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
[1]Canterbury City Council
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Thanks,
Canterbury City Council
Your request:
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.
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[1]Canterbury City Council
Hi Lady Fleming
Please find our response to your Freedom of Information request below:
Request: 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. Our response: Please see the attached for a copy of
the request information;
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13lLfy0...
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Canterbury City Council
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