Mr Mustard has a regular client, let us call him Mr L, who, due to working all over London collects a few PCNs. If Mr Mustard can find an angle, he fights them. Every PCN won is £50 to the North London Hospice. This time Mr L, who is good at paperwork, said he had received a Charge Certificate but not the postal PCN for driving where he shouldn't have. Mr Mustard knows that Mr L and his secretary are well organised so he could believe what they said.
The charge certificate was dated 8 March.
The PCN was supposedly sent on 9 February.
The above explanation was wishful thinking. A Charge Certificate can only be served if 28 days have elapsed from the service of the PCN, if a PCN has not been sent then the Charge Certificate isn't lawful and is good grounds for cancellation of the PCN. Islington looked like they were trying to get away with it but were forced to change their minds by circumstances.
Mr Mustard made a challenge, it was a simple but effective one:
The PCN value was quietly set to zero without a formal Notice of Acceptance (Mr Mustard checks balances weekly).
Mr Mustard also made a request for information and that has been responded to, as follows:
Islington cancelled once the extent of the problem became clear, they couldn't cope with their phone lines melting.
The end.
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