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{"source_url": "https://web.archive.org", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190726165543id_/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/councils_deputy_monitoring_offic#outgoing-977916", "title": "Council's Deputy Monitoring Officer - Misconduct in Public Office - a Freedom of Information request to North East Lincolnshire Council", "top_image": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/assets/logo-opengraph-7364e4f88fa3b9c60585896328afc549e121122d9e60b50dae573856772700f1.png", "meta_img": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/assets/logo-opengraph-7364e4f88fa3b9c60585896328afc549e121122d9e60b50dae573856772700f1.png", "images": ["https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/assets/logo-opengraph-7364e4f88fa3b9c60585896328afc549e121122d9e60b50dae573856772700f1.png", "https://web.archive.org/assets/ask-the-eu-logo-f380b4792b8b8d8bdaa3c4e925e99fb8ede33b338fe14c0d6c0938dd8077163b.png"], "movies": [], "text": "Dear North East Lincolnshire Council,\n\nThe link below contains documents in chronological order relating to an application to Grimsby Magistrates' court to state a case for an appeal to the High Court. The documents most relevant to this request are listed below:\n\nhttp://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...\n\nDOCUMENTS HELD BY THE COUNCIL:\n\n\u2022 Letter from the council's legal department of 19 July 2013 notifying the Appellant that the disputed costs were suspended until the outcome of proceedings\n\n\u2022 Letter to the Justices' Clerk prompting delivery of the final 'case stated' dated 10 January 2014 (copied to Ms Eve Richardson-Smith in an email attachment)\n\n\u2022 Letter to the Justices' Clerk querying non-delivery of the final 'case stated' dated 13 February 2014 (copied to Ms Eve Richardson-Smith in an email attachment)\n\n\u2022 Letter to the Justices' Clerk requiring a Certificate of refusal to state a case dated 22 April 2014 (copied to Ms Eve Richardson-Smith in an email attachment)\n\nThe letters from 10 January 2014 onwards, categorically contained evidence that the High Court appeal had not been withdrawn but also that it was being actively pursued. However, it was relied on by the council (which it stated to the judge) that the taxpayer had withdrawn his High Court appeal to defend its action of misallocating payments to engineer default on his in-year Council Tax account.\n\nNorth East Lincolnshire council's representations (witness statement\n\nhttp://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil... ) considered by District Judge Daniel Curtis for hearing held on 30 October 2015 makes the false statement that the appeal had been withdrawn as of 20 November 2013.\n\nWhy, when a formal complaint that required as a remedy that the Council applied to the Magistrates\u2019 court to have the court order quashed was it refused for consideration by the very person who had proof it had been obtained erroneously .\n\nEmails of 26 January and 7 February 2017 sent by Ms Eve Richardson-Smith\n\nhttp://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...\n\n26 January 2017\n\n\"Thank you for your latest correspondence regarding this matter. To confirm North East Lincolnshire Council stands by the action taken and will not be undertaking any further investigation. Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council Eve Richardson-Smith LLB Legal Team Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer.\"\n\n7 February 2017\n\n\"I refer you to the response provided to you on 26th January 2017 confirming that North East Lincolnshire Council will not be undertaking any further investigation into this matter. For clarity, no further acknowledgement or response will be provided to any correspondence of a similar nature regarding the same issues. Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council Eve Richardson-Smith LLB Legal Team Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer.\"\n\nYours faithfully,\n\nLes Freeman", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": ["Les Freeman", "Freedom Of Information", "Nelc", "North East Lincolnshire Council"], "publish_date": "Thu May 16 16:23:31 2019", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/assets/favicon-afe76651f859e6a7b6b153def0358ae1b959842c02fdc46bc3adca58eb6395b2.ico", "meta_data": {"csrf-param": "authenticity_token", "viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0", "og": {"site_name": "WhatDoTheyKnow", "title": "Council's Deputy Monitoring Officer - Misconduct in Public Office - a Freedom of Information request to North East Lincolnshire Council", "type": "article", "description": "The link below contains documents in chronological order relating to an application to Grimsby Magistrates' court to state a case for an appeal to the High Court. The documents most relevant to this request are listed below:\r\n\nhttp://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=11891857375728163724\r\n\nDOCUMENTS HELD BY THE COUNCIL:\r\n\n\u2022 Letter from the council's legal department of 19 July 2013 notifying the Appellant that the disputed costs were suspended until the outcome of proceedings\r\n\n\u2022 Letter to the Justices' Clerk prompting delivery of the final 'case stated' dated 10 January 2014 (copied to Ms Eve Richardson-Smith in an email attachment)\r\n\n\u2022 Letter to the Justices' Clerk querying non-delivery of the final 'case stated' dated 13 February 2014 (copied to Ms Eve Richardson-Smith in an email attachment)\r\n\n\u2022 Letter to the Justices' Clerk requiring a Certificate of refusal to state a case dated 22 April 2014 (copied to Ms Eve Richardson-Smith in an email attachment)\r\n\nThe letters from 10 January 2014 onwards, categorically contained evidence that the High Court appeal had not been withdrawn but also that it was being actively pursued. However, it was relied on by the council (which it stated to the judge) that the taxpayer had withdrawn his High Court appeal to defend its action of misallocating payments to engineer default on his in-year Council Tax account.\r\n\nNorth East Lincolnshire council's representations (witness statement \r\nhttp://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=08127451957481217404 ) considered by District Judge Daniel Curtis for hearing held on 30 October 2015 makes the false statement that the appeal had been withdrawn as of 20 November 2013.\r\n\nWhy, when a formal complaint that required as a remedy that the Council applied to the Magistrates\u2019 court to have the court order quashed was it refused for consideration by the very person who had proof it had been obtained erroneously .\r\n\nEmails of 26 January and 7 February 2017 sent by Ms Eve Richardson-Smith \r\nhttp://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=73492292918264869744\r\n\n26 January 2017\r\n\"Thank you for your latest correspondence regarding this matter. To confirm North East Lincolnshire Council stands by the action taken and will not be undertaking any further investigation. Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council Eve Richardson-Smith LLB Legal Team Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer.\"\r\n\n7 February 2017\r\n\"I refer you to the response provided to you on 26th January 2017 confirming that North East Lincolnshire Council will not be undertaking any further investigation into this matter. For clarity, no further acknowledgement or response will be provided to any correspondence of a similar nature regarding the same issues. Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council Eve Richardson-Smith LLB Legal Team Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer.\"\r\n\nYours faithfully,\r\n\nLes Freeman", "image": {"identifier": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/assets/logo-opengraph-7364e4f88fa3b9c60585896328afc549e121122d9e60b50dae573856772700f1.png", "width": 256, "height": 256}, "url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/councils_deputy_monitoring_offic"}, "article": {"published_time": "2019-05-16T16:23:31+01:00", "modified_time": "2019-05-29T11:03:44+01:00"}, "msapplication-TileColor": "#da532c", "msapplication-TileImage": "/assets/mstile-144x144-255eacfff7df363a8d9b7c39fe04c4cdde301ccc79647ffd9c68ff1d853cd329.png", "msapplication-config": "/assets/browserconfig-d192bb83a2aa383764622bbd1dcf8fdd99b5243f65ae35b8e0d0002d23cf22b0.xml", "theme-color": "#ffffff", "google-site-verification": "DbAHEzh0igI0rZziSexQh5fTrbRfNPSw8BdmrmNY_70"}, "canonical_link": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/councils_deputy_monitoring_offic"} |
