Ways to stop Parking and Traffic Debts Bailiffs

Make a Statutory Declaration or a Witness Statement.^[1]

The clamped car is on hire-purchase, get an injunction

Pay the Council directly^[2] and give the bailiff a notice.^[3]

You are Vulnerable.^[4][5]

Do a Pay and Reclaim.

Bailiff clamped or took your car for someone else's debt. Make a claim^[6]

The clamped or towed vehicle is exempt, make a Claim to Exempt Goods.^[7]

Protect your vehicle (Goods).

Apply for a Debt Relief Order or go bankrupt.^[8]

Living and working abroad.^[9]

Run an enforcement compliance check, then claim damages for breach.^[10][11]

Do nothing - what next?

^{[1] Paragraph 8.1 of Practice Direction 75
[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] Regulation 10(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[5] Paragraphs 72-77 of the Taking Control of Goods National Standards, published by the Ministry of Justice
[6] Civil Procedure 85.4
[7] Civil Procedure Rule 85.8
[8] Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986
[9] Section 147(2) of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[10] Section 3 and 4 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977
[11] Paragraph 66 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007}