Undefended/Bulk Liability Orders = Extortionate Costs

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Eden District Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

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, Eden District Council



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Town Hall, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7QF

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Eden District Council

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 05/Feb/2019. I have registered your request under reference
number FOI 05926 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on
any future correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 05/Mar/2019.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, I need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of some
or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be informed if this
is the case and the reason why.

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Yours faithfully

Eden District Council

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [email address]

Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF

www.eden.gov.uk

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