Newham Council are Cheats - #36

 

 

The motorist alleged vindictiveness, he was correct. He had done nothing wrong. The law is crystal clear, councils must put a sign next to every bay (a painted legend is also a sign). For a Doctors Bay that applied 24/7 a legend painted on the ground might be seen to be sufficient but for almost everything less there must be a sign on a pole setting out who can park there and when.

 

Newham Council are breaking the law multiple times. There isn't an overseer who can stop councils from misbehaving, the law is based on the assumption that they will exercise their powers fairly, that is less and less the case these days because of the money.

 

 

Newham Council are Cheats - #35

 

In this unusual case in which a member of the public repainted the bay lines and thus effectively moved a parked car out of a bay and it thus became adjacent to a dropped kerb the council just ignored the obvious truth.

In the below photo the 'traffic warden' is coming into view. 

The back office didn't then take any notice of the traffic order which Mr Mustard put into the tribunal Appeal evidence at the start, which showed how long the bay should be.

Cheats all the way. 

Redbridge Council - not so fast

On 4 June Mr Mustard lost a tribunal appeal which related to Redbridge Council. He advised his client to pay the £110 within the 28 days allowed, which was done. The motorist also very generously made a donation to the North London Hospice.

On 9 June Mr Mustard filed a Review request at the tribunal. The Chief Adjudicator considered it and listed it for a Review hearing on 2 July. At the Review hearing the original decision was over-turned and Redbridge Council were ordered to make a refund of the £110 'without delay'.

Mr Mustard thinks that allowing 28 days is reasonable for any refund, that being the same timetable as the public gets to pay up in.

On 30 July the motorist chased Redbridge for his refund. Silence ensued, a refund didn't arrive.

He kept on chasing to no avail and then asked Mr Mustard for his advice.

Mr Mustard gave him the direct email of a manager who he had previously dealt with. That was on 17 September. A reply wasn't received but a refund was.

Perhaps the apology is 'in the post'.

Councils should put as much effort into a refund as motorists have to do into paying them promptly. If the boot had been on the other foot the council could have increased the penalty to £165. There will be no compensation for the delay by the council.

Councils should also have good manners. They would be better regarded if they did. 

Newham Council are Cheats - #34

 

 

 

Newham Council had been rumbled by the adjudicator who had made a previous decision for this location. Newham Council tried to stretch the meaning of their traffic order but it didn't work. Cheats.

Newham Council are Cheats - #33

 

This case went wrong at the first hearing but was put right by a very experienced adjudicator.

Another bay with no sign. More cheating by Newham Council which they nearly got away with.

Newham Council are Cheats - #32

 

This is point blank cheating which Newham Council should have learnt by now given the body of allowed Appeals.

Newham Council are Cheats - #31

 

This is the same situation as occurred in cheat #9 Newham Council should not be blaming the motorist when they know from other cases that their system was at fault.

It is a blatant lie that the payer can choose the amount to pay. Mr Mustard tested the payment system with an old overdue PCN of a client and got the following answer:

The payment amount is fixed by the system.

Newham Council dropped a clanger and need to 'suck it up'.