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 I have not copied any site so comprehensively as I do here, and add so not to plagiarise an excellent contribution into the illegal antics of a fraudulent £2billion pa scam machine, recognising fully that the author is the holder of the Fair Parking website.  Thanks for making the law accessible to everyone with internet.

 

The Role of Bailiffs

The law means nothing to private bailiffs. Too often they do not even know the law. They are not court officers and will have no court documentation with them when they pounce, least of all a GENUINE warrant as opposed to one later and unlawfully printed in their own office. They are likely to be self employed. Bailiffs are not interested in anything you may have to say. They have endless excuses to try and make it look as if members of the public are out of order or have broken the law (parking enforcement is now decriminalised!). All they are concerned about is instantly seizing vehicles or extracting money on the spot and usually by cash only. Nor are they bothered who pays it or whether the amount demanded falls in line with those fees listed in statute. What has been created is an army of bounty hunters pretending that they are law enforcement officers literally extorting money at will.

It will come as no surprise that whatever local authorities do wrong, bailiffs and bailiff companies add much more to this illegality by way of bullying, intimidation and far worse for the simple reason they stand to gain far more by ignoring any semblance of the enforcement laws which not only exist but which are also quite clear.

London local authorities will only ever receive a maximum of £187 per ticket and those in the provinces will receive far less. Bailiffs however will claim hundreds of pounds in fees as a minimum. Four figures is quite normal, that is if they only charge fees for too often bailiffs will simply take cars as a first option and without any legal documentation or giving any consideration as to who owns the vehicle or whether that person has anything to do with the original allegation. When vehicles are sold it is not always at auction as the bailiffs claim and whatever the price the vehicle fetches, you can guarantee that in nearly all cases the owner will never see a penny from the sale. Local authorities and bailiffs are quite happy to assume the delusory practice of 'Unpaid parking tickets equals forfeiture of your vehicle'. No, you haven't misread that, though no such law has yet been passed.