ltd
• Equita Ltd

   DKB Collections Ltd

It is a fact that because the public are unaware of the charges that bailiffs can legally make when enforcing unpaid Congestion Charges or indeed any other debt, some bailiffs will try to charge fees that are 3 or 4 times the value of the original debt.

So that we can provide accurate information on our site concerning the matter of bailiffs’ fees, we have spent many months in correspondence with Transport for London seeking this information, and we are delighted that they have provided us with copies of their Contracts with each of these companies including the scale of fees that the bailiff may legally charge.

By visiting the Transport for London section in our secure Downloads area, you will see that we have provided a copy of the fees.

Each Contract also clearly states that the bailiff cannot send a first letter to you seeking payment until 5 days after they receive the warrant. More importantly, the bailiff is prohibited from making an initial visit until 17 days after sending the first letter. This clause was no doubt inserted to allow the individual adequate time to pay after being sent the first letter and indeed many local authorities provide similar clauses. This means that from the date on the warrant at least 20 days will need to pass before the bailiff can pay a first visit to you!!! For this reason it is vital that you request a copy of the warrant so that you can see the date it was issued!!

If the bailiff has attempted to visit you to enforce payment before this period has passed, you may wish to visit the Transport for London section of our Downloads area, where you will be able to access a letter that we have drafted that can be adapted to suit your own particular circumstances that should be sent to both the bailiff company and Transport for London to request a refund of any incorrect charges made as a result of a visit being made too soon.