Whether it's you know 5 pounds
20 pounds or 1000s
notwithstanding that,
it's the behaviour of
the bailiffs which needs
to be brought into check.
They're acting as thugs,
storm troopers,
they're blasting into people's lives
causing them great distress.
It's terrifying these people.
So what experience did you have?
Explain the really terrifying
aspect.
Well basically there was a
guy walking around the garden
dressed as a policeman.
This guy had a stab jacket
on, cameras,
radio... He looked like a policeman.
The door was open to him.
He basically pushed his way
in. Okay.
Blah blah blah.
Now we're coming to take everything
in your
house.
And he did that
whilst there was a court stay in
place.
And I said get out of this house.
Luckily I had him on camera.
And you know there's a
thing with...
I'm telling him get out.
There's a court stay.
Oh no there isn't.
You know I'm going to come
and take all this stuff.
The police were called who did
absolutely
nothing. Oh he's only doing his job
sir.
The police said that.
Yeah. I mean that's Nelsonian
knowledge.
They're instructed by the Chief
Constable to just let him get
on with it because they're working
for the
courts so say.
This is intimidating for anybody
the general public has no concept
of this type of action until it
happens to
them, suddenly there's a
goon at the door smashing the door
down
kicking their way into the house,
grabbing all their stuff
or making them sign something
that they have no idea what it is.
Or sitting them at their computer
getting them
to sign up to a payday loan
with astronomical 5000 percent APR.
I mean it's...
in 2017 in the
UK. This is beyond belief.
I think that the
bailiff behaviour
absolutely needs curtailed.
There is law in place which
is supposed to regulate them
but it is completely unchecked.
And if you make complaints to
the High Court Enforcement Officers
Association
you're just complaining to the guy
that kicked
the door down.
It doesn't work.
You can't get any news from
the Lord Chief Justice because they
don't even answer
your letters. It goes in the ram
file.
We need to have a proper process
where there is some recourse
to their actions.
And at the moment we have none.
