Sample letter

Complain about a bailiff or High Court Enforcement Officer overcharging you (sole name)

​Use this letter to tell the bailiffs or High Court Enforcement Officers that they have added more fees to your debt than the law allows. Make sure you get a breakdown of their fees and get advice about what the law allows them to charge first. Contact us for advice before using this letter.

Letter in joint names

You can choose to send a letter in your own name or in joint names. You may have a debt in joint names, or want to write to your creditors together because you have worked out a joint budget.
 

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20 October 2019

Dear Sir/Madam


Account No:

I am writing to you about my with the above account number and the breakdown of the fees that you have sent me.



Under The Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, the amount you should have charged me was £.

I am making a formal complaint that you have overcharged me by £. If you think that my calculation is incorrect, please explain why. Otherwise, please by .

Unless you can explain why you think that my calculation is incorrect, or you refund/remove the fees that have been incorrectly added, I will take this complaint to the .

I am sending a copy of this letter to .

I look forward to hearing from you.


Yours faithfully