Bailiff and Enforcement FAQ

Services and information

1. EXPECTING a bailiffs visit

   Protect yourself, your home and your vehicle from bailiffs.

2. Bailiffs and BREAKING ENTRY

   When can bailiffs break entry with a locksmith?

4. Your vehicle is CLAMPED

   Are you a victim of drive-by clamping. Get the clamp removed.

5. Cutting off a WHEELCLAMP

   When you can lawfully cut off an illegal wheel-clamp?

6. Your vehicle is TOWED AWAY

   Procedure to recover it and claim damages or repairs

7. Attending a bailiff's POUND

   Reclaim an impounded vehicle and recover damages

8. Deploying a PAY & RECLAIM

   How to 'Pay and Reclaim' your vehicle and recover damages afterwards?

9. Bailiffs and BODYCAMS

   ALWAYS get the video recordings, or sue damages for failure to comply!

10. Reclaiming with CHARGEBACK

    How to get you money back from bailiffs with Chargeback

11. Bringing a CLAIM to court

    Bringing court action for non-compliant enforcement

12. COMMUNICATING with bailiffs

    "Calls are Recorded or Monitored". How to use their own evidence?.

13. Bailiff put his BOOT in your door

    The so-called 'Threshold Maneuver'. How it can revoke enforcement?.

14. No WET-INK signature

    The law on 'wet-ink signatures' on Warrants and Liability Orders.

15. Capital Contribution Orders

    Bailiffs called about a 'Capital Contribution Order'.

1. Bailiffs and VULNERABLE people

   What rights and privileges for vulnerable debtors have?

2. EXEMPT good and vehicles

   The definitive list of goods and vehicles bailiffs cannot take

3. Getting your DATA

   Use the GDPR and get your data.

4. Disputing BAILIFFS FEES

   Swindled? Detailed assessment hearings scrutinise fees and charges.

5. Getting an INJUNCTION

   Apply to court to restrain non-compliant enforcement action.

6. Bailiffs and ANPR vans

   Victim of an ambush 'drive-by' clamping? The law and remedies.

7. Nuisance TEXT MESSAGES

   Dealing with a 'text-pest'. Hand them in and report them as malicious communication.

8. A DOCUMENT stuck in your door

   'Hit & Run' A bailiff is practicing unregulated debtor tracing action.

9. Its "DATA PROTECTION ACT"

   Common wildcard. Bailiff excuses and fob-offs. How to deal with them.

10. Bailiffs and going BANKRUPT

    How the law interacts between bailiff enforcement and bankruptcy?

11. The debtor is in PRISON

    Dealing with Bailiffs enforcing debts against Prisoners.

12. Bailiff TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

    Their relationship and support for bailiff companies

13. Active BAILIFF COMPANIES

    Find a bailiff company?

14. REGULATIONS and CASE LAW

    List of bailiff regulations and case law

1. COMPLAINING about a bailiff

   Make a formal complaint about a bailiff

2. Enforced against WRONG PERSON

   Restitution for innocent victims of bailiff action

3. Reporting Bailiff CRIME to Police

   The procedure and the pitfalls.

4. ASSAULTED of INJURED by Bailiffs

   Victim of violence? Personal Injury Claims, private prosecutions.

5. ARRESTED or CHARGED?

   We can prepare your defence!

6. FALSE arrest unlawfully HELD

   The remedies available of buse of police powers and unlawful imprisonment

7. Bailiff crime is a CIVIL MATTER

   Why police do not investigate bailiff crime and say it is a civil matter

8. How to PROSECUTE a bailiff

   Procedure for when police dismiss your complaint.

9. Bailiff attended with TV CREW

   Bringing action to stop the broadcast or get paid royalties

10. STOLEN JEWELLERY or CASH

    What you must do when goods are not inventoried.

11. Family Protection Trust

    Protection from bailiffs, bankruptcy and other forms of disinheritance

12. Approaching the MEDIA

    How to expose your bailiff story in the media

13. PRIVATE parking tickets

    Do you have to pay them? How to challenge them

14. More FAQ

    Ask a Question, your questions answered

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I established National Bailiff Advice as a complimentary online platform and legal resource for individuals affected by unscrupulous bailiffs and non-compliant enforcement practices. Our aim is to assist them in seeking remedy, removing debts from bailiff enforcement, and in some cases, having them legally discharged.

The debts encompass various categories such as court fines, High Court writs, council tax, and traffic-related debts.

Despite calls for the creation of a statutory bailiff oversight body, successive governments have rejected the idea, as they and local councils are the primary beneficiaries of bailiff actions. This has led to the current scenario where the enforcement industry operates with relative impunity, often flouting regulations and engaging in criminal activities, shielded by a perception of being above the law, reinforced by lenient treatment by the police.

National Bailiff Advice operates independently without public funding, allowing us to provide impartial assistance in dealing with non-compliant bailiff actions, a service that traditional debt advice charities may not offer or are prohibited from providing due to funding conditions.

While official debt charities excel in negotiating payment arrangements and setting up debt management plans, they are often ineffective in addressing bailiff actions due to lack of legal expertise in remedying breaches of the enforcement provisions and underlying regulations.

Our platform empowers individuals with the necessary legal knowledge to tackle and, in many cases, successfully challenge bailiff-enforced debts, including court fines, High Court writs, council tax, and parking fines, making our service unique in its scope and effectiveness.

Litigating for bailiff redress in court poses significant challenges, particularly given the courts' inclination to favour creditors, even in cases where the debt is disputed or not genuinely owed. We leverage our collective experience to pursue landmark cases and submit claims to the Bar Pro-Bono Unit to secure solicitors willing to take on such cases, thereby enhancing their own expertise and success rates.

Jason Bennison

Media Inquiries