Bailiffs to Virtual Office

[kane1138]

I am pursuing legal action against a company whose registered address (according to Companies House) is in England and trading address is in Scotland. I am confident that my case will be successful and my next step would be to pass the matter over to bailiffs.

However, the registered address in England is simply a 'virtual office'. Does anyone know if the bailiffs would have any powers in such an instance? I know for a fact that the address in Scotland would be outside their jurisdiction. I am hoping that I won't win my case only to run into a brick wall.

Thank you.

 

[fisicx]

As there won't be any assets at the virtual office that belong to the miscreant there isn't any point in sending in the bailiffs.

 

[kane1138]

Ok. That's what I suspected. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[FirstClassVirtualOffice]

It's purely a virtual office, so nothing can be gained from visiting.

You need to obtain their real residential address. Use a private investigator in Scotland to find that for you.

You could find out from their virtual office provider whether they do the same as us on this..... but we give the customer a final warning that if we end up with bailiffs, angry customers, legal enforcement officers, etc, turning up here a second time then we will cancel their account. And we have done on some occasions. Some people use them as a way to escape such people, or to commit fraud.

Recently a customer was arrested for his part in a large scale vat fraud in Scotland. We had the HMRC crime team visit here to get their details and our statement. Passport, etc, were fake but helped towards pulling as much evidence as they could for their prosecution case in about 5 years time for which we could be called as witnesses!

 

[kane1138]

Thanks for the advice.

I have their full trading address in Scotland. But I also know that a Scottish address would be of no use to an English bailiff. Short of pursuing the matter through the Scottish courts (which would take extra time and money), I fear I have no other option than to write the matter off.

 

[Big G]

You could always try a Third Party Debt Order if you believe they may have funds in their bank account but you would need to know their bank details sort code/account number etc.

The order is done by the Court and served on the bank 7 days before it is served on the debtor. If there is enough funds in the account then this is taken and if their isn't enough funds then the account is frozen.

The cost of this is £100.00

Rather than issue a fresh claim in a Scottish court, you could contact the court your claim was issued in and ask for an application for it to be transferred to Scotland. Might be a fee for this and then enforce with Scottish bailiffs.

Feel free to PM me as we may be able to assist you further

 

[daniel.benson]

Feel free to pm me the company details and I'll try pull you up a trading address.

As Scotland is in the EU have a look at the following links which should help you if you manage to find an address and decide to go down the enforcement route:

https://e-justice.europa.eu/content...in_the_same_member_state-52-ew-en.do?member=1


http://www.vicksenforcement.co.uk/european-enforcement-order.html

Best of luck.