As a lot of you already know that we dig deeply into what has and is going on with the collection of council tax. We have received some proof of the collusion between councils and courts regarding the issuance of what are known as summary warrants in Scotland (these are practically the same as liability orders in England and Wales).
The images below provide physical proof that courts are dealing with applications for summary warrants for non-payment of council tax in bulk and no case is looked at on its own merits.
Whilst the documents below only deal with West Lothian Council, there are ongoing enquiries into how all councils in Scotland and the rest of the UK enforce the obligation to pay council tax and the relationship that those councils have with the courts.
What you will find below must shock you! If it does not then perhaps you should never again visit this wee blog.
The images below were gained by someone that we shall call Amanda during a bankrupcy case via Freedom Of Information requests. She then went on to garner further information using Subject Access Requests under the Data Protection Act 1998. More power to you Amanda.
Here is the first document, tell us what is wrong here?
This warrant is from 2004. Note that the figure stated is for the total amount contained within the warrant! Also note that it is one warrant issued for 6,900 cases and that the warrant is signed!
Please also note that the cost of having the court issue this warrant is £39.00. Now what this council have allegedly been doing is charging the people issued with this warrant £39.00 each in court costs! I don’t know about you but this is a nice little earner and amounts to a profit of £269,100!
Now we have to add the 10% surcharge applied in Scotland when a summary warrant is issued regarding council tax……KERCHINNNNGGGGGGGGG that will be another £364,000 please!
This next one is from 2005:
This warrant affects 6,447 cases for the total amount of £4,165,910. Now, would you say it was legal to issue a warrant for the total amount of over four million pounds? What is the breakdown of who owes what? How much is each case worth?
10% Surcharge, Kerrrrrrching that will be another £416k please!
£39 court fee per case, Kerching another £251k please!
The next one is from 2006 and affects 7,324 cases, you will see that the monetary value on the warrant is no longer in place, I wonder why this happened?
This last one is from 2007 and affects 1,925 cases.
So there we have it, physical proof that councils are making bulk applications for warrants regarding council tax in Scotland.
Scotland is not alone in this scam, it has also been stated that the bulk clearing centre in Northampton is doing exactly the same thing, however I have yet to see any proof of this claim.
Outstanding fact gathering there! Fucking crooks and racketeers the lot of them. I feel that this scandal is about to blow in the very near future and that those persons involved might be facing a jury of council tax payers. Good luck to them. They’ll need it.
Hi Bollixed, there is a lot more going on behind the scenes, teams of people are gathering current info and challenging councils and courts directly now. As soon as we have any further info we will share it.
Aha… that will be why my local Council got upset when I offered to pay everyones Council Tax who couldn’t afford it or who hadn’t paid….
A payment tendered and refused is a payment made
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If you think about it Peter, there is way too much additional money to be made on top of the actual council tax. One thing that I forgot to include in the article is that once a summary warrant has been issued then there is a 10% surcharge applied to the outstanding bill. So £4 million becomes £4.4 million plus all the court costs adding another say £200k!
Hi Peter,
so should we all write in to this, as it would then write off all council tax debts when the refuse lol
love it!
I got a letter telling me that I had a liability order delivered against me at Weymouth magistrates and I kicked off about that but they say they acted in the legal right.
I have offered to pay at a weekly rate of 2.90 out of my benefits as apparently there is special rules for vulnerable people on benefits but the council have refused and without notice sending bailiffs in who have visited twice.
Yet I found somewhere else a reference that bailiffs are only allowed to charge for two visits.
So I have said to North Dorset that I am willing to pay the overpayment but at the national set rate, that I will not respond to the liability order as under the 1911 Perjuries act it is illegal especially as I had no opportunity to prepare or dispute a defence, present my defence in front of a judge and that the summons was not served nor have I been given a legal court order, 1911 Perjuries says I do not have to respond to this.
You might find this helpful AG:
Social security benefits are granted to stop hardship and are designed to meet basic day to day needs, and are exempt and protected under the Social Security Administration Act 1992 in terms of section 187.
187.—(1) Subject to the provision of this Act, every assignment of or charge on–
benefit as defined in section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(a) a jobseeker’s allowance;
(b) any income-related benefit; or
(c) child benefit,
and every agreement to assign or charge such benefit shall be void.
Hi, with regards to council tax I took the time to visit my local magistrates court to witness at first hand exactly what they are doing, the blatant disregard for due process of law was staggering, I witnessed one council opperative acting on behalf of THREE councils pushing for liability orders without any investigation of any sort, letters that had been tendered by people were discarded by the court Clerk and the council official BEFORE the magistrates had even entered the court – at NO TIME did the magistrates see any of the letters tendered including my own. I have written about this with more detail on my website. http://ukliberation.thebcgroup.org.uk/
Regards, Dave. freeman on the land.
P.S I have a two part information video on you tube regarding the collusion between the councils and the courts.
You Tube
I hope this is of interest to all of you and may help in your understanding of what really goes on.
Regards, Dave.
Hi Dave,
I have previously seen the clips that you post onto youtube and I have to say, Keep At Em! A lot of us are digging deeply into the collusion between courts and councils. The deeper we look the more corruption of due process that we find. You are more than welcome to comment here and update us as to how the “fight” is going on at your end.
Isn’t that blatant outright fraud?
The person with the outstanding council tax receives a “bill” or demand which includes a “payment” of court costs – only it’s one payment for all… not each as their “legal Letter” states… hence fraud…. i’d be heading down to my local police office or a letter to the serious fraud squad…
We have a hearing for non payment of council tax next week. Roger Hayes was supporting us, but now he is incarcerated we are going to have to ‘go it alone.’
Any tips or suggestions from anyone?
I would have to say that Mr hayes has ignored all opinions expressed to him by those more knowledagble than I. Mr Hayes was offered help in dealing with his own personal matters on numerous occassions.
I wish you well Mr Hayes but a Martyr you shall not become.
Just thought I would give you a little update regarding my local council and their demand for council tax, I met with their head of finance on the 20th July 2012 and after a lengthy discussion I offered them a Goodwill payment of £350.00 per year for services rendered subject to further discussion upon all information I had requested from them being delivered. This offer was accepted so I drew up a short contract which they signed upon receipt of the £350.00. Since then they have failed to supply me with ALL of the financial information I have requested and have refused to reveal some info re wages, personal expenses etc I am now holding them to a yearly contract of £350.00 instead of over a thousand pounds that they were claiming. Now as contract law is binding and they have signed my contract I am quite happy to pay this nominal sum for the services I receive. With a little thought and ingenuity people you can all do the same.
Regards, Dave. FMOTL.