‘The High Court has rejected an attempt by American actor Mercer Boffey to argue that his house in Richmond is not liable for council tax.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Slough Borough Council has been recommended by an ombudsman to pay £350 to local resident Mr X after taking him to court for unpaid council tax, despite having agreed to him paying by instalments.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A couple has lost a High Court appeal over a council tax valuation dispute with Oxford City Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Bailiffs are resuming operations in England and Wales chasing unpaid council tax after a five-month suspension owing to coronavirus.’
BBC News, 24th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Local authorities in the UK have detected 22% more cases of council tax fraud compared to last year, research by CIPFA has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is to publish new guidance to improve how councils recover unpaid council tax and end their use of “aggressive enforcement tactics”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A landlord who hid families in windowless rooms after claiming to a council that he had complied with an enforcement notice has been fined £25,000 and ordered to pay a further £266,177 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘No legal duty exists that requires a resident to notify a council of their residence at a particular address for council tax purposes, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has overturned a bankruptcy order made against a woman who owed Aylesbury Vale District Council £8,067 in council tax arrears.’
Local Government Lawyer, August 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The unlawful imprisonment of people for council tax non-payment “is likely to be one of the largest mass miscarriages of justice in British history”, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association, Angela Rafferty QC, and 57 other signatories of a letter to The Guardian have claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has admitted up to 17 people in England and Wales were unlawfully sent to jail for not paying their council tax last year – but it refused to accept this constituted “systematic failings” by the courts.’
The Independent, 17th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Being in debt is not a crime. So why are nearly 100 people a year sent to prison for falling behind on council tax payments?’
Legal Voice, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘The Valuation Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by a student accommodation provider over the application of council tax exemptions to student flats.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th October 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A self-proclaimed ‘Freeman-on-the-Land’ who refused to pay council tax citing ancient laws has been sentenced to 40 days in prison and ordered to repay his debt.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has refused to grant Leeds City Council permission to appeal a key ruling over whether landlords are responsible for paying council tax on a property when a tenant has moved out before the tenancy agreement has formally ended.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th March 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has released a woman jailed for failing to pay council tax, saying she should not have been imprisoned.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In R (Woolcock) v Bridgend MC (2017) EWHC 34 (Admin) Lewis J quashed a suspended committal order, pursuant to Regulation 47 of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, because no proper means assessment had been carried out and the suspension period was manifestly excessive.’
Local Government Law, 23rd January 2017
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