Bailiffs and the Whistle Blower

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You may have watched the TV programme Whistleblower screened on 26th September which filmed agents harassing and bullying debtors?

The footage involved official court bailiffs from Drakes and CCS Enforcement Service.

People watching the programme saw that these bailiffs were lying, illegally charging fees for letters never sent and doubling peoples debts, according to the BBC.

Two investigations have now been launched, one by the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) and another by an independent source initiated by the Association of Civil Enforcement Agencies (ACEA).

Fred Ternant, chairman of (ACEA) said that they had been asking for Bailiff laws to be regulated for a number of years and there is currently a paper out for the Governments Dept. for Constitutional Affairs which he didn’t expect to see the light of day, although it may do now since the showing of the events on Whistle Blower.

Reverend Paul Nicolson, chairman of Z2k said Bailiffs were out of control. They have no supervised professional standards, an so citizens are unprotected against forced entry to seize property.

It would seem that the exposed actions of some Official Court Bailiffs has stirred things up to leave no option except to take a long hard look at regulating Bailiff Law.

Since the programme had been aired, Drakes has confirmed that three of the bailiffs featured had been sacked and a manager had been demoted after a disciplinary process.