Bailiff indemnities

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Dear Mansfield District Council,

can you please answer under public interest using yes or no answers...

they will be contained within your code of ethics and your contracts or
simply in any code of conduct.this is not a complaint against your council
but research into how bailiffs can be a law unto themselves if not watched

1. Does your enforcement agent contract allow your enforcement agents to
issue an indemnity against prosecution for themselves without the
agreement of the council in cases where they have wrongfully seized when
the customer is identifiably vulnerable?

2. Have you ever allowed bailiffs to make their own settlement agreements
where goods have to be returned after 3 months?

3. Would you allow enforcement agents to breach the equalities act by
achieving a gain whilst someone is under mental health treatment if it
meant your business rates were collected,even if they didnt inform you?

4. How would you react if they did this without you knowing?

5. Would you class a secret indemnity kept from the council which achieves
a gain at the cost to the vulnerable victim a material breach of contract
.?

6. Must enforcement agents always report failed levies and a full report
when dealing with vulnerable customers 7.would you employ enforcement
agents that have fraudulently concealed information that could cause
litigation to the council or serious damage to a protected party in the
past ?

thank you for your public concern in answering these questions asap.

8.who are your current agents

Yours faithfully,

steve perkins

Yours faithfully,

steve

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[1]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/publication...

Business Rates

[2]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/businessrat...

Statement of Accounts and Audit Reports

[3]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/statementof...

HMO Public Register

[4]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/HMO

Planning Applications, Building Control and Land Charges

[5]http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/planning
[6]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/landcharges

Councillors, including Meetings and Members’ Allowances

[7]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/yourcouncil

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4. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/HMO
5. http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/planning
6. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/landcharges
7. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/yourcouncil
8. mailto:[email address]

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Mansfield District Council

Request for Information

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

 

Dear Steve Perkins,

 

I refer to your request REF No MDC/FOI/004373 received on 22 December 19.

 

Your request for information has now been considered and I can confirm, in
accordance with s.1 (1)(a) of the FOIA, that the Council does hold the
information you have requested and can respond as follows:

 

1. Does your enforcement agent contract allow your enforcement agents to
issue an indemnity against prosecution for themselves without the
agreement of the council in cases where they have wrongfully seized when
the customer is identifiably vulnerable?

No

2. Have you ever allowed bailiffs to make their own settlement agreements
where goods have to be returned after 3 months?

No

3. Would you allow enforcement agents to breach the equalities act by
achieving a gain whilst someone is under mental health treatment if it
meant your business rates were collected, even if they didn’t inform you?

No

4. How would you react if they did this without you knowing?

The Council would investigate and review the contract.

5. Would you class a secret indemnity kept from the council which achieves
a gain at the cost to the vulnerable victim a material breach of contract?

Yes

6. Must enforcement agents always report failed levies and a full report
when dealing with vulnerable customers

No

7. Would you employ enforcement agents that have fraudulently concealed
information that could cause
litigation to the council or serious damage to a protected party in the
past ?

No

8.who are your current agents

Bristow & Sutor, Rundle & Co & Rossendales (Marston’s)

 

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Dear mdcfoi,

Thank you

You may want to check that marstons have not issued any said secret indemnities

They have done in the past

Yours sincerely,

steve

Thanks for your request

Thanks for your request

I can confirm your request is being considered and will be dealt with
within the statutory timescale set out by the Freedom of Information Act
2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) – 20 working days –
or 30 days if made under the Data Protection Act 2018.

If appropriate, the information will be provided by e-mail/letter, normal
font size (Arial, 12pt). If you require an alternative format then please
let us know.

In the meantime, please see the details below for some of the most
commonly ad2requested information which is already publically available
through the Council’s website. Please also view the full details of our
public data using the following link:

[1]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/publication...

Business Rates

[2]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/businessrat...

Statement of Accounts and Audit Reports

[3]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/statementof...

HMO Public Register

[4]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/HMO

Planning Applications, Building Control and Land Charges

[5]http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/planning
[6]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/landcharges

Councillors, including Meetings and Members’ Allowances

[7]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/yourcouncil

For enquiries relating to highways, schools, social care, recycling
centres or public health then please refer your request to Nottinghamshire
County Council at [8][email address] or by writing to Freedom of
Information, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, West Bridgford,
Nottingham, NG2 7QP.

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.

References

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1. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/publication...
2. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/businessrat...
3. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/statementof...
4. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/HMO
5. http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/planning
6. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/landcharges
7. https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/yourcouncil
8. mailto:[email address]