Traffic Debt Bailiff Enforcement Compliance Checklist


You were ambushed by bailiffs enforcing a traffic contravention debt.[1][2]

Your car, van or vehicle was unexpectedly clamped or towed away.[1][2]

You dispute the traffic contravention debt being enforced.[3]

The bailiff did not give a Notice of Enforcement.[1]

You are vulnerable.[4]

You recently moved.[5]

Bailiffs are sending threatening letters about a debt owed by someone else?.

Bailiffs took money from you for someone else's debt.

You are living or working abroad.[6]

The bailiff attended less than seven days after the Notice of Enforcement.[7]

The bailiff has got one over you, deploy a Pay and Reclaim.[8][9]

The clamped vehicle is on hire purchase or leased.[10][11][12][13][14]

The bailiff towed or clamped an exempt vehicle.[15][16]

The bailiff clamped your car someone else's parking bay, or land.[17][18]

The bailiff says the warrant is against your vehicle.[19]

The bailiffs clamped a vehicle while being used by someone.[20]

The Bailiff clamped someone else's vehicle for your debt.[10][21][22]

The bailiff clamped or towed your vehicle for someone else's debt.[22]

The bailiff clamped more than one vehicle. Excessive levy.[23]

The bailiff damaged your goods or vehicle.[24][25][26][27]

Your vehicle is towed to a pound a long way away.[28]

The bailiff towed your car without giving a statutory notice.[29][30]

The bailiff sold your car without giving a written valuation.[31]

The bailiff is lying about how much he sold my car.

The bailiff forced you to pay someone else’s traffic debt.[32]

The bailiff refuses to give the Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) number.[33]

The demand is about a vehicle you never owned.

The bailiff refused to show the warrant or his ID when requested.[33][34]

The bailiff turned up or clamped a vehicle before 6am or after 9pm.[35]

The bailiff was wearing a body-worn camera.[36]

You telephoned a bailiff company, get a copy of the call recordings[36]

The bailiff attended with a TV crew.[39]

The bailiff has no enforcement certificate.[40]

The bailiff jammed his foot into the door to enter.[41]

The bailiff applied force to the door after you opened it.[42]

The bailiff snatched keys or knocked a phone out of your hand.[43]

You or someone was assaulted ot injured by a bailiff.[44]

Bailiff threatened you with a locksmith.[45][46][47]

The Bailiff trashed your premises or ransacked your home.

The bailiff said he is an 'officer'.[93][94]

The traffic debt is over twelve months old.[48]

The traffic debt is over six years old.[49]

Your name or company name is spelt wrong on the bailiff's document.[50]

The address on the warrant or other bailiff document is wrong.[51]

The council fobbed you off with It is in the hands of the Bailiffs.[52]

Someone left a document hanging out of your letterbox or entrance.[53]

You are going bankrupt.[54]

The bailiff attended your home address about a company debt.[55]

The bailiff pocketed valuables or your house keys or car keys.[56]

A bailiff is harassing you about a debt owed by a housemate.[57]

A bailiff is harassing you about a debt owed by a wound-up company.[58]

The bailiff wrote on a document you paid voluntarily.[59]

You paid the debt directly to the council, and they gave it to the bailiff company.[60]

The bailiff took photographs of your jewellery, valuables documents or vehicle.

The bailiff's fees are too high.[61]

The bailiff charged a Sale Stage fee.[62]

Bailiff charged storage fees after towing your vehicle.[63][64]

The bailiff multiplied the enforcement stage fees by the number of warrants.[65]

The bailiff charged a card fee.[66]

You paid the council, the bailiff is pestering you for his fees.[67][68][69][70]

The bailiff refused to explain his fees.[64]

The bailiff sold your car less than 7 days after taking it.[71][72]

The bailiff sold your car without giving a Notice of Sale

The bailiff sold your car less than seven days of giving the Notice of Sale[73]

The bailiff sold your vehicle for less than £1350.[74]

The bailiff sold your vehicle without giving a valuation.[91][92]

The bailiff called the police, or pretended to call the police.[75]

The bailiff committed an offence in front of police.[76]

The bailiff was dressed in police-like attire.[37]

The bailiff flashed a police-like warrant card and badge.[38]

The bailiff said he can arrest you.[93]

The police threatened to arrest you, or threatened to cuff or detain you.[88][89]

The police arrested you for obstructing a bailiff.[79]

The police arrested you for interfering with controlled goods.[80]

The police arrested you without charging you with an offence.[90]

You are getting nuisance SMS text messages from bailiffs.[81][82]

Your reputation was damaged by bailiffs.[83]

Your business reputation was damaged by bailiffs.[83]

The bailiff made a Controlled Goods Agreement.[84]

Making a formal complaint about a bailiff.[85]

Prosecuting a bailiff.[86][87]

Approaching the media about your bailiff case.




[1] Paragraph 7.1 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[2] Regulation 6 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[3] Civil Procedure Rule 75.8
[4] Regulation 10(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[5] Section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978
[6] Section 147 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[7] Regulation 6(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[8] Paragraph 6(3)(a) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[9] Paragraph 8.1 of Practice Direction 75
[10] Paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[11] Chitty on Contracts (32 ed.) ss39-307
[12] Mulwanyi v London Borough of Croydon and Newlyn Plc, Central London County Court, 7 Apr 2017
[13] Tandea v Marston Group Limited, Central London County Court, Jan 2020
[14] Section 4 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977
[15] Regulation 4(1)(a) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[16] Civil Procedure Rule 85.8
[17] Paragraph 14 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[18] Paragraph 15 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[19] Section 40(1)(d) of the Administration of Justice Act 1970
[20] Regulation 10(2) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[21] Paragraph 11 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[22] Civil Procedure Rule 85.4
[23] Paragraph 12 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[24] Paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[25] Paragraph 35 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[26] Regulation 34 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[27] Section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971
[28] Regulation 19 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[29] Regulation 32 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[30] Regulation 33 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[31] Regulation 35 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[32] Section 3 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 2007
[33] Paragraph 26(1)(b) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[34] Paragraph 26(1)(a) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[35] Regulation 13(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[36] Section 45 of the Data Protection Act 2018
[37] Section 90(2) of the Police Act 1996
[38] Section 90(3) of the Police Act 1996
[39] Section 168 of the Data Protection Act 2018
[40] Section 63(6) of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[41] Paragraph 18A(1)(d) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[42] Paragraph 17 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[43] Regulation 10(2) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[44] Section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
[45] Paragraph 18A(1)(d) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[46] Section 3 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971
[47] Section 25 of the Theft Act 1968
[48] Regulation 9(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[49] Section 9 of the Limitation Act 1980
[50] Civil Procedure Rule 40.12(1)
[51] Section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978
[52] Regulation 17 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[53] Regulation 15(5)(b) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[54] Section 346 of the Insolvency Act 1986
[55] Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[56] Regulation 10(2) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[57] Paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[58] Section 184 of the Insolvency Act 1986
[59] Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006
[60] Regulation 13 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[61] Table 1 of the Schedule of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[62] Regulation 5(1)(c) of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[63] Regulation 8 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[64] Civil Procedure Rule 84.16
[65] Regulation 11 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[66] Regulation 4 of the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012
[67] Regulation 3 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[68] Regulation 17(1) of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[69] Paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[70] Paragraph 31 of the Taking Control of Goods National Standards, 6 April 2014
[71] Paragraph 40 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[72] Regulation 37-40 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[73] Regulation 38 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[74] Regulation 4(1)(a) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[75] Section 45 of the Data Protection Act 2018
[76] Section 26(6)(a) Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
[77] Section 26(1) Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
[78] Section 26(4) Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
[79] Paragraph 68(1) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[80] Paragraph 68(2) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[81] Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988
[82] Section 127(2) of the Communications Act 2003
[83] Section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013
[84] Regulation 13(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[85] Regulation 9 of the Certification of Enforcement Agents Regulations 2014
[86] Section 1 of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980
[87] Part 7 Criminal Procedure Rules
[88] Section 26(1) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
[89] Paragraph 68(1) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[90] Section 26(1) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
[91] Paragraph 36 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[92] Regulation 35 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[93] Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006
[94] Section 63 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007