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Beaten the City Council!!
Prune77
Posts: 3 Newbie
I just wanted to give heart to anyone who is fighting charges and feels like giving up - DON'T!!
I parked in a very unclear restricted parking zone - the small sign was 0.6miles away and hadn't been noticed among all the other directional signs and information. Not only did I get a parking ticket but my car was towed away within 20 mins. I fought the fine (£140) on the grounds that there was insufficient information and that vehicles should only be towed away in the case of repeated offenders and not as a way for city councils to generate income (as per the directive issued by government some time ago). My appeal was rejected by the council in an aggressive three page letter, so my next step was to lodge the case with a tribunal. Surprise, surprise!! As soon as a date was set for the hearing, the city council contacted me to say that they could not contest the case at the tribunal due to a technical error. Their bullying tactics had not worked on me and they were forced to back off. Unfortunately, a friend who was towed at the same time as me did not have the time, courage or determination to fight and has lost the opportunity to get his money back.
So this is for anyone facing similar bullying by their local authority - FIGHT IT AND WIN!:j
I parked in a very unclear restricted parking zone - the small sign was 0.6miles away and hadn't been noticed among all the other directional signs and information. Not only did I get a parking ticket but my car was towed away within 20 mins. I fought the fine (£140) on the grounds that there was insufficient information and that vehicles should only be towed away in the case of repeated offenders and not as a way for city councils to generate income (as per the directive issued by government some time ago). My appeal was rejected by the council in an aggressive three page letter, so my next step was to lodge the case with a tribunal. Surprise, surprise!! As soon as a date was set for the hearing, the city council contacted me to say that they could not contest the case at the tribunal due to a technical error. Their bullying tactics had not worked on me and they were forced to back off. Unfortunately, a friend who was towed at the same time as me did not have the time, courage or determination to fight and has lost the opportunity to get his money back.
So this is for anyone facing similar bullying by their local authority - FIGHT IT AND WIN!:j
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