The authority requested a liability order for rates arrears over several years. On appeal, it was held that there was nothing in the regulations to a liability order to be restricted to one year. That a demand had to be served for each year did not require separate proceedings. Convenience and the minimising of costs suggested that one set of proceedings was appropriate, and this appeared confirmed by the regulations. If such an application was made, the judge had no discretion to make individual orders for each year..
Stanley Burnton J
Gazette 01-Oct-2001, [2001] EWHC Admin 799
Bailii
Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989, Civil Procedure Rules Part 7.3
England and Wales
Rating, Civil Procedure Rules
Updated: 06 December 2021; Ref: scu.166705