hedgehog

Mr Justice Jackson sitting in the High Court has ruled that Barnet Council's parking tickets are invalid as they do not have both the date of issue and the date of contravention on them. In his ruling Mr Justice Jackson also said that all parking tickets need to have both dates to be valid.

Clearly this is a most significant victory and it will impact upon many councils across the UK as many do not comply with the two dates requirement as laid down by the RTA.

So, if you have got a ticket that doesn't have a date of issue and a date of contravention then be sure to appeal, it is the ticket that is against the law not your parking.

pslewis

But you have still parked illegally!!

Why is there now a culture of 'Blame someone else' 'Lets get-off the crime'???

Pete

2000TLondon

There isn't necessarily.... I lived in Marylebone (central London) for over ten years and the tactics used by the parking wardens are very underhand! I've even caught some b'stard writing me a ticket when I still had two minutes on the meter! That was an interesting conversation!

I will always appeal every ticket I receive in London........

pslewis

Be fair, he knew it would take him 3 minutes to finish writing it out!!

Pete

2000TLondon

I definetly ruined his day! I've also got tickets in the mail, after the two week discount period, where a warden has warned me to move the car, if I was waiting outside my house for the wife, etc, so I've driven off, thanking him for the warning, and the .... has written the ticket and then not issued it to me. So not only is the ticket issued wrongly, it's full whammy to pay, too!

I could bang on about those f'ckers all night, but it's Friday!!!

Clarebabes

Ooh, go on. Any stories of the ******* getting it wrong, is a good idea