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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Jones

Britain’s biggest bailiff firm forced into refunds programme after overcharging

Traffic on a motorway
More than half of the cases where bailiffs are called in are thought to involve unpaid road traffic and parking fines and penalties. Photograph: Transportimage Picture Library./Alamy

Britain’s biggest bailiff company overcharged people it was pursuing for unpaid debts and has been forced to launch a refunds programme, the Guardian can reveal.

Marston Holdings, which is used by companies and state-funded bodies including Transport for London to recover debts and fines, has apologised to consumers after overcharging “enforcement fees” related to unpaid road traffic penalties it was chasing.

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