Dealing with harassment, trespass and land dispute

Theresa Ezekpo made this Freedom of Information request to Camden Borough Council

The request was refused by Camden Borough Council.

From: Theresa Ezekpo

30 August 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to know how many different households (from street
properties in St Albans Road NW5) have contacted your council in
the last 10 years to report/complain about:

1. harassment

2. trespassing

3. neighbours or members of the public using the complainants gates
or paths for various reasons

Please could you give, separately, a number for each of the three
categories in response to the question.

Yours faithfully,

T. Ezekpo

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From: Theresa Ezekpo

25 September 2008

Dear Peter Williams

In your response to my request,you stated:

"In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter
acts as a Refusal Notice.

You may wish to narrow and resubmit your request so that it falls
within the “appropriate limit”.

Please contact me if you would like some advice on refining your
request.

...Under section 12 of the Act, the Council is not obliged to
comply with a request for information if the authority estimates
that the costs of complying with the request would exceed the
appropriate limit.

The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit
and Fees) Regulations 2004 has set the appropriate limit as £450
based on a charge at £25 per hour.

Your request has been considered and unfortunately we are unable to
provide you with the information you have requested."

So that I can request information successfully from you, I am
writing to find out your specific proposals for refining my
request. It would also be helpful if you could let me know what you
consider to be an 'appropriate limit' regarding requests for
information.

You also stated:

"I would also like to point out to you that we are becoming
concerned about the apparent vexatious nature of your requests:

you have made ten other information requests that concern your
neighbours or your disputes with them

you have been found to be a vexatious complainant in relation to
these disputes

a request that on the face of it is reasonable but actually forms
part of a wider trend of vexatious behaviour can be vexatious

the Act allows us to refuse such requests if they are vexatious"

Please rest assured that my complaint is not vexatious. I am not a
vexatious type of person and have never been. I am in fact the
exact opposite. Anyone who thinks that I am vexatious simply does
not know me or is lying. I am in fact a law abiding citizen who is
considerate, honest, fair and peace loving.

The honest purpose of my valid request is to get the truth/facts
regarding Camden's approach to resolving disputes, harassments etc.

I am hoping that you will cooperate fully with my request without
any more concerns that I am being vexatious.

I look forward to receiving your early reply.

Yours sincerely,

Theresa Ezekpo

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Theresa Ezekpo left an annotation (26 September 2008)

I have just noted that you have also alleged that I had made ten other requests concerning my neighbours or disputes with them.

Please may I ask you to identify each of the alleged these requests and show how they add up to ten. I need to see how you arrived at the figure of 10 other requests and the view that they are all about my neighbours or disputes with.

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