Is it safe to pay a bailiff company through its website?


No

Bailiffs will apportion their fees out of the money taken through their website when the rule on apportionment only applies to the proceeds of enforcement.[1][2]

It means you will be over-charged, and it is unwise to give bailiff access to your bank cards.

Bailiff companies believe they can over-debit your cards or appropriate money with impunity.

Never sign-in to a bailiffs website.

With the exception of Jacobs,[3] bailiff companies are Limited Companies and the law says an enforcement agent is a person.[4]

Limited companies are not authorised to act as enforcement agents and therefore, cannot take money transfers from debtors, give a Notice of Enforcement or keep a record of the time it was given to the debtor.[5]

A bailiff company's website can track your location, and if you make a money transfer through it, your bank details and mobile number could be exposed.

You could also be unknowingly signing into a contract with a company allowing them to capture and re-use your data.



[1] Regulation 13 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[2] See Paying the creditor who says they gave the money to bailiffs (pro rata)
[3] Jacobs, Simon and Paula Jacobs, trading as. Only Simon has an enforcement certificate
[4] Section 63 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[5] Paragraph 7.1 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007