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  1. EXPECTING a bailiffs visit

    Protect yourself, your home and your vehicle from bailiffs

  2. Bailiffs and BREAKING ENTRY

    When can bailiffs break entry using a locksmith

  3. Your vehicle has been CLAMPED

    You may be a victim of drive-by clamping. Get the clamp removed

  4. Cutting off a WHEELCLAMP

    When you can lawfully cut off a bailiffs wheel-clamp

  5. Your vehicle is TOWED AWAY

    Procedure to recover it and claim damages or repairs

  6. Attending a bailiff's COMPOUND

    Procedure to reclaim an impounded vehicle and claim damages

  7. Deploying a PAY & RECLAIM

    How to Pay and Reclaim your vehicle and claim damages afterwards

  8. Bailiffs and BODYCAMS

    ALWAYS get the video footage, or sue damages for failure to comply!

  9. Reclaiming with CHARGEBACK

    How to get you money back from bailiffs with Chargeback

  10. Bringing a CLAIM to court

    Bringing court action for non-compliant enforcement

  11. COMMUNICATING with bailiffs

    "Calls are Recorded or Monitored". How to use their own evidence against them.

  12. Bailiff put his BOOT in your door

    The so-called threshold maneuver. How it can revoke enforcement.

  13. No WET-INK signature

    The law on wet-ink signatures on writs, warrants and liability orders.

  14. Capital Contribution Orders

    Bailiffs (Rossendales) called about a Capital Contribution Order.

  1. Bailiffs and VULNERABLE people

    Legal rights and privileges for vulnerable debtors

  2. EXEMPT good and vehicles

    The definitive list of goods and vehicles bailiffs cannot take

  3. Getting your DATA

    Use the GDPR and get your data. Sue for damages if they don't comply!

  4. Disputing BAILIFFS FEES

    Swindled? Detailed assessment hearings scrutinise fees and charges

  5. Getting an INJUNCTION

    Apply to court to restrain non-compliant enforcement action

  6. Bailiffs and ANPR vans

    Victim of an ambush drive-by clamping. The law and remedies

  7. Nuisance TEXT MESSAGES

    Dealing with a text-pest. Hand them in and report them as malicious communication

  8. A DOCUMENT stuck in your door

    Hit & Run. A bailiff is trying his luck with unregulated debtor tracing action.

  9. Its "DATA PROTECTION ACT"

    Common wildcard bailiff excuses and fob-offs. How to deal with them

  10. Bailiffs and going BANKRUPT

    How the law interacts between bailiff enforcement and bankruptcy

  11. The debtor is in PRISON

    Dealing with Bailiffs enforcing debts against Prisoners.

  12. Bailiff TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

    The truth about their relationship with bailiff companies

  13. Active BAILIFF COMPANIES

    Find a bailiff company

  14. REGULATIONS and CASE LAW

    List of regulations and case law

  1. COMPLAINING about a bailiff

    How to make a formal complaint about a bailiff

  2. Enforced against WRONG PERSON

    Restitution for innocent victims of bailiff action

  3. Reporting Bailiff CRIME to Police

    The procedure and the pitfalls

  4. ASSAULTED of INJURED by Bailiffs

    Victim of violence? Claim Personal Injury and private prosecutions

  5. ARRESTED or CHARGED?

    We can prepare your defence and represented at court

  6. FALSE arrest unlawfully DETAINED

    The remedies available of abuse of police powers and unlawful imprisonment

  7. Bailiff CRIME is a CIVIL MATTER

    Why police do not investigate bailiff crime and say it is a civil matter

  8. How to PROSECUTE a bailiff

    Procedure for when police dismiss your complaint.

  9. Bailiff attended with TV CREW

    Bringing action to stop the broadcast or get paid royalties

  10. JEWELLERY or CASH is STOLEN

    What you must do when goods are not inventoried

  11. Family Protection Trust

    Protection from bailiffs, bankruptcy and other forms of disinheritance

  12. Approaching the MEDIA

    How to expose your bailiff story in the media

  13. PRIVATE parking tickets

    Do you have to pay them? How to challenge them

  14. More FAQ

    Ask a Question, your questions answered

I founded National Bailiff Advice as a free online resource and legal know-how for anyone aggrieved by rogue bailiffs and non-compliant enforcement action, to claim redress, together with getting debts taken out of bailiff enforcement, and even getting them legally written off!

Debts include court fines, High Court writs, council tax and traffic debts.

All previous governments ruled out creating an official bailiff watchdog because the government and councils are the chief beneficiaries of bailiff action. This created the wild-west enforcement industry we see on the streets today, free to breach regulations and commit crime with impunity, afforded by police forces putting bailiffs in a class above the law.

National Bailiff Advice receives no public funding because it gives impartial help with non-compliant bailiff action that official debt advice services "charities" cannot provide, or forbidden from giving as a condition of receiving public funding.

Official debt charities are good at selling payment agreements and setting up debt-management plans, but they have no effect against bailiff action. This may be well intended, but they do not give the legal knowledge necessary to redress non-compliant enforcement.

National Bailiff Advice empowers you with the knowledge to deal with, and, most times write-off, any kind of bailiff-enforced debt, be it a court fine, high court writ, even council tax and parking tickets, making it a unique service.

Claiming bailiff redress through the court presents the most challenging cases for solicitors due to the propensity for the courts to prejudice debtors, even then the debt is not genuinely owed. This needs solicitors that specialise in bringing claims with the care and sensitivity needed to achieve a successful claim. Using our cumulative experience, we bring landmark cases and propose claims to the Bar Pro-Bono Unit for a solicitor willing to work on your case to enhance their own experience and success portfolios.

I also specialise in tax-efficient estate planning and family wealth retention, including will writing and drafting property and asset protection trusts for people with challenging needs including high-risk exposure to business failure, bankruptcy and disinheritance by predatory spouses.

Jay Carpenter