Hi Old Bill, Where would I get the CCA licence number of the bailiff? I do have his name though.......although only his last one. Or is it the company I am reporting?

How do you find out the country court that issued the bailiff's certificate? And does one report separately to the OFT?

Thanks tomtubby. I did wonder about that. Haven't done any court action yet. Wonder why the local authority LB suggested going to LGO. So they can be seen to be helpful - ha ha.........

Thanks for your reply. That is pretty much what I had decided to do. I have been communicating with them by email so will also send an email copy. The LB also told me to go to the Local Govt. ombudsman to make a complaint, which I had already done. Have you heard of this happening before?

After a long drawn out procedure appealing two PCNs sent to a previous address and following two separate visits to my house by same bailiff, rejection of my out of times by the London borough, I had a court date in July and my two out of time applications were allowed by the presiding judge. The LB did not turn up. However I have found it impossible to get money back from the council. They are saying that because the order did not specifically say that charges must be refunded then they won't give me any money back. Has anyone experienced anything like this? I am minded to sue the council in a separate court action as well as the bailiff because I found out much later that the bailiff had over-charged me. Never had a parking ticket before, so this was all new to me. I have emailed the court several times since then and they kept saying the order stands. The latest communication from the court said that the case has now been sent back to Northampton. Does that usually happen?

Thanks for your reply. How/where does one go after a bailiff for doing that?

Old Bill, are 'erroneous' fee charges criminal, as in bailiffs charging more than they are allowed to?

This was very interesting to read. Thank you. I will be making a posting soon about bailiffs.

I found this very interesting as I am having a problem with a local authority re PCNs as well as bailiff fees. Should Alchemy6 not be taking the local authority to court and not the bailiff? The LA are responsible for the bailiff's actions surely?

I had filed two N244 forms. The court hearing covered both under one case number.

Sorry I did not reply to you before but I did not get notification of your last two posts.

The court hearing covered both PCNs, yes, as they were both mentioned and filed in the paperwork. The court order refers to that case number which does cover both PCNs. Am still at stalemate with the council. They are insisting on seeing proof of my address at time of contravention which was in all the paperwork for the court hearing which they chose not to attend.

The order just said that my out of time applications be allowed. Never having seen one before I presume that is normally what they say. I don't have a scanner at the moment. The two out of time applications I had filed with TEC were in amongst the court bundles. The judge had seen them. It's as if this is some sort of strange beast not seen before at Lambeth Parking Services.

It will take months if it has to go through the Ombudsman. I am bewildered at the amount of excuses I have heard from the council; haven't got the order, file another out of time, ask the court what to do, we (meaning Lambeth) have done everything properly, we can object again, we will pass this on to someone to deal with. Can you tell me where it is written that when an out of time is allowed the council have to give you a refund? Perhaps if I can point somewhere to this then it will hasten things along. It was down to me to make sure they got the court order as they kept claiming they hadn't received it.

Thanks Jamberson. I am mystified as to why they are doing this. I have a copy of the court order, which allows my out of time. The same one was sent to the council. I contacted the court again today, who have confirmed that they have written to me to confirm that the court order stands. Despite me copying the head of parking, and the head of the council into my correspondence, it is still not resolved. Perhaps their coffers are bare? I have lodged another complaint with the council. I have also lodged one with the Ombudsman today after speaking to them. They have given me a case no. They said it is highly unusual for this to happen.