Mike Harrison writes
feel free to claim costs for wasted time raising the appeal and taking
the pictures. keep the sum reasonable.

Is there any realistic chance of getting costs awarded though ?

Unlikely. The time and effort taken to make a phone call or write a
letter to the issuing authority will be less than the time and effort to
commence proceedings.

--
Dave

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:19:59 +0100, Dave
wrote: Mike Harrison
writes
feel free to claim costs for wasted time raising the appeal and taking
the pictures. keep the sum reasonable.

Is there any realistic chance of getting costs awarded though ?

Unlikely. The time and effort taken to make a phone call or write a
letter to the issuing authority will be less than the time and effort to
commence proceedings.

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.

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u n d e r a c h i e v e r

u n d e r a c h i e v e r
writes
Unlikely. The time and effort taken to make a phone call or write a
letter to the issuing authority will be less than the time and effort to
commence proceedings.

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.

--
Dave

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.

No - actually it is the di**head overzealous parking attendents who issued a
PCN when (allegedly) one should not have been issued which causes shedload
of extra admin for the council.

No Flipping writes
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.

No - actually it is the di**head overzealous parking attendents who
issued a PCN when (allegedly) one should not have been issued which
causes shedload of extra admin for the council.

And asking the council for compensation is going to help is it?

--
Dave

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:14:04 +0100, Dave wrote:

No Flipping writes
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.

No - actually it is the di**head overzealous parking attendents who
issued a PCN when (allegedly) one should not have been issued which
causes shedload of extra admin for the council.

And asking the council for compensation is going to help is it?
....well it might make them take more care not to issue illegal tickets in future, so yes, it could.
If everyone who received an illegal ticket took action for costs, it wouldn't take long for them to
sort it out, saving money in the long term.

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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u n d e r a c h i e v e r

u n d e r a c h i e v e r
writes
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?

One where I have had a couple of parking tickets revoked by making a
simple phone call or writing a short letter. Both of which took up less
time than my contributions to this thread.


--
Dave

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:28:13 +0100, Dave
wrote: u n d e r a c h i e v e r
writes
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?

One where I have had a couple of parking tickets revoked by making a
simple phone call or writing a short letter. Both of which took up less
time than my contributions to this thread.

i am astonished, and stand corrected. my local authority demands something
in writing in all circumstances. i understood this to be custom and practice
across London.

--
u n d e r a c h i e v e r

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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:19:59 +0100, Dave
wrote: Mike Harrison
writes
feel free to claim costs for wasted time raising the appeal and taking
the pictures. keep the sum reasonable.

Is there any realistic chance of getting costs awarded though ?

Unlikely. The time and effort taken to make a phone call or write a
letter to the issuing authority will be less than the time and effort to
commence proceedings.

true, but the council may pay up anyway, especially if their is obvious
negligence on their part.

I *very* much doubt it.

failing that, you ask for costs when/if your case goes to a parking appeal,
or you can complain to the local gov. ombudsman.

Both of whom (adjudicator, ombudsman) will want to see evidence of the
motorist's actual loss, and are unlikely to award costs if no actual loss
has occurred.


Robin