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Challenge the result of an election if you think it was not run properly, issuing and serving an election petition, and what happens at the hearing and trial

• When you can make a challenge

  You may be able to challenge the result of an election if you think it was…

• How to make a challenge

  To challenge an election you must apply to the Election Petitions Office.…

• Pay 'security for costs'

  After you apply, the Election Petitions Office will tell you how much to…

• Serve your election petition

  You should only contact the people you’re complaining about (‘the…

• What happens at the hearing and trial

  Contact the Election Petitions Office to set the date for the hearing. You…

Once you have agreed the facts of the property with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), you can challenge the valuation if you think it’s wrong.

• Updated: 23 May 2025

Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says

Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Tayler on 14 July 2025.

• Updated: 14 July 2025

Find out more about what you need to do as a challenge owner.

• Updated: 25 June 2019

How to challenge your Council Tax band if you think you're paying too much Council Tax or you want to get a property removed from the Council Tax list.

You can use the Right to Contest application to challenge government to sell land or property if you believe it’s not needed and could be put to better economic use.

• Updated: 8 January 2014

If you believe land or property is not needed and could be put to better economic use, then you can challenge the government by submitting a Right to Contest application.

You can challenge a Council Tax band on behalf of a Council Tax payer.

• Updated: 22 January 2016

• Updated: 9 April 2025