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miri_me

We've got to fight - for our right(s)

Dec 30, 2008 21:16

Apparently bailiffs have had the right since 2004, in the UK, to enter a home by force in order to take collateral in lieu of loan repayments, which was underpublicised so the poor bailiffs may not have knocked down all the doors they could have done ( Read more... )

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meli_64 December 31 2008, 00:30:23 UTC

Power to the people! Fight the man Miri!

miri_me December 31 2008, 01:14:56 UTC

Lol, I kinda figured I'd start a facebook group and an online petition and rely on it being a genuinely appalling idea which enough people will object to vociferously enough for things to happen ;-) the people have a voice and if I tell them to raise it, the man's in trouble!

summersky121 January 19 2010, 03:54:40 UTC

Go get 'em, Miri. Hit them where it hurts. The election box.

miri_me January 19 2010, 11:52:30 UTC

*has a soapbox and is not afraid to stand upon it ( ... )

summersky121 January 19 2010, 20:42:16 UTC

Well, if there's a court order I think it's a different story. And I agree about the uniformed officer or, as Janet pointed out, the local sheriff. Not the same as breaking down the door and terrorizing people while you stuff the family heirlooms into a pillowcase to satisfy a debt, etc. I guess it's all in the wording?

miri_me January 20 2010, 08:18:20 UTC

I do believe that people should pay off their debts (of course, I also believe that people should have debts clearly explained to them before they take them out - and ideally school should teach young teens about compound interest sufficiently for them to understand the potential risks, etc.- and that no products should be missold... But I acknowledge my inner idealist!) and that it is correct that debtees can take debtors to court, should they not make reasonable attempts to do so, and that a court ruling that items can be reclaimed/seized in lieu of payment, as a last option, is not unreasonable.

But in the UK, police do not need to be present when bailiffs enter a property (apparently they need to make one visit, get a repayment agreement signed, then if it's defaulted on, they can force entry - source).

The original source I found, in the post above, indicated that, as well, the bailiff got the warrant for the property rather than the individual debtor, so if somebody moved, didn't tell the company they had a loan with, and the ( ... )

summersky121 January 19 2010, 20:46:05 UTC

Wait. What? Your policemen have human sides?

I saw that story a day or so ago and thought it was great. Good way to test the riot shields at the same time. ;)

miri_me January 20 2010, 08:18:48 UTC

Apparently so ;-)

Lol, there is that :-D

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