Topic: | Re:Re:Re:PCN from Council gone to bailiffs | |
Posted by: | Richard Jennings | |
Date/Time: | 27/08/14 01:16:00 |
"neither they nor Ealing Council (nor, interestingly, the Court) can be bothered when there is a prospect of getting someone to cough up this amount if they don't know about court proceedings." Ealing would have sent out: - the PCN in December - after at least 28 days, a Charge Certificate (penalty increased by 50%) - after at least a further 14 days, and after registering the debt at the County Court (TEC), an Order for Recovery. They would then have obtained a warrant of execution from the Court, which would enable them to instruct bailiffs to recover the debt. Evidently Ealing didn't bother to check the DVLA-registered address before sending either the Charge Certificate or the Order for Recovery, and your son should make this clear on the PE2 form. The Court is not involved in finding or checking addresses. In fact the process of registering the debt is largely automatic and electronic. However, TEC staff will be involved in considering the forms that your son will send them. TEC have a dedicated telephone helpdesk (numbers given on my earlier post), which is useful if he has any queries about the process. |