At this stage the Council has decided to take
recovery action against the customer to ensure that the business
rates is paid in full.
Firstly a complaint is made to the Eden
Magistrates Court this allows a summons to be issued with the
authority of the court, and gives the customer 14 days notice of
the date of the Court hearing. The summons explains to the customer
that the Council intend to ask the Magistrates to make a liability
order for the amount of business rates outstanding plus the costs
incurred (the amount of the costs is agreed beforehand by the
Magistrates and the Council). The customer has the option to appear
in court in person on the summonsed date to dispute the making of
the liability order.
If payment of the full amount including costs is
made before the day of the Court hearing, the application for a
liability order will not proceed.
There are very few defences to the making of a
liability order. For information on the defences please contact the
recovery team.
When a summons is sent we include some
explanatory notes
(PDF: 21Kb / 2 pages).
For further information:
- Contact: Recovery and
Enforcement Team, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF
- Email:
recovery@eden.gov.uk
- Telephone: (01768) 212247 /
212221 / 212217 / 212189
- Fax: (01768) 890653
