The Mazur ruling and the illegal activities of corporate council staff

As we know, councils have issued bulk council tax summonses for years without proper judicial oversight, in direct contradiction of case law like Catlin.
Now the involvement of non-qualified staff at the council is called into question  by virtue of the Mazur - because only qualified individuals can carry out reserved legal activities, like preparing and signing summonses applications.
If councils or their contractors are using unqualified staff to process summonses, the entire enforcement process may be legally invalid.
This isn’t just administrative failure — it’s a breakdown of the rule of law and equality before it.
The legal system has long been weaponised against ordinary people, and it's time we called it out.
Read the full piece and decide for yourself: is justice being served? Or is justice a big fat (fraudulent) joke?

https://open.substack.com/pub/clarewillsharrison/p/the-recent-mazur-ruling-indirectly

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and-opinion/what-the-high-courts-mazur-ruling-means-for-non-qualified-staff/5124624.article

Freedom of Information Request – Court Officer Authorisation

Dear FOI Officer,

Under Section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please confirm the following in relation to [full name], who has acted or been referred to as a “Court Officer” in Council Tax liability order proceedings:

1.Whether this person has ever held any legal qualification or Practising Certificate issued by the SRA, Bar Standards Board, or CILEX, as required for authorised persons under Sections 12–13 of the Legal Services Act 2007.

2. Whether this person was authorised under any law or regulation to prepare, sign or submit legal documents (e.g. summonses or liability order applications) to the Magistrates’ Court, and if so, under which provision.

3. Whether this person was authorised to represent the Council before the Magistrates’ Court, and if so, under which section of the Legal Services Act 2007, including any claimed exemption under Schedule 3.

Please also confirm whether the Council has considered the implications of the High Court ruling in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) regarding unqualified persons conducting reserved legal activities, and in what way this has been addressed or implemented.

If any part of this information is withheld, please specify the exemption relied upon under Section 17(1) FOIA.

Yours faithfully,

[Your Full Name]

Corporate council mis-spending

For those concerned about how their local "rotten borough" corporate council has been spending precious Public Funds, here is a useful website:

https://bidstats.uk/tenders/?ntype=tender

Some people will be so concerned that they will want to organise in their areas, to create strong community organisations that expose the rotten and bankrupt private-for-profit councils and their mis-spending. Some will want to go further and expose the widespread Misconduct in Public Office by the same corporate miscreants and their money laundering.

Council Tax is funding corruption

Council Tax is funding corruption.
On a particular council tax bill, for example, only 27% was itemised to show how it was going to be spent. That left 73% of what was being requested undeclared. Councils refuse to specify what the majority (typically around 70-75%) is used for, either directly or via the numerous unanswered or swerved FOIs/WDTK requests. A big red flag: 

https://truthmuse77.substack.com/p/the-rumour-councils-send-the-majority

With 30% of all Council Tax going to the substantial council pension funds, councils are lying about their spending. Local inhabitants of council areas are increasingly questioning this fraud and withholding further payments. With the councils involved in the plans for digital ID, involved in the closing of farms and selling publicly owned farmlands, granting permissions for a range of developments that go against the wishes of inhabitants, pretending to be courts and issuing legal documents without legal qualifications, there are many reasons not to pay them.

The truth about Council Tax - know your rights

 

Council Tax is unlawful - a debate in Parliament

 

The corporate FRAUD of new "unitary councils"

I’m reading loads of comments on X that people are now cancelling paying their council tax. People have clearly had enough. Dozens of the corporate councils have declared bankruptcy after they embezzled Public Funds, used funds for their substantial wages, expenses, pensions, severance payments, revolving door consulting, dodgy contracts, Masonic coverups, cronyism, corruption and blatant mismanagement. At best they are guilty of Misconduct in Public Office, a criminal offence with up to 14 years in prison!

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2011333/brits-cancel-council-tax-elections-postponed

People are cancelling their council tax on a mass scale after it was announced that local elections in nine areas have been cancelled for May this year.

"No Taxation Without Representation."

The corporate council FRAUD of paying staff for a 4 day week

"South Cambridgeshire District Council is asking for your opinions on their four-day work week experiment, where staff work only four days but still take home 100% of their pay
This is despite:
- Council tax increasing by over 6%
- Denying local councillors a vote on the trial
- Failing to file audited accounts on time
- Senior official editing an independent report to remove negative comments
Time to tell this council to end their experiment and stop wasting taxpayers' time and money! Use our tool to tell the council what you really think and let's get this lazy council back to work! "

Those who are 'residents' and 'registered' can object:
https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/south_cambridgeshire_tell_the_council_what_you_think_of_the_four_day_week

Do you know other councils that are defrauding the public by reducing hours but paying staff the same? Try reporting them and telling them what you think!
Stop paying these criminal councils until they comply with your demands. Create dispute that cannot resolved without their compliance.