It was a quiet week at PATAS as far as Barnet Council were concerned. 841 new Appeals were filed of which 43 emanated from Barnet, that is 5% which is slightly above what one would expect. Ignoring 19 Witness Statement (TE9) cases that were never going anywhere there were 79 substantive cases. Of those some 54 led to a cancelled PCN. That is a terrific 68% win rate for the motorist.
There were a number of notable wins for motorists:
- In two cases of postal PCN the traffic warden was held not to have been prevented from serving, in one case the traffic warden wasn't even at the scene.
- In a bus lane case there wasn't any cctv footage, that seems to happen quite often.
- Someone accused of parking without payment produced the little ticket you get out of the credit card machine, which had been upside down on their dashboard, and so were not held to have not paid. They should probably have been given a parking ticket for a different contravention or the council should have cancelled the PCN once the proof of payment was provided.
- A yellow line in Lodge Road was found to be inadequate to properly convey the restriction.
- In a very odd case Barnet Council tried to file a Do Not Contest form 2 days after the expected hearing date. The adjudicator refused the request. They also tried to obtain a 14 day adjournment 2 days after the expected hearing date, this was also refused. The adjudicator then heard the case and found for the motorist on the grounds of lack of evidence from the council. The adjudicator wasn't taking any nonsense that day.
- A motorist who lived in Portsmouth, and had a car which did not look like the one in the council's photos, was found to have had her numberplate cloned.
- Someone who was boarding a disabled passenger was allowed the requisite time to do so.
- Two ancient PCN from July 12 and November 12 were duly killed off.
Keep those appeals flowing and make NSL and the council fight to get your money out of your purse or wallet.
Yours appealingly
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