London Tribunals - August 2018

A quieter month with only 176 Appeals decided upon of which only 72 were won by the motorist, a success rate of a below average 41%. Two of those are worth giving you an extract of the tribunal decision:

Any reasonable council (2180272639)

As a matter of common courtesy (2180245294)

Barnet Council would do well to remember that they are taken to the tribunal week in & week out and adjudicators will build up a picture of the council's behaviour and it could go against them when it comes to marginal decisions or costs.

Yours appealingly

Miss Feezance

London Tribunals - July 2018

July 2018 saw 196 decisions made by adjudicators at London Tribunals. 104 times the decision went the way of the motorist which is a slightly above average 53%

There were a goodly number of interesting decisions:

Except for access (2180217798)

The Appellant was a skip hire company so it should have been easy for the council to verify the need for access.

Best not to entrap traffic wardens (2180221693)

Try not to do a 3 point turn on school entrance markings (218022130A)

School markings apply outside term times etc (2180224013)

Dropped kerb is shared but not the drive (2180234196)

Don't stop because of any stationary car in a yellow box (2180231223)

Don't reverse past no entry signs (2180225173)

Cloned - car was at the MOT centre! (2180216070)

The question is why in the face of such solid evidence did Barnet Council fight this Appeal? Hainault to Golders Green Bus Station in 25 minutes? absolutely not possible (not clear if the MOT test time was the start or the completion but either way the car was not in Barnet).

Council penalise their own contractor (2180240472)

These decisions, and the overall success rate, must have given you the idea that making an Appeal to the tribunal is well worth a go.

Yours appealingly

Miss Feezance

London Tribunals - June 18

Due to being on lockdown except for an hour a day I hope to get up to date with my monthly reports.

 

June 18 saw 169 tribunal decision for Barnet Council and of those 82 were won, a pretty average win rate of 48.5% which meant that on average you might as well fight as pay up at 50%.

 

It was a pretty dull month for decisions with most being routine but these two stood out:

You have to choose, pay at 100% or Appeal, no each way bets (2180170810)

Barnet Council slow to accept the obvious (2180179291)

This is a good time to do that tribunal appeal you have been meaning to get round to.

Yours appealingly

Miss Feezance

London Tribunals - May 2018

In the month of May 2018 there were 226 Appeals decided upon at the tribunal. Of those, 110 went the way of the motorist, an about average 48.7%

Extracts of the interesting decisions follow.

Council hide behind data protection but the same owner! (218013972A)



You don't need to consult the atomic clock (218015398A)


Time allowed for loading and boarding (2180107075)

Boarding an injured passenger (2180117578)

Reason to serve by post did not exist (2180137611)



School coach on school keep clear marking (2180176227) 

If the school is council funded the coach company could simply add on an amount to its fee to cover the cost of the PCN and then the council pays the coach company to pay back to the council. The kids will be safer if the coach is next to the school entrance.

Keep those appeals coming.

Yours appealingly

Miss Feezance

London Tribunals - April 2018

April 18 was a while back but there are lessons to be learnt from previous cases as the same old arguments can occur again and again. In April 18 there were 279 tribunal decisions of which 158, that is 56%, went the way of the motorist, so your chances of winning are better than 50/50 so why pay at a 50% discount as in the long run you will save money if you fight every PCN.

There were four decisions worth telling you about.

Setting down and loading are different exemptions (2180122330)

Whilst 2 minutes would be the maximum allowed for setting down a young able passenger you are allowed longer for the elderly and the young, persons not safe on their own, and you are allowed to leave the vehicle as the driver.

Zero not letter 'O' (2180117363)

A council refusing representations and fighting an Appeal in such a case is pretty miserable. To win in this sort of case you need to show the error was the council's (acting by their payment system supplier) and clearly if the numberplate provided to them isn't in the format AB12CDE the registration number provided should be checked, this would be a good use of technology but failure equals profit so councils won't make their supplier do this.

Regulation 10 - drove away (2180120109)

I wouldn't hang around waiting for a PCN as the notes of the traffic warden may be inadequate. In addition, they may not bother doing a postal PCN. If a traffic warden tells you to wait for the PCN, they can't, just smile and leave.

No charge for not charging (2180052086)

If the vehicle is electric and if it isn't holding up another motorist who needs to obtain some charge, traffic wardens should just walk on by.

Keep those appeals coming especially if the discount has gone as you have nothing to lose.

Yours appealingly

Miss Feezance