Affectation
Bailiffs, as well as police and civil servants (Government department employees), are classroom-trained to express authority in front of members of the public.
These include speaking in a low voice, standing sideways, not shouting, and not making sudden movements, such as flailing their arms in front of debtors.
The Government's new regime for enforcement agents is to disincentivise aggressive enforcement: specifically, excessive charging and the premature or unnecessary undertaking of enforcement activity, and Protect against inappropriate enforcement agent behaviour: specifically, threatening behaviour and misrepresentation of legal authority.[1]
They must wear their body-worn camera, and it must be on.[2]
If a bailiff keeps talking over you, or says, sir-sir-sir-sir-sir-sir. at you. Just ask the bailiff not to be so rude.
[1] See Commons Library Research Briefing, Published on 9 February 2023.
[2] See: Compulsory body-worn cameras for bailiffs to protect vulnerable people
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