PJG v Child Support Agency, Court of Appeal - Family Division, March 09, 2006, [2006] EWHC 423 (Fam)

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PJG v Child Support Agency, Court of Appeal - Family Division, March 09, 2006, [2006] EWHC 423 (Fam)

Neutral Citation Number: [2006] EWHC 423 (Fam)

Case No: FD05J00014

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

FAMILY DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 9th March 2006

Before :

MR JUSTICE MUNBY

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Between :

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The appellant in person

Mr Tim Buley (instructed by the Office of the Solicitor, Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health) for the respondent

Hearing dates: 23 November 2005, 28 February 2006

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Judgment

MR JUSTICE MUNBY

This judgment was handed down in private but the judge hereby gives leave for it to be reported.

Mr Justice Munby :

1. The appellant seeks to appeal against a liability order under section 33 of the Child Support Act 1991 made against him in the sum of £20,850.37 by Andover Magistrates' Court on 24 August 2004. The liability order was made on a summons dated 5 May 2004 which had been issued on the complaint, also dated 5 May 2004, of the Child Support Agency ("the CSA"). Strictly speaking, of course, the complaint was made by the Secretary of State. It is, however, convenient to look to the practical reality, which is that the proceedings were brought, just as the appeal has been defended, by the CSA.

2. The case came before the justices on 29 June 2004. The appellant challenged the amount of his liability (if any) to the CSA. Part of the dispute apparently related to monies that the appellant said he had paid but whic...

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