We have been receiving a number of calls from small businesses who have been called by fraudsters purporting to be bailiffs. Typically these calls ask for money to be paid over the phone to prevent the bailiffs coming around to the premises within the next hour. The fraudsters are well informed and can be very convincing. No proper bailiff should be operating in this fashion and if you have any doubts whatsoever, do not make any payment, take contact details and verify those details yourself … [Read more...]
Sheriffs and Bailiffs – what’s changed?
Changes to legislation and regulations affecting Civil and High Court Enforcement has also meant a change to the previously known terms of Bailiffs and Sheriffs. Sheriffs now High Court Enforcement Officers Prior to 2004, High Court Enforcement Officers (HCEO) were called Sheriffs (Sheriffs Officers). The 2003 Court Act (which came into force on the 1st April 2004) also saw geographical boundaries dropped to allow HCEO’s to conduct enforcement throughout the whole of England and … [Read more...]