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#Post#: 85295--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: August 12, 2025, 6:24 am
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Adjudicators do make recommendations to cancel parking PCNs
usually when they see compelling mitigation ignored by
authorities. I don't think this case was at that level.
#Post#: 85328--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: August 12, 2025, 8:09 am
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'It is the Appellant's case that no contravention occurred.'
How and why the adjudicator morphed this into 'mitigation', I've
no idea.
IMO, if the adjudicator believed that a valid BB had been
displayed correctly within the limits applicable to waiting on
SYL then they could have found for the appellant under 'penalty
exceeded....circumstances of the case'
#Post#: 85340--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: Jamran
Date: August 12, 2025, 8:57 am
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Is that it or can I appeal it further?
#Post#: 85341--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: August 12, 2025, 9:02 am
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--- Quote from: Jamran link ---
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> Is that it or can I appeal it further?
>
--- End Quote ---
The criteria for a review are rather stringent. There are too
many disconnects in this case and we don't really know what you
said in your appeal, and hearing.
#Post#: 85344--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: Jamran
Date: August 12, 2025, 9:09 am
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Basically she leaned onto the fact the contravention occurred
when the CEO issued the ticket so the EA did not do anything
wrong or procedurally inappropriate. Burden of proof is on me to
show otherwise. I explained to her they didn’t tell me what was
“sufficient evidence” and the cards are stacked against me as
the only move I can take is to pay up or go to adjudication. How
is that fair? They didn’t give me an opportunity at appeal stage
to provide them with whatever the “sufficient” evidence is and
now at this stage you’re saying you can’t do anything as they
issued the PCN correctly at the time. So how’s that fair on the
motorist? Additionally, I’m yet to see what sufficient evidence
is. She basically said that’s all discretionary and she can’t do
anything at this stage.
#Post#: 85360--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: August 12, 2025, 10:10 am
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Jamran an appeal is a legal process and the adjudicator cannot
give legal advice to either side: it's up to you to present your
case, it's not the adjudicator's job to help you (she would
hardly be impartial if she did).
If your position was that the vehicle was hit by someone and
thus moved, a legal ground of appeal would have been the the
vehicle was placed there without the consent of the owner, but
it's far too late to go back and argue that now. Another
argument would have been that the vehicle was legally parked
with a blue badge and the removal of the blue badge by an
unauthorised third party does not amount to a contravention
within the meaning of the regulations, but again it's far too
late to go back and argue that now.
As noted by Hippocrates, the fact of this case as explained on
this threat don't really stack up and nobody here knows what you
said during the hearing. All I can say is that deciding to
represent yourself in what was a weak case to begin with was
probably not a good idea.
#Post#: 89511--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: Jamran
Date: September 11, 2025, 8:05 am
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Hi everyone. I had a lot going on and thought I would receive a
letter from TH informing me about the outcome and demanding
payment. When this didn’t arrive I checked to pay today and see
that 28 days had elapsed on 9th Sept. I assumed there would be
additional days added as there usually is. Is that the case? I
got the charge certificate through the post today demanding
£195. Do I have any chance to get this back to the original
amount of £130. The adjudicator decision was recieved via email
dated 15th August
Charge certificate:
HTML https://share.icloud.com/photos/054uvW2fUW6BztxdyNtVnYBHw
#Post#: 89532--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: Enceladus
Date: September 11, 2025, 10:27 am
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You attended the hearing either in person or my likely by phone?
When was the heading?
Were you told the adjudicator's decision at the hearing?
If you were were then that's when the clock started ticking.
#Post#: 89533--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: Jamran
Date: September 11, 2025, 10:29 am
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Yes I was told the decision by the adjudicator and then email
sent to me.
It was via phone.
#Post#: 89545--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tower Hamlets PCN appeal rejected
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: September 11, 2025, 1:12 pm
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The decision included a direction to 'pay the penalty above
[that is £130) within 28 days.'
You would not receive any further notification from the
authority as none was required procedurally. That you did not
know this doesn't change matters.
Pay the charge within the 14-day period or risk further
escalation.
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