Bailiffs still above the Law

The Local Authority Debt Enforcement & Recovery (LADER) Report on Local Authority tendering for bailiff services published today raises critical issues about responsibility for the declining public perception of bailiffs and the scope for improvement through legislative change. With the Government’s declared aim of clamping down on aggressive bailiffs and its long overdue consultation on bailiff regulation now not expected until the economic outlook brightens, what action is necessary to prevent the enforcement regime falling so far into disrepute that it ceases to be credible? Following the publication of this report these three industry leaders are arranging an important one-day conference at the House of Lords on the 24th November 2011. At this event MP’s and Local Authority Officers will hear the experts discuss the impact of local authority mismanagement on the industry’s credibility. Topics for discussion are: – What is the impact of profit sharing on debtor vulnerability? – Do Local Authority staff know enough to be entrusted with overseeing enforcement? – Should the responsibility be returned to the courts or transferred to a new, centralised national body? This launch conference will be hosted by Lord Lucas, Chair of both the Enforcement Law Reform Group and the London Motorists Action Group and chaired Philip Evans, industry expert, conference speaker and author of ‘The Bailiff Pocketbook’. Pip Clothier produced sufficient evidence to make the bailiff industry jumpy.  This document shows that the last thing on their minds is compensating for wrong-doing, just improving their technique so the cameras can’t catch them in future.  If this was a genuine concern they would be falling over backwards to make sure that incidents like that of Andy Miller remain nothing but a bad memory.  They are failing dismally. It’s Okay, Lord Lucas, I will pay my own expenses to attend, just send me the invite.

Exposure shows just one culprit

 Where are those responsible for the death of Robert Michael Miller?

Exposure concentrated on Rossendale’s because it was current and they had the CEO ready to go on camera.  They did not use material on Andy Miller’s case because of the lack of time and the fact that both the Ministry of Justice and a Coroner could see no fault in the actions of Marston Group.

If violating every section of their own codes and completely ignoring their legal obligation under a duty of care, which may make them liable under the 2007 Corporate Homicide Act, is not enough for these learned people, then it is time to invoke Common Law and demand justice for a family badly served by politician, police, the courts and its emanations.

It is but another Hillsborough.  Why would not the Ministry of Justice, when it instigated an inquiry, allow a jury  – as laid down in section 9 of the Act – determine whether there is a case to answer?  Who is being protected?  A simple Labour Minister or a corrupt business culpable of a heinous killing?  Or even both?  The inquiry is so porous in logic and legal evaluation that the spin of factual evidence reads more like a Jeffrey Archer novel than a studied report from a competent authority.

I have been told that the MP’s and other’s are running scared because the evidence is so obvious twisted that a further miscarriage has been added to the plethora of past injustices; that it is not politically expedient to expose such possible malfeasances at this time.  From a group not able to fill in their expense forms correctly, I’ll take my lead from my conscience and if the cowering group in Westminster get insulted, so be it.

Do us all a favour and put me in Court for potential libel, you cowards and liars.