Undefended/Bulk Liability Orders = Extortionate Costs

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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.

Yours faithfully,

Lady Fleming

FOI, Waveney District Council

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lady Fleming [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 05 February 2019 19:08
To: FOI
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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-----Original Message-----
From: Lady Fleming [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 05 February 2019 19:08
To: FOI
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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