Bristow and Sutor

[Xeed]

Okay, here we go. Situation as follows, I am renting a bedroom with my brother from some latvian bloke, he's first name happens to be our surnames. He barely sleeps here at the property, he does have another place where he live out there somewhere. I just had a visit from Bristow and Sutor blokes saying, they can take MY goods ( my name nor my brother's is not listed on ANY documents ) because we live here, and he does not pay council tax. Can they really take whatever they like just because we're at the property which has outstanding council tax balance?

[wonkeydonkey]

No they cannot take your goods or your brothers as the liability order is not made to either of you, your landord is the responsible person to that order. Show them some ID (while keeping them outside the property and the door locked while you go to get it) then tell them to foxtrot oscar. If they wish to persist after that, then the hole they dig will swallow them.

 

WD

[Xeed]

What about the fact that we have no tenancy agreement with that bloke and our names are similar to his?

[brassnecked]

makes no difference, so long as the surnames are different, and you can prove you are not the named debtor, bailiff can foxtrot oscar. he may well threaten police forced entry locksmiths arrest, now there's a laugh, if you aren't the debtor and he was to attempt to "arrest" you it's the ambulance chasers on a no win no fee he will have after him.