Sentence examples for use of bailiffs from inspiring English sources

The charity estimates this rise is partly down to the increasing use of bailiffs to collect debts owed to local authorities.

Research by the Money Advice Trust found that in the past two years, half of local authorities have increased their use of bailiffs to reclaim debt.

Complex legal reasons lay behind the use of bailiffs to remove demonstrators instead of the police, who have far more experience in dealing with activists.

The privatisation of court debt collection – which will include the use of bailiffs – has already prompted outrage from MPs and campaigners, who fear a private company would use more aggressive tactics.

Speculation grew in the last 24 hours that Fraser, a leading leftwing voice in the Church of England, would resign because he could not sanction the use of police or bailiffs against the hundreds of activists who have set up camp in the grounds of the cathedral in the past fortnight.

First, a team of bailiffs scaled the building, using pneumatic drills to break down doors and entering the occupied conference centre from the roof and through several fire escapes.

Helal Miah, a debt adviser for Toynbee Hall, said he had seen several examples of bailiffs employed by local councils using bullying tactics to extract money from vulnerable debtors.

The proposals would include a ban on the use of force and detail what items bailiffs can and cannot take.

A specialist firm of bailiffs has been retained.

Residents and protesters accused them of being heavy handed and of carrying out the eviction on behalf of bailiffs.

Dozens of bailiffs arrived at a neighbouring compound to prepare for action.