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From: Lady Fleming [[FOI #550433 email]]
Sent: 05 February 2019 19:08
To: Info
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Undefended/Bulk Liability Orders = Extortionate Costs

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.

Yours faithfully,

Lady Fleming

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FOI Response
FOI #13028
Dear Lady Fleming

In response to your FOI enquiry:-

Please find the attached spreadsheet.

Regarding:
4: This includes a column of number of persons summonsed who attended the
hearing. The Court Officer has not recorded the number who chose to appear
and state their case to the magistrates. However over these 5 years from
memory they would estimate around 3.

7: The actual cost of each hearing is not calculated out each time. A
calculation sheet of reasonable costs based on previous years staffing
costs is presented to the magistrates. This is attached.

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Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HX.

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Regards
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Stratford-on-Avon District Council

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