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

Haringey Borough Council

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Dear Haringey Borough Council,

I am not using a pseudonym. If you prefer to address me as Ms Fleming then I will not be offended but I confirm I am using my real name. To provide Christian names is not a requirement of the act.

Yours faithfully,

Lady Fleming

Haringey Borough Council

Dear Ms Fleming

 

Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations Request:
LBH/8358419

 

I acknowledge your request for information received on 06 February 2019.

 

This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 06 March 2019

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

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Dear Ms Fleming

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/8358419

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 06 February 2019,
in which you asked for the following:

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?

My response is attached in a table format as requested.

 

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Yours sincerely,

Ms T Traidia

Court Officer

Shared Service Centre | Revenues

 

Haringey Council

PO Box 10505, Wood Green, London N22 7WJ

 

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