Submitted on Saturday 4th March 2023
Rejected on Monday 13th March 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop private companies being able to instruct bailiffs without a court judgement
Many private citizens are chased by bailiffs or debt collection for debts that are not theirs or a mistake made by a company. The company does not have to provide any reasonable standard of proof to do this. The individual has no choice but to pay and can be threatened to do so.
Stop companies being able to chase debt without a court judgement and a reasonable proof that the debt is owed. Allow mechanisms for challenge before the debt is passed to debt collectors to ensure the private citizen can challenge wrongful proceedings. It is not right to put the burden on the citizen to have to go to court to prove they do not owe money whilst being threatened and bailiffed. The burden of proof should be on the company. Faceless companies nowadays mean no ability to challenge.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Bailiffs can only be instructed after a court order has been made.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to ban the use of private debt collection agencies without a court order.
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