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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

NoReplyFOI, Worcester City Council

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01/03/2019

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Dear Lady Fleming,

 

Thank you for your below Freedom of Information request sent to Worcester
City Council about cmplaints to Magistrates for Council Tax Liability
Orders.

 

We have now completed searching for the information you requested.

 

Response:

 

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

 

Going as far back as is reasonable (e.g. 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.

 

Please find attached spreadsheet with Worcester City Council’s response.

 

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