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

Chichester District Council

Dear What Do They Know?/Lady Fleming

Request for Information - Our Ref: FL-101003217349

Thank you for your request for information regarding Complaints to
Magistrates for Council Tax. Your request was received on 05/02/2019 and I
am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to
be withheld. I will write to you in any event.

If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied in, e.g. the language to be used, audio, large print and so
on, then please let me know.

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me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Kind regards

Helen Knight
[email address]
Contact Centre
Chichester District Council

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Dear Lady Fleming

I refer to your request under the freedom of information act.

You requested;-

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

The information requested is attached. Please note that the information
relating to (4) length of hearing defended/undefended has not been
provided as this information is not held or recorded.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to Nicholas Bennett, Divisional
Manager of Democratic Services.

Yours sincerely

Jason Barnes

Jason
Barnes
Principal
Revenues
Officer
http://www.chichester.gov.uk/chichesterd... Revenues
and
Performance
Chichester
District
Council

Ext: 23099 | Tel: 01243785166 | [email address] | Fax: 01243534751
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