Hi jrd abd welcome to the forum I am afraid that the local council are much quicker off the mark than usual banking and finance creditors, and if they have a judgement against you then they are entitled to instruct bailiffs. It does seem, however, that they have been extremely speedy in your case, ...

Hi thanxs for your info so it apears the council were at fault and withdrew the debt by asking the baliffs to return it back to the council i was told they were alot of hic cups and that i only owed part of the debt which has been paid in full.

jrdangerfield

i received a letter about c/tax arears of £140 from bailiffs asking me to make contact to arrange payment within 4 hours they called to try and remove goods adding further charges i was out at the time can the do this in such a short space of time they have not gave me time to respond to their letter