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Hi there Ive just joined, hope I'm in the right "thread' place...

My hubby went to court re our councul tax and housibg benefit. He found a bit of work for 3 weeks then nothing for a coulpe of months then more work for a month then nothing and thats the pattern of his work (building trade). This went on for a year, so in all he probibly worked a total of 5-6 months maybe less! The council say we owe a total of 30 000!!! in council tax and housing benefit. Hubby went to court and the court ruled that we pay back a years worth, so £12 000. We started paying then had a letter from Council Tax saying we owe £7 000. They are dis regarding what the courts have said and insist on recieving the £30 000. They are threaterning to take us to court again over £7000 council tax. Please help with any advice. Many thanks. :|

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Refer them to the court ruling.

 

I'd love to see the judges face when he/she sees that it has already been dealt with by said court

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the amount of an overpayment is a civil matter that is dealt with by a tribunal

 

whether benefit fraud has been committed is a criminal matter that is dealt with by a court

 

if you have been overpaid 30k, and the court only charges you with fraudulently obtaining 12k for a criminal case, that does not mean that you do not owe the other 18k, it just means that the court has not taken the 18k into account for sentencing purposes

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