PCN paid direct to local authority.

[Ripley]

Bailiffs have been on my case about an unpaid PCN, which I said I would pay today(payday). They want £590. I have just paid the PCN on the local authority's automated 'phone line, £180.00 transaction gone through, receipt number issued.

Am I right in thinking that this should finish the matter and the bailiffs have no further interest in this?

I could do to know pretty sharpish!

[tomtubby]

To be charging this amount that bailiff will be saying that he has already visited your home etc. There is no doubt that he will instead be trying to visit again and very likely clamp your car. You need to be very careful.

 

You MUST write for an immediate breakdown of the fees an charges.

[Ripley]

They wrote to me and I contacted their office last Thursday to say I would pay today. However, while I was away last Friday or Saturday, they clamped my motorbike. I complained about this - clamping while an arrangement had been made, no notice or paperwork relating to the clamping left - and they released it on Monday morning. In my view the clamping was unlawful.

[tomtubby]

If the agreement was in place I would suggest that you send a cheque for £13.16 to cover the statutory letter fee of £11.20 plus vat and write a covering letter to say that the amount is in full and final settlement.

[Ripley]

I have just taken legal advice from the solicitors aattached to my Trade Union. They tell me that I am still liable for the bailiff's costs - so I will ask them for a breakdown of these and pay up.