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Its not actually the solicitor who suspends the account the Solicitor writes a request to the bank its up to the bank manager to decide if the request is justified, If not the solicitor will need to get a warrent from a magistrate. The solicitor can easily find out who you bank with, all he needs to do is a credit search a record of your account history is on there. I know of someone who had their bank account frozen because they owed council tax but it was frozen with a warrent.

by davetumalty

12 months ago

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yes, they can

by Joe Biden VP- 12 months ago

no they can but they can request the bank to and its up to the bank to do so but in most cases they wont...most solicitors chat shit to scare people...

by GTA t- 12 months ago

In the US, they can do that with a court order. I assume it is a similar proceedure in the UK. They can obtain that information from various non-public reports (not sure of the titles) and databases.

by Gypsy Girl- 12 months ago

They will probably know about the bank a/c from direct debit details. If not, they can find out from the Financial Services Authority/Inland Revenue. Council Tax is one of the few bills where they can do anything they want. Your friend should offer a payment plan

by Ｋｅｖｉｎ- 12 months ago

if they are ordered by the court they can

by rennickelizabe- 12 months ago

'fraid so...they get the information from your council tax account...it's called an attachment of earnings

by Lily B Talus- 12 months ago

Yes they can by court order and believe me it doesn't take them long to get one. They will then make an an attachment to earnings or benefits which means they get their money and you get to keep what is left. But then if you one isn't paying council tax as they should can you blame them.

by gill c- 12 months ago