Moved, but bailiffs don't know your new address?

Bailiffs may unlawfully trace debtors online, arriving without proper notice, breaching regulations.


Official Guidelines:

The Government published official guidelines called, Taking Control of Goods: National Standards 2014, of which Paragraph 12 states:

Creditors must not issue a warrant knowing that the debtor is not at the address, as a means of tracing the debtor at no cost.

Bailiffs tracking debtors to a new address benefit financially, as the risk of the debtor paying the creditor during the compliance stage is eliminated. They can then charge the full £310 compliance and enforcement stage fees together.

However, if notice has not been given to the debtor at their new address, enforcement fails, and the bailiff cannot recover fees.

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If the debt being enforced is legitimate, resolve it directly with the creditor or council.

That negates the enforcement authority and removes the bailiff and their fees from the equation.