Received a court summons for this years council tax, I totally forgot the april date but paid double on the 8th may bringing me up to date. Not so according to my council I was late paying therefore have lost my rights to pay by instalments incurring a hefty £93.00 charge. Can I just add the envelope that it came in had a window so large the postie could easily see the words COURT SUMMONS, bit embarrassing as I know him. Will be writing in to complain about possible breach of dpa.
My main gripe is that I was held to ransom basically in that if I didn't agree to set up a dd there & then I would incur a further cost of £30.00 when it went to court. The summons was issued on the 15th may a full 7 days after my account was brought upto date, I feel there was no need or justification other than to make profit. The lady got quite shirty when I asked her how many liability order hearings they had for the same day & court as mine & even more irate when asked did she actually work for the council or an outsourced company. Are they a law unto themselves or can I get any redress.