Dear Sir or Madam,

Please supply a detailed breakdown of the actual costs of issuing a
summons from “Canterbury Magistrates’ Court seeking a Liability
Order in regard to unpaid Council Tax. Please further explain the
discrepancy between the actual cost involved and the almost £50
demanded. I also wish to know which budget benefits from these
charges, when the’ defendants’ are successfully bullied into paying
them. Finally I wish to know how many of these liability orders are
actually considered in the Courts by a genuine Magistrate.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Gadd

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Dear Michael Gadd,

thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request concerning
costs of issuing a summons. I have attached a note in response.

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