2023-10-26
Martin Geddes is nothing if not persistent.
This is his latest round of persistence in challenging the alleged fraud of the obligation to pay Council Tax.
Whatever we may think of the notion that we may not need to pay Council Tax (after all, somebody has to collect the rubbish!) it is a sad reflection on the rule of law that it isn't obviously a lawful obligation.
Of course it's perfectly lawful to pay Council Tax, just as it's perfectly lawful to give a gift to a street beggar - the contention lies in the notion that it is not lawful to not pay it. After all, it's a sound principle of law that an obligation to pay arises from a contract, and a contract requires a meeting of minds on the part of both parties.
So Martin's quest to test the lawfulness of the alleged obligation to pay Council Tax is a noble quest, because if our governments (local and/or national) are issuing fraudulent demands for payment by insisting that the demands are lawful when the are not, then those governments must be held to account, as must those members (if any) of the legal professions that are complicit in the unlawful system.
Otherwise the "Rule of Law" becomes a totally arbitrary exercise that is wide open to abuse.
So if you are "summoned to court" to explain yourself on such a dispute, what to do?
Do read Martin's article first, but below find a completely unrelated video that also addresses this subject area:
(40 minutes)
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