LEGAL

Councils could lose millions in utilities repayments after court ruling

Local authorities could be facing repayments worth millions of pounds to council tenants in excess water charges, after a High Court ruling last week.

By Hiba Mahamadi | 04 December 2019

Local authorities could be facing repayments worth millions of pounds to council tenants in excess water charges, after a High Court ruling last week.

The court found Kingston upon Thames RLBC unlawfully over-charged a council tenant for water between 2003 and 2017.

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