Does the corporate council issue a Bill or a Demand?

 BILL OR DEMAND?

Which is a Negotiable Instrument?

1. Demand:

A demand typically refers to a formal request for payment. It can be issued by a creditor or a billing authority (such as a local council for council tax) to indicate that payment is due. A demand often specifies the amount owed and the deadline for payment.

2. Bill:
A bill is a detailed statement of charges for goods or services provided. It outlines what the charges are for, the total amount due, and the payment terms. Bills are usually sent after goods or services have been rendered, providing a summary of the transaction.

To summarise, a demand is a request for payment, while a bill is a detailed account of charges related to a specific transaction.

A Demand is issued under the jurisdiction of public law (Local Government Finance Act 1992), whereas a Bill is issued under the jurisdiction of commercial law (Bills of Exchange Act 1882). 

Councils cannot issue a Bill under commercial jurisdiction and then attempt to enforce it under public law jurisdiction. Therefore, they must issue a Demand if they wish to enforce it under the LGFA1992 or related legislation.

A "Bill of Exchange" is clearly defined by the Bills of Exchange Act 1882. 

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/45-46/61/section/3

"Bill of exchange defined.

(1) A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
(2) An instrument which does not comply with these conditions, or which orders any act to be done in addition to the payment of money, is not a bill of exchange."

This up-to-date legislation is fully & legally binding upon all businesses and corporations. All councils are registered companies with DUNS numbers and are provable private businesses operating for profit. This legislation applies to all councils and all courts.

129 corporate councils have failed to submit accounts for 2 years

129 corporate councils have failed to submit accounts for 2 years

Councils which have not submitted any accounts for the last two financial years include:   

- Woking Borough Council   

- Spelthorne Borough Council 

- Birmingham City Council 

58 further councils have failed to submit data for 2022-23   

Separate figures show seven local authorities have failed to audit their accounts for five or more years, including Slough Borough Council.

5 corporate councils have submitted NO accounts for 5 years!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/26/watchdog-refuses-to-sign-off-uk-public-sector-accounts-over-unreliable-data

A very revealing video of a presentation from 7 years ago, regarding the LOBO loan corruption and the proven criminals involved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhHWHUUv_c

All these corporate councils have staff that are acting in Conflict of Interest and Misconduct in Public Office, both serious criminal offences with assets confiscated and jail time as penalties. They have literally embezzled billions of pounds as any audits will show. They must be held to account and all players banned from Public Office for the rest of their pathetic lives. Paying these blatant criminals and fraudsters is complicity in their crimes.

Corporate councils suing Barclays

7 councils in England are suing Barclays over bank loans worth more than £500m they claim they were fraudulently sold.

https://expertinalllegalmatters.com/council-tax

The local authorities claim the banking giant manipulated the interest rates on the products, known as lobo loans.
Councils taking the action are
- Leeds
- Greater Manchester
- Newcastle
- North East Lincolnshire
- Nottingham
- Oldham
- Sheffield

http://lada.debtresistance.uk/press-release-cipfa-ceo-says-councils-challenge-banks-court/

http://lada.debtresistance.uk/press-release-rbs-capita-engaged-fraud-people-northamptonshire-county-council/

Greater Manchester's LOBO loans - another CRIMINAL corporate council!

Manchester City Council is another corporate criminal organisation, using the local registered inhabitants as securities against massive private borrowing.

http://lada.debtresistance.uk/local-authorities/manchester/

Where does all that private borrowing go?
30+% goes to the crooked council's private pension funds.
Another 30+% goes on wages and expenses.
Another 10-15% is paid against the interest on the massive private borrowing
No doubt Manchester inhabitants can think of other ways that the crooked council wastes Public Funds and leaves a minimal amount for Public Services.

Many of the inhabitants of Greater Manchester will be considering ending payments to GMC when they discover how they are being robbed by the same corporation.

A "court order" must physically exist and contain the listed elements

 COURT ORDER

To be a Judicial Document 

Must PHYSICALLY EXIST containing  all the below elements:

1. Court Seal/Stamp: An official court order usually has the seal or stamp of the court, which authenticates the document.

2. Title: The document should start with the name of the court where the order was issued, e.g., "In the High Court of Justice" or "In the County Court at [Location]".

3. Case Number: Each case has a unique identifier or case number, which should be prominently displayed.

4. Parties' Names: The names of the parties involved in the case (e.g., Claimant vs. Defendant).

5. Date: The date when the order was made.

6. Judge's Name and Title:  Yes, the judge's name should typically be on the order, often with their title, like "His Honour Judge [Name]" or "District Judge [Name]" for lower courts, or "Mr/Mrs Justice [Name]" for High Court judges.

7. The Order: The main body of the document will detail the order itself, what has been decided or mandated. This could be in numbered paragraphs.

10. Address: Typically, the court's address where the order was issued might not be on the order itself but on the envelope or cover letter if sent by post. However, if it's included, it would be the address of the court:

11. Court Reference or Claim Number: Essential for filing and reference.

12. Electronic Signature: 

Electronic signature or a statement that the order has been made might appear instead.

With thanks to Beat The Bailiffs

Without a physical court order that has been completed as listed above, the document is fraudulent and the presenter is committing a criminal offence. They should be reported to the police, with all evidence gathered and be prosecuted for their crimes.

Imprisonment for council tax default is unlawful

An addition to the council tax debate. This is a gem.

https://localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/litigation-and-enforcement/311-litigation-features/25537-imprisonment-for-council-tax-default#_ftn2

"Imprisonment for council tax default is unlawful because the law states that imprisonment is a last resort and other methods should be tried first: the courts can either order attachment of payment from benefit if the debtor is unemployed or from wages/salary if the debtor has a job, and from any savings account if the debtor has neither job nor benefit but has assets, so there is always an alternative. Unfortunately, some magistrates impose custody on council tax debtors as a punishment; but this is explicitly forbidden by law. Owing money is not a crime, and imposing any form of punishment is not permitted by law. "

Magistrates are not judges and rarely have legal qualifications. They are administrators working for the CPS and are directed by CPS lawyers. Actual justice for all criminal matters means that a Court of Record and jury trial are absolute rights of every individual inhabitant.

Magistrates Courts Act 1980, section 96(1)
There should be no commitment to prison for civil debt except upon complaint, issue of summons and means enquiry in person and finding of wilful refusal/culpable neglect as above.
Note, if you do not appear in court there can be no means enquiry – and therefore no committal!
Six steps for a council tax debtor to be committed to prison:
1. A complaint is filed at the magistrate’s court.
2. A summons is issued and served. Remember a summons is only an invitation.
3. The hearing is attended by the debtor.
4. A means enquiry is conducted with the debtor appearing in person.
5. The court must find ‘wilful refusal’ or ‘culpable neglect’.
6. There must be no other appropriate measure available.
In other words, it is almost impossible to be imprisoned for not paying council tax. It is only meant to serve as a deterrent, not a punishment.

In view of the UN International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, it would be legally impossible to imprison someone simply for failing to pay a civil debt. Therefore, if imprisonment ever took place, it would in effect be for criminal contempt of court.
But we have two questions: how can you be in criminal contempt of a court in a civil matter? And how can you be in any form of contempt of a court that you do not attend?

https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights
"Article 11
No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation. "

If you want payment, just send an invoice!

If you want payment, just send an invoice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3cMXYNIq80

Council Tax Bills work in the same manner as the mafia, by demands, threats and menaces. Asking for a simple invoice for the local council services provided puts them into a quandary.     

COPY AND PASTE THE LINK BELOW INTO YOUR BROWSER.  

Letters to council PDF:  https://tinyurl.com/ye28cxxz

Have the corporate council provided services as they claim? If they have, they can itemise those services and send an invoice according to the law about demands for payment. There are strict laws regarding contract and payments for services.

DUNS numbers of 357 councils

All the corporate councils have their own individual DUNS numbers. This means that each council is a registered private company doing business for profit. These private registered corporations have no 'authority' in the Public and no right to hire courts, issue LO or warrants. That makes them criminals guilty of Fraud! Paying criminals is Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice, Aiding and Abetting Crime including Misconduct in Public Office!

Anyone can confirm these facts for themselves. Simply look up the council here:

https://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-number/lookup.html

Here are the DUNS numbers of 357 councils:

There is No Legal Obligation to notify a council of residence for Council Tax

There is No Legal Obligation to notify a council of residence for Council Tax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8jn0akoL8 

The case law that you are not under legal obligation to provide the council with your details was affirmed by the Appeal court at point 19 in D, R. v (Rev 1) [2019] EWCA Crim 209 (05 February 2019) 

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2019/209.html

"There can be no real doubt that on the assumed facts, and assuming that the defendant had herself been resident throughout at this property, as well as being its owner, she would have been legally obliged to pay the due amount of council tax. If she did not, the council could, on demand made under the statutory scheme, seek recovery of the sums due in the civil courts. But that cannot of itself, as we see it, connote that she was obliged in law to notify the council of her continued residence. It is quite wrong to equate a liability to pay with a liability to notify. It may be, as the judge thought, that one might have expected to find such a provision as to notification in the statutory scheme. But that was a matter for Parliament to decide. The fact is, as we have said, that such a provision simply is not there, either within the primary legislation or in subordinate legislation made pursuant to the provisions of the 1992 Act itself."

Council tax nonpayment cases - what on earth is going on?

Council tax nonpayment cases - what on earth is going on?

"Are we in the realm of council tax nonpayment cases being civil in nature, but not following the civil procedure rules because local authorities have special powers granted to them by the State, on behalf of itself, PURELY to benefit its own agents? Or are we in the realms of a criminal case that is woefully outside of the criminal procedure rules, possibly making all cases ultra vires or void ab initio, or both."

"In conclusion, I have to say, that perhaps these council tax cases constitute, as Martin Geddes states in his Substack “part of a wider system of treasonous harvesting of the public for money. Although it is in the adjacent topic of Penalty Charge Notices (i.e. fake fines), this video is a succinct and thorough introduction to the illegality involved. Specifically, it violates the constitutional protections of the Bill of Rights 1689, which is very much still the law of the land in England. Endlessly reasserting authority you do not have does not make it so; it just deepens the injustice”."

https://clarewillsharrison.substack.com/p/council-tax-nonpayment-cases-what

The LOBO debts that are so high they cannot be paid off

"UK local authorities are £122bn in debt, with much of it owed to lenders and one council owing £2.9bn alone, according to BBC analysis. Councils owe £97.8bn to lenders, analysis of data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has revealed, or £1,455 per resident, as of September last year.

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/council-debt-hits-122bn-check-your-local-authority-with-our-interactive-map

Meanwhile some of the corporate councils are paying back on the massive sums owed, sums which should never have been 'borrowed' from the banks in the first place.
"However, the council managed to pay off £73.4m last year, meaning as of March 31, the sum owed reduced from £651.5m to £578.1m."

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/28533/70m-paid-off-council-debts-but-more-borrowing-may-be-ahead

The fraudulent debt levels have been increasing steadily, compared to the LOBO loan charts previously posted. Many corporate councils have only just managed to pay the interest on the debts, while their executives enjoy huge pay scales, bonuses, expenses, redundancy settlements & copper-bottomed pensions (30+% of all Council Tax).
When enough of local inhabitants realise how badly they have been robbed by the private-for-profit corporate councils, how so many services have been slashed to pay for private profits, staff costs and private pensions, they will probably want to cancel any further payments and demand accountability.

Council Tax is a Civil matter - FOI request

 Magistrate's Courts deal with criminal offences 

https://www.gov.uk/courts

Council Tax is a Civil matter by definition in law 

FOI to the court & council template

Your Name

Your Address

Name

Address

31st August 2024

Dear Sir,

We are confused as to why XYZ Council is sending a summons for a magistrates court for council tax when it is a criminal venue?

It is our understanding that debts are civil cases and are always heard in a county court.

A magistrates court is a criminal court for summary offences such as traffic, assault or either-way

offences such as theft and handling stolen goods.

A summons for an alleged debt is usually a civil matter held in a County Court. Since a council tax

summons hearing is held in a criminal venue (XYZ Magistrates Court) yet is civil in nature;

Please confirm the jurisdiction of the court and which legislation and court rules apply.

Since a council tax application for a liability order is held in a criminal venue, yet in nature is a civil matter, please confirm the jurisdiction of the court and which legislation and CPR rules apply to those hearings.

Under The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

I would like to request proof of where the resident’s Council Tax payments are being spent.

1 - I am writing to request a copy of the expenditure statement for the year 2021 to 2022. I would

like the full transactional list of all of the expenses paid by the council. I do not require the profit

and loss spreadsheet. I do not want to see percentages but itemised proof in pounds (£s) as to where the annual council tax is being spent.

2 - I would like to know if my council tax funds the Police Service, Ambulance Service, waste collection and Schools.

3 - If the above services are being funded I would like to know the percentages for each.

The Data shall be provided within 1 calendar month, pursuant to Article 12(3) UK GDPR.

Kind regards,

Your Name

'SMASH COUNCIL TAX!!- THE 'LIE' IN FAKE LIE-ABILITY' ORDERS

'SMASH COUNCIL TAX!!- THE 'LIE' IN FAKE LIE-ABILITY' ORDERS 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM0TVzk1vIc

Liability Orders: there has never once been a liability order granted by a magistrate’s court on this land for the non- payment of council tax. Only the application was granted. A court order is something of material substance that must comply with the civil procedure rules. This must contain upon it a court seal and the name in clear text of the Judge or Magistrate. No Such document or record exists because that was not the service that was requested by the Council. 

 ''It stands to reason that unless the people of the country have powers over their own government, the people will eventually find themselves in a place of tyranny. Unless limitations are placed upon the government and more specifically how it creates legislation, that government will eventually write itself into a position of absolute power, because power ultimately lies with those that can deliver punishment. For true equity to exist, the people must have that authority over their own governing administration; meaning that, in fact, the people govern themselves. The people must not see their government as authority. If government retains the ultimate power to punish without the authority of the people then the people will ultimately be in fear of their government.''
William Keyte Constitutional Limitations on Government- The Occulted Powers of the British Constitution.

Somerset County Council - a truly rotten council run by criminals!

The employees of the bankrupt corporate councils face losing their jobs and many of the inhabitants will fully agree. The sickening truth about large redundancy deals and copper-bottomed pensions means that these crooks will walk away from their jobs far better off from Public Funds!

Nearly 50 senior Somerset Council officers made redundant as council cuts 200 staff
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/nearly-50-senior-somerset-council-9312343

Somerset County Council is one of the top 50 councils in England that has massive private high interest debts. In SCC's case it is bankrupt for the second time after trying to cover up the 'crime scene' of the embezzlement of millions from Somerset's public funds. The local politicians attempted to blame each other but all are culpable! All the rotten SCC politicians should be sacked without pensions along with their disgraceful unelected bureaucrats that really have been running the county into the ground for decades!

Are the corporate councils terrorist organisations?

We know with certainty that the corporate councils are operating in Fraud, operating illegal 'courts' with non-legally qualified personnel, refusing to provide proof of claim, refusing to enforce the Law on Deed of Assignment for all bailiffs and debt collection agencies, using bullying and harassment on a regular basis, breaking multiple laws while being protected by corporate police and legal systems.

https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/are-local-councils-terrorist-organisations

The question remains as to why local people still pay the bankrupt councils a penny? When they realise how badly they have been robbed, the inhabitants will want to stop paying for crime!

Video resources

For many, watching explanatory videos is enough to become determined and committed to take on the corporate councils that are embezzling our precious Public Funds and asset-stripping our nation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5eDiH41yYk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFt47Hijouw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFSo-IqsRdE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2KMNhMHYs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=HcfXr4wXRJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cGbOIrV3QU

There is Remedy for all, but only by researching can people become focused enough to know the laws and the solutions that those laws offer.

Corporate Councils, with their Taxes and their Fraud, are committing Treason!

Paying the fraudulent corporate councils is Treason, because they are operating in Conflict of Interest and breaking well established laws to benefit themselves on corporate and personal levels, embezzling literally billions every year.

https://counciltaxfraud.co.uk

The majority have been paying for the high levels of executive and staff wages, bonuses, expenses and pensions, while basic Public Services are slashed.
https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/town_hall_rich_list_2024
These people are parasites. They know the harm they are committing yet persist. Their crimes are intentional and wilful.

The private-for-profit corporate councils are provable criminals, operating illegal and fraudulent 'courts' whereby non-legally qualified personnel issue legal documents purporting to be signed and issued by judges and courts. These criminals should be arrested and imprisoned for their blatant fraud, yet are being protected by the corporate-run 'legal system' especially the corporate police.

Only the inhabitants of council areas can change the situation, stop the Fraud and embezzlement of Public Funds, stop the private debt and private pensions, stop the harassment and intimidation, stop the corporate asset-stripping of the wealth of the nation, by not paying any more Council Tax.
Now is the time to learn the truth and enforce the law!

The Council Tax scam gets worse!

"This presentation goes into the explosive fraud of legal managers ignoring the government directive. We ask who is behind legal ramification that begets so much misery on hundreds of thousands of people in the UK."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx7afh7YmD0

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2211/made
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/613/schedule/2/made

 

There you have it. Conclusive evidence that the corporate councils are issuing "liability orders" which have no authority in law and are nothing more than "notices". This is affirmed by HMCTS itself! These fraudulent "liability orders" are being enforced by the police illegally, yet the police have no excuse to not know the law. 

When the inhabitants of corporate council areas are made fully aware of the fact that their council is acting illegally and using law enforcement to illegally harass local people for profit, they will probably want to stop paying Council Tax until the council criminals are held personally accountable for their crimes.

Bankrupt councils and their Section 114 notices

The criminals that are running the corporate councils are desperately trying to get out of accountability and liability for their Misconduct in Public Office. They have driven the corporate councils into unrecoverable high interest private debt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY4DevX7Yqo

https://lgiu.org/blog-article/councils-on-notice-does-a-section-114-mean-bankruptcy-for-local-government/

https://committees.oldham.gov.uk/documents/s100111/Appendix%201%20s114%20Notice%20definition.pdf

The corporate council Section 151 officers are all Freemasons that are maliciously abusing and laundering Public Funds. They don't care about the losses that they have facilitated because they are protected by the corrupt judicial system and the corrupt police.

When the local inhabitants of the areas controlled by the bankrupt councils realise how badly they have been robbed, they will want to stop paying any more Council Taxes until the criminals in the corporate councils are held personally liable for Fraud and Misconduct.

 

Runnymede Borough Council - blatant criminals and thugs!

The conspiracy to steal this farm is a truly shocking story. Runnymede Borough Council are £600 million in debt because they are criminals. All the executives and councillors must be prosecuted for their proven fraud. Whether they are Masonic crooks or just corporate crooks makes no difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qVwuSy03g

"The farm lands that was owned by the elderly couole was not only their source of livelihood but also their homes, filled with a lifetime of memories. However, the Runnymede Borough Council, acting against the law, has engaged in the unlawful appropriation of these lands for various development purposes. This flagrant disregard for property rights gravely affects the elder residents, leaving them without a means of sustenance and disrupting their peaceful existence.

The repercussions of the council's actions extend far beyond the immediate loss of land and imprisonment."

https://paddfarmstory.com

The inhabitants of Runnymede are will want to stop paying Council Tax to reject this fraud and criminality and hold the rotten council to account.

Council energy fraud and massive loss of Public Funds

13 energy companies invested in by local authorities lost a total of £74,106,589 over four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These companies were either fully or partially owned by a local authority. 

The biggest loss in a single year was 2018-19, when councils lost a combined total of £39,585,046.  

The eight council-owned energy companies lost a combined £114,022,019 over the same period.  

The total amount of public capital investment committed to energy companies in which local authorities had a financial interest between 2016-17 and 2020-21 was £132,310,960.

https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/council_energy_companies

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/taxpayersalliance/pages/17378/attachments/original/1634292220/Council_energy_companies_October_2021.pdf

These massive losses have undoubtedly contributed to the corporate councils declaring bankruptcy. The scandal will not and should not go away. Those individuals involved must be brought to account. 

Oxfordshire County Council - a very 'rotten borough'!

 "Cash-strapped Oxford council splurges nearly £10,000 in taxpayers' money on COLOURING BOOKS for children promoting city's hated new 20mph speed limits"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12855783/Fury-cash-strapped-Oxford-council-splurges-nearly-10-000-taxpayers-money-COLOURING-BOOKS-children-promoting-citys-hated-new-20mph-speed-limits.html

Oxfordshire County Council can't persuade adults - so now they're targeting propaganda at children?

The fraudulent corporate councils like Oxfordshire County Council, have been spending billions on their fraudulent schemes that restrict and oppress the local inhabitants. Millions have been spent on rainbow flags, rainbow crossings, 'pride' parades, sculptures and supposed "net zero" traffic schemes. All of it is little more than money laundering. None of it is Lawful. When local inhabitants of the corporate councils realise the extent to which they have been swindled they will want to stop paying any more Council Taxes and hold the rotten and treasonous councils to account! 

Croydon Council pays £2 million in Public Funds to evict the public

Evicting a Single Disabled Mum Costing £300,000 and Losing in The Supreme Court

Croydon Council Solicitors Browne Jacobson - 183 appointments  

Cornerstone Barristers LOSE; Warning Councils on Lack of Contracts Lead Legal at Croydon Council - Jenny Fraser Browne

https://insidecroydon.com/2023/05/04/councils-lawyers-take-case-all-the-way-to-supreme-court-in-attempt-to-deny-disabled-mother-her-legal-housing-rights/

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/24040299.croydon-council-pays-300k-supreme-court-case-disabled-mum/

 

Croydon Council is blatantly corrupt. The inhabitants of Croydon area will probably want to stop paying any more Council Taxes while criminals are controlling the council!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/15/court-no-fault-evictions-rishi-sunak-christmas-children-homeless-tenants