Can bailiffs remove goods at your place of work?

Bailiffs may only take control of the debtor's goods^[1] where the debtor lives or carries on a trade or business.^[2]

A person's place of employment is neither of these.

If a debtor keeps goods at his employer's premises and a bailiff wishes to take control of them there, then he must apply for that authority separately.^[3]

If bailiffs remove a debtor's goods from his employer's premises without court authority, then the debtor may apply to the court to recover them,^[4][5] and the employer may remove the bailiff from the premises unless the bailiff shows an enforcement power specifying the employer's address as the address for enforcement.^[6]

^{[1] Paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[2] Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[3] Paragraph 15 of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[4] Paragraph 66 of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[5] Section 4 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977

[6] R. v Leroy Roberts [2003] EWCA Crim 2753}