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High Cost/Bulk Council Tax Liability Orders Impossible to Defend?

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Dear Billing Authority

Complaints to Magistrates for Council Tax (CT) Liability Orders.

Going as far back as is reasonable (eg 5 years), up to the most recent data available, Please could you provide me with a table of information under the following headings:-

1. Date Of hearing
2. Number of CT Accounts Listed on a Complaint
3. Total Court fee paid
4. length of hearing - defended/undefended
5. Number of CT accounts Liability Order made against
6. Total costs awarded to Billing authority
7. Actual cost of preparing for and attending the hearing.
8. Number of Accounts in name of a Limited Company?

Yours faithfully,

Lady Fleming

Cheltenham Borough Council

Hello,

Thank you for your enquiry. Your request for information has been logged as FOI 6674 and you will receive a response within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Sajjad Raja
Customer Relations and Research Officer
Chief Executive Division
Municipal Offices
Cheltenham Borough Council
E-mail: [Cheltenham Borough Council request email]
Days worked Monday – Friday

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Cheltenham Borough Council

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Dear Lady Fleming,

The information the council holds in relation to your request for information is attached. Please accept our apologies for the delay in getting this information to you, it took us a while to collate the information requested.

Please note, with regard to the court time request, this would need to be obtained from the magistrate's court.

Please note: If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s response you have a right of appeal. In the first instance please forward your appeal to Customer Relations, Cheltenham Borough Council, Municipal Offices, Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 9SA or email: [Cheltenham Borough Council request email].

Your appeal will be considered and a response sent to you within 20 working days.

If you are still not happy with this decision you have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Jade Moore
Customer Relations Officer
Chief Executive Division
Municipal Offices
Cheltenham Borough Council
E-mail: [Cheltenham Borough Council request email]
Days worked - Monday to Friday (9:30 to 16:00)

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