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#Post#: 75246--------------------------------------------------
Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: Feline_Foxy Date: June 7, 2025, 10:18 am
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I completely forgot to pay our council tax (Bromley Council) &
have just received a SUMMONS!!!
I have of course paid the council tax immediately.
But my question is about the 'summons/court costs' (£101.50) -
which they say is now due on top of the council tax.
My question is this: it looks like they did not send any
reminder. (See below) Are they obligated to do so?
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The correspondence history on my Bromley Council account
suggests that they did send a reminder, however I have done a
forensic search and there was no reminder email. Nor did I
receive any reminder by post. As you can see, in previous years
they did send reminders…
So this year all I got was the bill on March and then BAM a
summons in June
Council Tax 2023-2024
Paperless bill – 14th March 2023 (I received email 16/03/23)
First reminder – 20th June 2023 (I received email on 23/06/23)
Final notice – 12th July 2023 (according to council log but no
email received)
Paid in full – 20/07/23
Council Tax 2024-2025
Paperless bill – 11th March 2024 (I received email on 11/03/24)
First reminder – 18th April 2024 (I received email on 24/04/24)
Paid in full – 26/04/24
Council Tax 2025-2026
Paperless bill – 10th March 2025 (I received email on 11/03/25)
“First reminder – 15th April 2025” (according to council’s
correspondence history, however no record of this by email or by
post!)
Summons – 5th June 2025 (council tax was due on 05/06/25, so
summons was generated immediately, & I received in post on 7th)
Paid in full – 07/06/25
#Post#: 75726--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: BertB Date: June 10, 2025, 4:46 am
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There is a requirement to send you either a reminder or final
notice before enforcement. They do not have to do both.
Have you checked your spam folder. Is your email address on your
account current?
#Post#: 75826--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: Feline_Foxy Date: June 10, 2025, 10:47 am
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Definitely no email and yes they do have my email because in
previous years that HAVE emailed me to remind me
Perhaps this year they posted a reminder instead of emailing
(giving them the benefit of the doubt) but I did not receive
anything.
So it was a complete surprise when I got a summons straight
after the bill, with no reminder.
Are you sure they have to give either a reminder / a final
notice, because ChatGPT seems to think they don't have to :-(
#Post#: 75847--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: Southpaw82 Date: June 10, 2025, 11:38 am
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[quote author=Feline_Foxy link=topic=6692.msg75826#msg75826
date=1749570439]
Are you sure they have to give either a reminder / a final
notice, because ChatGPT seems to think they don't have to :-(
[/quote]
A barrister is currently facing contempt of court proceedings
for using ChatGPT to do legal research, so do you really think
you should rely on it?
#Post#: 75962--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: DWMB2 Date: June 11, 2025, 4:03 am
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Whenever anyone mentions using ChatGPT for legal questions, I
feel compelled to mention the time I asked it how many times the
letter 'r' appears in the word 'strawberry'...
[img width=823 height=224]
HTML https://i.imgur.com/cCPEYIQ.png[/img]
#Post#: 76690--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: H C Andersen Date: June 16, 2025, 7:22 am
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OP, firstly, why hadn't you paid when notified originally?
Making a habit of delaying can, as here, create problems.
Secondly, submit a FoI request for copies of correspondence sent
to you within the relevant time period. You could also simply
ask for this. Ensure you can prove your identity.
Thirdly, 'which they say is now due on top of the council tax'.
How have they 'said' this. If you conduct your enquiries by
phone then, as this is the devil's weapon, more problems are
likely to come your way. But if you have correspondence, then pl
post here.
#Post#: 77533--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: mdann52 Date: June 21, 2025, 12:18 pm
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Wouldn't a SAR be better than an FOIR?
Given the council cannot release personal details under FOI
#Post#: 77536--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: mickR Date: June 21, 2025, 1:31 pm
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[quote author=mdann52 link=topic=6692.msg77533#msg77533
date=1750526286]
Wouldn't a SAR be better than an FOIR?
Given the council cannot release personal details under FOI
[/quote]
eh?? what makes you think you can't make a FOI about YOUR
details?
#Post#: 77540--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: Southpaw82 Date: June 21, 2025, 4:29 pm
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[quote author=mickR link=topic=6692.msg77536#msg77536
date=1750530667]
[quote author=mdann52 link=topic=6692.msg77533#msg77533
date=1750526286]
Wouldn't a SAR be better than an FOIR?
Given the council cannot release personal details under FOI
[/quote]
eh?? what makes you think you can't make a FOI about YOUR
details?
[/quote]
Probably s 40(1) of FOIA
[quote]Any information to which a request for information
relates is exempt information if it constitutes personal data of
which the applicant is the data subject.[/quote]
#Post#: 77544--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council Tax Summons - NO REMINDER...
By: mickR Date: June 21, 2025, 5:11 pm
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ok what about the environmental information act?
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