You can stop in an empty yellow box junction

 

Another random tribunal decision which caught Mr Mustard's eye.

This not being one of Mr Mustard's cases the cctv is not available (unless you can put Mr Mushtaq in touch with him).

Mr Mustard went looking for a suitable image and found this one of a black cab which is stopped somewhat obstructively (although there isn't another vehicle in sight) but it isn't in contravention.

 

The story about the black cab is here. Mr Mustard does not know the outcome of the black cab PCN.

The issue of many moving traffic PCNs is 100% automated with a computer extracting snippets of footage, obtaining keeper details from DVLA and then printing a PCN. Before a PCN is generated, a human being is meant to check the cctv to verify that a contravention had occurred, this clearly does not happen. It doesn't seem to happen in Redbridge.

If Mr Mustard is out late one night he will visit Goodmayes Road and pull up in the empty yellow box for 10 seconds and see if he gets a PCN.

The end.

Barnet Council behaviour is inexplicable

Not Mr Mustard's description but that of a long serving (and occasionally suffering) adjudicator:

A restricted street is one with single or double yellow lines.

 

It wouldn't be wise in Greater London, or indeed in most urban areas, to leave a vehicle boot open whilst loading or unloading. If your delivery is out of sight of the car, as one can't always park right outside, then of course a traffic warden won't see any loading/unloading activity. That does not mean it is not happening.

If the council reject your loading/unloading argument you will have the ebst chance of winning at the tribunal if you go there in person (treat it like a fun day out, Mr Mustard has one every week) as then your honesty can be tested by the adjudicator and the council will rely only on the paper evidence so cannot dispute what you have to see on the day.

Good luck.

Barnet Council are 'surprising' (not a good thing)

Another random decision Mr Mustard fell over.

 

When a Solicitor expresses surprise it doesn't necessarily mean they are surprised. Legal people often employ withering under-statement to get one over their opponent in Court and this is what Mr Mustard thinks is happening here. Most of the time adjudicators don't make remarks about the viability of the case itself confining themselves to the factual rational of their decision.

Mr Mustard isn't sure which High Road this PCN was issued in (possibly East Finchley) so can't look at the bay markings for himself but clearly one bay ran into the other. 

What doesn't surprise Mr Mustard is that the council and their enforcement agents NSL could not see for themselves that the location layout was not clear enough. Traffic wardens are meant to check signs and lines before they issue a PCN so this 'ticket' was clearly wrong from the off. Rejecting perfectly good representations is a daily occurrence in the back office.

If we look at 2024 and representations rejected by Barnet Council Mr Mustard has taken 44 such cases to the tribunal. He has won on 38 occasions. The council should almost never lose, they need a radical overhaul.

The end.