So, as the title says, I attended court and won.
I had paid my council tax by online banking, but not used the council's reference number. Hence they did not recognise payment and issued a summons. (There is more history behind this, but I'll skip that for now). I attended court (proper hearing with Magistrates, not the council's mock hearing) and showed my record of payment, bank statement etc. I then managed to extract a written statement from the council's representative confirming they withdrew the accusation of non-payment.
I see there are many other threads on CT and charges etc. One observation arising from the above is the bias in the system - had I lost, costs amounting to £105 would automatically have been awarded to the council (which amounts to a scam, but I digress). I won, but the court could not award costs to me. They did say, however, that I could pursue a claim through county court. So my question is, is there any advice on how I might successfully claim my costs (I know almost nothing of the county court system, although did once manage to sue an airline company using form N1).
cheers, JT.
I had paid my council tax by online banking, but not used the council's reference number. Hence they did not recognise payment and issued a summons. (There is more history behind this, but I'll skip that for now). I attended court (proper hearing with Magistrates, not the council's mock hearing) and showed my record of payment, bank statement etc. I then managed to extract a written statement from the council's representative confirming they withdrew the accusation of non-payment.
I see there are many other threads on CT and charges etc. One observation arising from the above is the bias in the system - had I lost, costs amounting to £105 would automatically have been awarded to the council (which amounts to a scam, but I digress). I won, but the court could not award costs to me. They did say, however, that I could pursue a claim through county court. So my question is, is there any advice on how I might successfully claim my costs (I know almost nothing of the county court system, although did once manage to sue an airline company using form N1).
cheers, JT.
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