Lanc majistrates : records summonses that they issue
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Dear Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service,
Does Lancashire Magistrates Court keep records summonses that they issue?
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Mu Rose
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Dear NW Regional Support Correspondence:
Dear MOJ,
1. I am asking :
Do ALL the magistrate courts in Lancashire keep records of 'all' summonses they approve to be issued.
2. I am inquiring about all prosecuting authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Mu
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Dear Mu Rose,
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Dear NW Regional Support Correspondence,
My FOIR never mentioned liability orders.
I asked if the court KEEPS a record of summonses issued?
You have replied stating that the court keep no record of summonses approved by the court for council tax, which is not what I asked!
The New Magistrates Rules which came into force Wednesday 1st January 2020, Rule 7, dispenses with the requirement for a signature, provided the court office keeps a record of issue.
Complainants will no longer need to affix the name of the issuing officer on the summons.
Council tax summonses are issued without a signature, so can you still confirm the court keep NO RECORD of these summonses issued.
(rule 7 states, 'provided the court office keeps a
record of issue.')
Yours sincerely,
Mu
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Gadawodd PAUL PATTERSON anodiad ()
Council Tax summonses no longer have a signature on, so why are the courts not keeping records of council tax summonses issued?
Dear NW Regional Support Correspondence,
Dear Lancashire …
So the rules from jan 2020 require the court office to keep a record of summonses issued that are without a signature.
HMCTS have replied stating they keep records where the law requires them to do so.
They have stated they keep no records of council tax summonses
& and the council tax has no signature.
Why is the council tax summons/ liability order valid ?
I suggest not as you are not keeping a record.
Please rebut as by your reply is appears the LO is void
Why do you not keep a record of the summons as it’s no signature on it ?
Yours sincerely,
Rose Mu
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Dear NW Regional Support Correspondence,
Interesting response to a simple question
Yours sincerely,
Mu rose
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Dear Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service,
I do not feel I’m am given the information I require
Can my last question be answered ? as I feel it is a very important question because if there’s no signature and no keeping of a record by the court the liability to me would appear to be void
Yours faithfully,
Mu
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Gadawodd PAUL PATTERSON anodiad ()
MoJ have replied that they keep no records of summonses issued for council tax. Yet Rule 7 of the Magistrates Courts Rules states, it dispenses with the requirement for a signature provided the court office keeps a record of issue. Council tax summonses now have no signature on, so it now seems that the Magistrates court are breaking their own rules.