Robin hood airport Doncaster

BON_EON

So I had my hearing today and lost!!!

I was relying on PoFA 2012, but the judge said that the land was not subject to this under section 3 c, as they are not imposing a civil or criminal statutory liability. I said that they were imposing a fee and charge so therefore it does apply, but he just shot me down.

I went through all the other stuff, signage etc.
The judge made the decision, stating that recent case law from the supreme court states that you enter into a contract where there is sufficient signage. He said at Doncaster airport there is sufficient signage. He squashed the additional charge of £60 debt recovery saying this number was pulled from thin air.

So I'm not sure if I messed it up or if the judge just didn't understand PoFA 2012 and this slipped through the net. But I think what it shows to other people is that it's getting difficult to use signage or grace periods as an excuse for stopping in a no stopping zone.

Can anyone see where I've gone wrong with PoFA 2012 or where the judge may not have got it and didn't agree with the legislation on this??

Coupon-mad

I was relying on PoFA 2012, but the judge said that the land was not subject to this under section 3 c, as they are not imposing a civil or criminal statutory liability.

Do what? What did he say about this?

Can anyone see where I've gone wrong with PoFA 2012 or where the judge may not have got it and didn't agree with the legislation on this??

Sounds like he didn't get it or that you were sown to be the driver as a fact, in which case the POFA falls away?

He squashed the additional charge of £60 debt recovery saying this number was pulled from thin air.

Good! At least the damage limitation has worked.

Sorry to hear your outcome. VCS v Ward has a lot to answer for - AWFUL decision.

AlfredM

My case is similar, I have court hearing end of Nov and 3 days to file my WS. Today I came across these instructions from POPLA, which contain a document from Department of transport (can't paste links yet)

I says:
"Now that we have the DfT response, POPLA will be considering appeals against tickets issued on Railway Land (and other land subject to Byelaws). Such land is not relevant land as defined by POFA. This means we will be applying different rules to appeal consideration.

A penalty notice should not:

•Mention POFA 2012 (as this is not relevant and will confuse the owner about the situation in which they findthemselves)
•Mention ParkingEye Vs Beavis (as this is not relevant and will confuse the owner about the situation in which they findthemselves)
•Saythe words “parking charge”, “parking charge notice”, or “PCN” (as this is not relevant and will confuse the owner about the situation in which they findthemselves)
•Refer to keeper or driver liability (as this is not relevant and will confuse the owner about the situation in which they findthemselves)"


If Doncaster Airport Byelaws say you are allowed to emergency parking, why was the case lost?