Council tax while probate is pending

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

So effectively the council can make it up as they go along! As you rightly say it needs an appeal to the High court.

They should apply it as per the legislation but the legislation is worded so that more than one opinion can be made on many points of council tax legislation - there are many points which would benefit from a high court appeal to provide clarity .

One of the common problems though is that local authorities introduce their own 'criteria' for which they don't have any lawful powers - interpretation is one thing, adding your own rules is not.

Craig

JDD wrote: »

Thanks for all of your advice. I am going to appeal the decision and see what happens.

You may need to pay anyway and get a refund if you are successful. The chances of winning the appeal are slim.