If you have been arrested and/or charged for any of these:
1. Obstructing an enforcement agent, Paragraph 68 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
2. Cutting off a wheel clamp, Section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971
3. Interfering with controlled goods
4. Assaulting a bailiff
Contact me straight away with a copy of the charge sheet and any prosecution witness statements.
If you are a solicitor, contact me directly at jason@dealingwithbailiffs.co.uk from your firm email address.
If you have already accepted a police caution or a fixed penalty notice without legal advice, instruct a solicitor to withdraw the caution or appeal the fixed penalty notice by completing the reverse of the notice.
Your grounds:
You sought legal advice and you are not guilty of the offence.
I can get you acquitted or persuade the CPS to discontinue the prosecution. I have a 100% success rate in achieving these outcomes.
1. I prepare a detailed examination of your case
2. Draft your defence statements and select your exhibits
3. Appoint a specialist solicitor or barrister (depending on type of trial)
You may also be entitled to claim damages for:
False arrest
Unlawful imprisonment
Malicious prosecution
Lawyers' fees
Miscellaneous expenses
Loss of work and income
Damage to your business reputation
Section 26 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 provides:
Corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges
(1) A police constable commits an offence if he or she:
(a) Exercises the powers and privileges of a constable improperly, and
(b) Knows or ought to know that the exercise is improper.
Your defence statement and exhibits I prepare for you are designed for re-use in civil proceedings. You can bring a claim against the arresting police force, sue the council or creditor, and use it to support a Form EAC2 complaint about the bailiff.
Document handed out by police during bailiff enforcement: You are guilty only if the bailiff is acting lawfully.
Check whether he is by running this checklist.