Can bailiffs arrest me?

Bailiffs saying they have an arrest warrant, or no bail warrant, actually have a Warrant endorsed for bail,^[1] which does not confer private companies a power of arrest.

When a court issues a warrant for a person arrest, it is executed by the police who detains the suspect and produces them before a court.^[2][3]

A Warrant endorsed for bail is used by bailiff companies is to find missing debtors owing unpaid court fines.

Bailiffs, who may even call themselves an officer, leave documents with police-like terminology to get the recipient to contact the bailiff under a ruse they will otherwise be arrested.

In 2015, bailiff company Marston Group Limited trading as marston holdings got a bailiff to arrest a suspect, but the bailiff was nutted and the suspect was cleared on self-defence.^[4]

Bailiffs (enforcement agents) are only authorised to take control of goods,^[5] and cannot use force against people in any circumstances.^[6]

^{[1] Section 117 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

[2] Section 1 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

[3] Section 83 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

[4] R v Deighton 2016

[5] Sections 62-63 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 207

[6] Paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007}