On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:00:04 +0100, Dave
wrote:

true, but the council may pay up anyway, especially if their is obvious
negligence on their part. failing that, you ask for costs when/if your
case goes to a parking appeal, or you can complain to the local gov.
ombudsman. it is always in your interests to get the claim in for costs
immediately, even if you don't bother following it through.

Yeah right.

It's people like who you drive up the cost of council tax. Wanting
compensation when a quick phone call will probably sort it all out.

what fantasy London are you living in?

no council ever cancels parking tickets on the basis of a phone call
(strangely, they are delighted to take your money this way).

some, unfortunately, can't be arsed to check even the most basic facts about
whether or not a ticket could possibily have been issue in the alledged
circumstances, even when you do write in. They hold out for the NtO stage
when the stakes, for the motorist, are higher, in the hope of getting paid
anyway

if they require the motorist to run around gathering evidence of a
non-existant offence they should be prepared to compensate when it is
demonstrated they were in the wrong. as others have pointed out, this
should be recoverable from the errant contractor.


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