Harassment Tag

Pensioner slams council for parking fine anguish

A PENSIONER claims she endured months of hell because of a mix-up over a parking fine. Conwy County Council chiefs threatened to send the bailiffs round to the home of widow Elizabeth Hughes, 69, from Anglesey, after she failed to pay a £30 parking ticket. Mrs Hughes wrote two letters appealing the ticket, which she [...]

Bungling Council Orders 20 Dead People To Court For Not Paying Council Tax

A local council has been forced to apologise after sending council tax bills and court orders to 20 people who have passed away. The families of the deceased were distraught to receive court summonses addressed to their loved ones – some of whom died 10 years ago. Croydon Council in South London admitted the mistake, [...]

Rossendales, Local Authority And LGO

I’ll try to keep this short. I’ve had to deal with North East Lincolnshire Council and their bailiffs Rosendales over council tax. It has been going on for well over a year due to the FARCE, which is the formal complaints procedure with both the council and later the Local Government Ombudsman. Calling in the [...]

Government Steps In Over Failing Council

The Government will intervene in a local authority after a report identified a series of severe failings, Communities Secretary John Denham said today. The Audit Commission report on Doncaster Council, in South Yorkshire, was ordered after a series of crises at the local authority, including the shocking case of two brothers who were in the [...]

Couple win parking appeal after Council bailiff threats

A couple from Doncaster, who were threatened by Council bailiffs to force entry into their home over an unpaid parking fine and seize their car, have won a traffic penalty appeal against Doncaster Council. Mr Lee Heath-Swales received a parking ticket for leaving his vehicle in a loading bay for 10 minutes whilst he collected [...]

Council threatened mum over charity bags

Durham County Council officials warned a mother of two that charity bags left in her garden could have faced prosecution after they claimed the bags were refuse and an eyesore. Two community wardens arrived at Ms Michelle Devine’s home in Peterlee and told her that 4 charity bags for ‘We Save The Children’ left on [...]