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Mrs xxxxxxxx Justices' Clerk for Humber & South Yorkshire Doncaster Magistrates' Court PO Box 49 The Law Courts College Road DONCASTER ON13HT DX 742840 (Doncaster 20)

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24 January 2013

Dear xxxxxxx Re: North East Lincolnshire Council v Yourself Grimsby Magistrates' Court Application to State a Case Thank you for your e mail correspondence in connection with this matter. Mr xxxxx has now left the employment of HMCTS and your matter has been escalated to me. I shall be grateful if all future correspondence in this matter is forwarded to me at my office in Doncaster to avoid any unnecessary delays. Further to your application to state a case I have now discussed the matter with the Justices who adjudicated upon your case. Further to section 114 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 the Justices are not required to state a case until the applicant has entered into a recognizance to prosecute the appeal without delay and to submit to the judgment of the High Court. Accordingly, the Justices require you to enter into a recognizance in the sum of 500.00. If entered into, the recognizance would be subject to forfeiture if after delivery of the case stated the applicant failed to prosecute the appeal. Entering into a recognizance is in effect a promise to pay a sum of money (in your case 500.00) in the event you decide not to pursue your appeal in the High Court. When you enter into the recognizance (ie make the promise to pay) you are not required to pay any money, and provided you take your case to the High Court you will not be liable to pay 500.00. However, in the event you decide not to take your appeal to the High Court you may be required to pay some, or indeed all of the amount of the recognizance. Until the recognizance is entered into, the Justices will not state a case for the consideration of the High Court.

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The recognizance must be entered into before the magistrates' court at Grimsby and I would be grateful if you would make contact with my office at Doncaster in order to make the necessary arrangements for this to take place. Yours sincerely

Mrs xxxxxxx Justices' Clerk

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