Just a quick post to say that I has 17 PCNs cancelled yesterday against box junctions in South Road. What is even more astounding is that the Adjudicator awarded costs of £750 against the Council on the grounds that it was “wholly unreasonable” for them to pursue the appeals after they had been repeatedly warned by PATAS that PCNs for South Road/St Joseph’s Drive, South Road/Cambridge Road and High Street/Avenue Road were unenforceable.
If you have a case before PATAS for any of these locations then you must ask for costs citing London United Busways -v- Ealing. If you have received a decision in the last 14 days there is still time to get a claim in. You cannot claim lots, and you cannot claim for being inconvenienced. Usually you can claim back travel expenses, postage and stationary. OK, it may not seem a lot, but a large quantity of small claims will soon add up. Ealing will also bear the stigma of being one of the very few councils stupid enough to have upset the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service so much that they have seen fit to award costs – something that very rarely happens.
This is not the end of the story by any means. Watch this space…
November 1, 2008 at 9:26 pm |
What an outstanding result yesterday and proof positive that you and your colleagues actions are having an effect !
November 5, 2008 at 1:39 pm |
Ealing have just scrapped 6 junctions…happy day!
November 6, 2008 at 1:21 pm |
A couple of interesting stories on Phil Taylor’s blog
http://philtaylor.org.uk/
(2nd and 3rd posts down at the time of posting this)
November 30, 2008 at 3:02 am |
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February 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm |
Well, I am still waiting for cost of £59 to be paid by Ealing council which was awarded when I had won my appeal.
August 13, 2009 at 9:52 am |
I got a ticket on one of these junction boxes 5 years ago. The traffic was moving slowly but suddenly a padestrian decided to cross from the middle of the road stopping the traffic and forcing me to have my rear wheel landed on the junction box (which now apparently was illegal anyway). The authority did not accept my argument and I had to pay the penalty charge. Can I ask for the refund? How can I go about it?
October 8, 2009 at 10:13 pm |
Who can tell me which of Ealing’s box junctions are illegal? Is the one at Gunnersbury Ave/Popes Lane one? My poor student daughter got a ticket for 10 seconds of having her rear wheels in it. . . shall we appeal?
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