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Bailiffs turns up at pensioner’s house despite parking ticket being quashed

A PENSIONER who was told her parking ticket had been quashed by council chiefs has been left shaken after a bailiff turned up on her doorstep to demand more than £200. Elizabeth Hughes, 69, from Anglesey, had already endured “months of hell” after a mix-up over a £30 parking ticket she received at Llandudno’s Venue [...]

Pensioner slams council for parking fine anguish

A PENSIONER claims she endured months of hell because of a mix-up over a parking fine. Conwy County Council chiefs threatened to send the bailiffs round to the home of widow Elizabeth Hughes, 69, from Anglesey, after she failed to pay a £30 parking ticket. Mrs Hughes wrote two letters appealing the ticket, which she [...]

‘Appalling’ Council Threatens 102-Year-Old Woman With Bailiffs

A council sent a court summons to a frail 102-year-old woman who has dementia and lives in a nursing home. Wheelchair-bound Ethel Branton was threatened with bailiffs for non-payment of council tax in a letter from officials at Islington Town Hall. She is exempt from the tax as she is in residential care at the [...]

Rossendales, Local Authority And LGO

I’ll try to keep this short. I’ve had to deal with North East Lincolnshire Council and their bailiffs Rosendales over council tax. It has been going on for well over a year due to the FARCE, which is the formal complaints procedure with both the council and later the Local Government Ombudsman. Calling in the [...]

Hounded For A Fine On A Car She Did Not Own

A COUNCIL has admitted it was wrong after hounding a woman for a parking ticket on a car that wasn’t hers. Paula Griffiths, of Little Wakering Road, Wakering, received a £75 fine from Rochford District Council at the beginning of last year. The car was registered in her name, but the DVLA confirmed her signature [...]

Defiant Pensioner Takes On Merton Council And The Bailiffs

A defiant pensioner is taking on bailiffs under data protection and harassment acts, claiming Merton Council’s collection of tax is unlawful. Former accountant Traude Konig, 65, of Kingston Road, believes hired heavies have been abusive and illegally tried to gain entry to her house after she fell behind on her council tax by just six [...]

Court judgement means bailiffs to seize Council property

Bedford Borough Council have ignored a county court judgement awarded against them and are now to receive a visit from bailiffs who will attempt to seize and impound goods, which belong to the Council Taxpayer, to the sum of £400. Mr Alan James Digby-Cameron originally demanded compensation from the Council, to the amount of £286.23, [...]

Rossendales bailiff stole money from lady pensioner

Whilst in his official capacity as a bailiff in the collection of Council Tax debt on behalf of a local authority, Peter Walsh stole over £20K from a lady in her 80’s after befriending her. In the summer of 2006, Walsh, who was employed by Rossendales, made a first visit to the pensioner’s home in [...]

Couple win parking appeal after Council bailiff threats

A couple from Doncaster, who were threatened by Council bailiffs to force entry into their home over an unpaid parking fine and seize their car, have won a traffic penalty appeal against Doncaster Council. Mr Lee Heath-Swales received a parking ticket for leaving his vehicle in a loading bay for 10 minutes whilst he collected [...]

Council bailiffs wrongly threaten action against elderly gentleman

Local Councillors and family members stepped in to prevent South Oxfordshire District Council bailiffs from threatening to take debt recovery action against 80-year-old Mr Dennis Reeves. Mr Reeves was pursued for Council Tax arrears of £435 by the Council’s bailiffs, Capita, but it was later discovered, after the intervention of Councillors and his family, that [...]