Can a bailiff use force resulting in injury?


No

A power to use force does not include power to use force against people.[1]

Anyone unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm upon any other person, either with or without any weapon or instrument, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be kept in penal servitude.[2]

Anyone commits an offence if they threaten violence to secure entry.[3]

A police officer must arrest the bailiff for breach of the peace if he witnesses a bailiff placing anyone in fear of violence or harm.[4]



[1] Paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[2] Section 20 of the of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
[3] Section 6(5) of the Criminal Law Act 1977
[4] R v Howell (Errol) [1982] 1 QB 427