Former accountant Traude Konig, 65, of Kingston Road, believes hired heavies have been abusive and illegally tried to gain entry to her house after she fell behind on her council tax by just six days.
The local authority can demand an entire year’s tax from anyone who falls behind on just one monthly payment, passing on their details to Merton Bailiffs Services – a separate organisation.
.Miss Konig is adamant this breaches data protection rules and is also attempting to sue for the bailiffs’ alleged threatening behaviour.
She said: “I may be an old age pensioner but this isn’t right and I don’t want anyone thinking I’m a pushover.
“I want this to go to court so that the way Merton Council and its bailiffs operate is put out in the open.”
On one occasion she said she was forced to call police while fighting off a bailiff climbing into her home....contFriday 8th October 2010 – A Friday October morning at the Magistrates` Court in the small Welsh town of Brecon seems an unlikely setting for a case that promises to have a fundamental effect on the entire British legal and tax-collecting system. Amongst the usual run-of-the-mill cases that turn up in a small rural community was one involving Powys Council`s application over the non-payment of Council Tax, issued against John Hurst and his wife Tina.
Before anyone jumps to the wrong conclusion, John Hurst is no free-loader. He is a highly responsible and patriotic citizen, a former police officer with an impressive record. His decision not to pay is based on thorough research indicating that councils have no legal right whatsoever to levy such a tax on its citizens. Believing this to be true, John would have therefore committed an offence by actually paying the tax, as the majority of us already have....... cont
