In better news, this morning I had a letter from the council
saying that they had incrrectly/illegally given me a parking ticket in 2009 and now want to pay me back. This is unprecedented.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:04, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Find out what interest they would have charged you over the same period
And insist on receiving the same from them. If they contacted you out of the blue, they have probably been compelled to do so by losing some other similar battle that didn't involve you.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:06, Reply)

It's funny you say that as a new friend of mine recently fought and won an appeal on a ticket he got in the same place
he argued that unless the council can prove that it is dangerous for a traffic warden to ticket a car in person, then they cannot use remote cameras and camera cars...he won so I guess this could be related.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Councils are usually very quick to escalate the penalty on a fine like this
probably in order to reduce the incidence of unpaid fines. But it usually doubles in value for every month that you don't pay it. You could try suggesting a similar rate to them?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:13, Reply)

I contesteed once, and never heard back, I therefore assumed that they had accepted
6 months later they said my claim was rejected and I had to pay; how can they bully me into responding within 14 days or i'm penalised and then take six months to reply.

i hope they all get cock cancer
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:19, Reply)

That must have huge implications, if that was the basis on which he won and there wasn't another technicality at play.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:16, Reply)

That's what i thought...although I'm not sure of the ins and outs of the case

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:18, Reply)