Court Summons after BR.....

sweedart1

Hi Everyone,

Hope all is well?

I went BR on the 30th May 07 but today i received a summons for court for my council tax. I put my council tax on my BR form. Any advice?

Finally got my date for OR Interview!! 21st June at 4.30pm feeling a bit nervous, but the fella did sound ok. Looking forward to getting it over and done with now.......

Cheers everyone

Sweedart1:rotfl:

wherediditallgo

I would telephone the OR's office on Monday to let them know what has happened. I would also telephone the council tax office to give them your BR details. It's only the middle of June, & it's conceivable that they may not have been informed by the OR yet that you're BR. However, the debt existed before your hearing, so it should still be covered by it. I think the summons gives you a choice of responding to it in writing or on the court date - if that's the case, you could also send a copy of your BR order to the court with a covering letter.

The key thing is not to do nothing. Although the summons will probably be cancelled once the council know that you're BR, if you allow a judgement to be made before you or the OR have spoken to them, that will be much harder to get removed from your record.