Ways to stop Magistrates Court Fines Bailiffs

Bailiffs called about an unknown Court Fine, Make a Statutory Declaration.^[1]

Pay the Fine direct to court^[2] and give the bailiff a notice.^[3]

Get Means Tested.^[4]

Do a Change of Circumstances.^[5]

Ask for more time to pay.^[6]

You are a vulnerable person.^[7]

Appeal the fine.^[8]

Commute the fine to unpaid work.^[9]

Ask for an attachment of benefits.^[10]

Bailiff clamped or towed an exempt vehicle, make a Claim to Exempt Goods.^[11]

Bailiff clamped your car for someone else's fine, make a third-party claim.^[12]

Do a Pay and Reclaim

Protect your vehicle

Ask for a committal order.^[14]

Debtor living or working abroad.^[15]

Run an enforcement compliance check, then claim damages for breach.^[16][17]

Do nothing - what next?

^{[1] Section 14 of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980
[2] Paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[3] Paragraph 59(2) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[4] Section 164(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
[5] Section 85 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980
[6] Paragraph 24(1) of Schedule 5 of the Courts Act 2003
[7] Regulation 10(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[8] Section 108 of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980
[9] Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 of the Courts Act 2003
[10] Paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 of the Courts Act 2003
[12] Civil Procedure Rule 85.8
[13] Civil Procedure Rule 85.4
[14] Section 76(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
[15] Section 76 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
[16] Section 147(2) of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[17] Paragraph 66 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[18] Section 3 and 4 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977}