Z2K Campaigns
| McKenzie Friends Training Courses Zaccheus 2000 (Z2K) are running training courses for volunteers to help vulnerable people in debt. The courses are in London on the following dates in 2010: 26th June & 23rd October. If you would like to attend one of these courses, please download the flyer here. 2010 McKenzie Friends Training Courses |
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| Great Repeal Bill | |
| Z2K are encouraging people to sign up to an on-line petition to repeal the law relating to forcible entry by bailiffs. The petition can be found at: http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/restoring-civil-liberties/repeal-of-forcible-entry-and-force-against-persons-by-bailiffs. Look for “Repeal of Forcible Entry and Force Against Persons By Bailiffs”. Use the search facility and enter “Bailiffs”. Paul Nicolson, the Director of Z2K writes: “We are seeking a return to the peaceful enforcement of fines by bailiffs who have been able to break into people’s homes since March 2006 when the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 came into force. Very dangerous powers also exist in the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 which allow bailiffs to break in to enforce all civil debts and to use force against the debtor or fine defaulter but they are not yet in force. These perverse laws should be removed in a Great Repeal Bill. The law banning break-ins and force against persons by bailiffs encouraged peaceful enforcement of debts and fines. Magistrates are the Justices of the Peace -JPs. The introduction of the violence of breaking in to homes to enforce fines, and the violence of force against the person, as yet not in force, increases the dangers of retaliation and risks to the health and safety of both bailiffs and debtors. Many bailiffs companies do not want the powers to use force against persons; they are satisfied with the right to self defence which covers both bailiffs and debtors.” |