Council Tax. Council's powers to obtain information

Barry_D

clutton wrote: »

Court ?????

if you get to court.. there will be no long witness statements, no looking at correspondence... council tax defaulters just get rubber stamped ... done deal.... courts dont waste time on such nonsense as this.. AND you will be responsible for court fees and legal costs.. how dumb are you ??

never have a read such a ridiculously anal waste of time and energy as this thread...

i suggest we stop feeding him by refusing to engage any more with this insane nonsense....

OK, so who defaulted? The named person on the bill doesn't exist and the liable person has said she wants to pay but wants a bill?

Waste of time and energy? You're contributing!!

ILW

Barry_D wrote: »

An answer to the original question is important to me, yes, but so far, only one response has come close and that was with a piece of legislation that I am already aware of.

Why?.......

Barry_D

ILW wrote: »

Why?.......

Thanks. I'd like to know so that I can read up on it and understand it. That's all. I do the same with planning law, it's my job.

Raggs_2

Surely between yourself and your brother you can find the relevant laws far more easily and efficiently than by coming on to a forum mainly aimed at money saving (admittedly with a few experts here and there, but still) and arguing about it over two and half hours?

Barry_D

Raggs wrote: »

Surely between yourself and your brother you can find the relevant laws far more easily and efficiently than by coming on to a forum mainly aimed at money saving (admittedly with a few experts here and there, but still) and arguing about it over two and half hours?

The answer is probably yes, but as I said in my opening post:

'My first post...not really sure if I'lL find the answer here but here's to hoping!'

It was more a case of in my brother's absence, I'd see what I could find out for myself. This was the first forum I came across that looked to have vaguely relevant topics, hence my post. It has certainly provoked a lot of discussion, with some comments more relevant than others...

poppysarah

Barry_D wrote: »

My brother (who is a QC) and my sister in law (who is my solicitor) are on holiday until mid August.

Seriously use your family free law for something slightly more useful.

MissMoneypenny

Barry_D wrote: »

Thanks. I think I've added a signature now.

You don't have to have a signature if you don't want one, Barry. What you read was Cannon Fodders signature, which takes the micky of the MSE mods.

Whenever the MSE team remove a posters signature, they leave a message which is similar to Cannon Fodders signature:D

Barry_D

poppysarah wrote: »

Seriously use your family free law for something slightly more useful.

As I said in the post above yours...it was more a case of in my brother's absence, I'd see what I could find out for myself. This was the first forum I came across that looked to have vaguely relevant topics, hence my post. It has certainly provoked a lot of discussion, with some comments more relevant than others...

Barry_D

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

You don't have to have a signature if you don't want one, Barry. What you read was Cannon Fodders signature, which takes the micky of the MSE mods.

Whenever the MSE team remove a posters signature, they leave a message which is similar to Cannon Fodders signature:D

oh yes....er...

Madjock

What a pompous !!!! you are, Barry D. The liability lies with the person whose name is on the agreement, even if said person has illeaglly sublet the property, as any agreement signed on that basis wouldn't be legal, would it?

Why not wait for your brother to get home and tell you to show the council the agreement, or wait until you end up having to cough up or answer endless enquiries from the council about non-payment of council tax for the period of the tenancy?

I would also hope quite fervently that noone who has used or is considering using your consultancy services comes across this forum and guesses that you may be someone he knows professionally, cos, Barry, you ain't coming out of this well.