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  1. Hi, in 2013 my local council were having "technical problems with their system" and kept losing my Self Employed accounts etc - I was self employed since May 2009 but trading at a loss so claiming Working Tax Credits and Council Tax Credits (Full) from 2010. In May 2013 I was issued a Court Summons so I called the council and she explained that it was issued wrongly due to the technical error and that I should just ignore it. (I can't prove the content of the conversation but I have an itemised phone bill that confirms I was on the phone to the council for over 30 mins)! In November whilst I was at my office, I returned home to find a "Notice Of Bailiffs Attendance"! I called the number on the letter and explained the situation and he said I need to take it up with Council Recovery. I called CR who said that they were not informed that I didn't owe any money and transferred me to Council Tax- they said that they were not informed by CT Benefits so transferred me again and CTB said that they knew nothing and nothing was on my record about me handing all of my paperwork etc (for which I have stamped receipts from the council)! So I went to the One Stop Shop in person with all of my paperwork in hand! By this time I had a breakdown so for the first time in my life I went unemployed as I couldn't focus on work! I also visited CAB several times over this but cutting a very very long story short I am paying the Bailiffs a ridiculous amount of fees (around £600) still for a "debt" that I didn't owe in the first place. Plus a couple of months ago I received another Court Summons for "Non-Payment of Council Tax" because they said I owed £14.60 for my 2014/15 bill (that I had paid a couple of months previously) and charged me another £75 court costs! I have the receipt for everything- when I phoned them they told me that they had knocked the money (£14.60) off this year 2015/16's bill!!! So I had a deja vous moment. Currently I am on the sick with Anxiety, depression, hypertension and the other week I collapsed and smashed my head open and got a concussion for which I am still seeking medical help for. My question is- what the hell can I do about this before it kills me??? CAB said there is nothing I can do (they said the only thing I can do is to get the council to intervene with the bailiffs, but I have a written statement from a council spokesperson that "they cannot intervene as the bailiffs are not acting on their behalf" (because I never owed them the money in the first place)!!! I have tried to keep as brief as possible but do have all receipts and correspondence etc!
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