You are charged high storage fees on your vehicle

Storage fees make a large profit for bailiff companies, and they abuse the law that states that "reasonable costs" may only be charged.

Storage fees can be challenged, and courts allow £12 a day as reasonable costs for securely storing a vehicle. One company charged £48 Inc VAT per day, but this is inconsistent with published costs for storing classic cars in a climate-controlled environment in London at £52 +VAT a week.

If you have already paid the cost of storage to get your car back, then the money taken can be reclaimed by a chargeback, or a claim against the council together with the bailiff company for the creditor in the small claims court.

Some bailiff companies require cash, others require separate card payments for the debt and bailiffs fees and use a different card machine for the storage charges.

If your car is taken and you cannot afford to pay high storage fees which continue to accumulate, then apply for a detailed assessment hearing. This can take several weeks while fees continue to mount, consider deploying a Pay & Reclaim and make a claim for damages to the vehicle.

The Law:

Regulation 8 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 states:

Disbursements recoverable from the debtor

(1) The enforcement agent may recover disbursements from the debtor only in accordance with this regulation and regulations 9, 10 and 11.

(2) The following disbursements are recoverable provided that they are reasonably and actually incurred—

(a)the cost of storing goods which have been taken into control and removed from the premises or highway;

(b)the cost of hiring a locksmith to gain access to premises when using reasonable force to enter them in accordance with Schedule 12, and to secure them thereafter;

(c)court fees in relation to any applications made by the enforcement agent in relation to the enforcement power which are granted.

(3) The disbursements referred to in this regulation and regulations 9 and 10 may be recovered out of proceeds.

Bailiffs are connected with individuals who run vehicle storage compounds and work together to inflate storage charges on debtors.

It is not proven whether bailiff companies get referral commission for using a particular storage pound.

If you know anyone in the motor trade or vehicle hire business, this is your opportunity to make your money back by recovering the costs of repairs to the car after collecting it from the pound and earn a commission by referring your business to a vehicle repairer or hire company.

You are not obliged to "shop around" for repairs because bailiffs don't shop around for their storage compound to get the least expensive storage service. In any case, always get multiple quotes for the work and exhibit them in your claim.

Newlyn Plc - Storage fees £48 a day, £1400 a month.

Newlyn Plc uses the services of Louis Sanders, an eBay scrap merchant through his company A1 Environmental Ltd, charges £48 a day to store vehicles in his scrapyard in Hoddesdon.

If you have been charged, or have paid A1 Environmental Ltd storage fees in the last six years, then gather evidence of the flow of money and the PCN number and apply for a detailed assessment hearing

You reclaim the money from the council that issued the PCN together with your costs on an indemnity basis which covers all your solicitors fees. You don't need to go to court.