parking tickets Tag

Bailiffs turns up at pensioner’s house despite parking ticket being quashed

A PENSIONER who was told her parking ticket had been quashed by council chiefs has been left shaken after a bailiff turned up on her doorstep to demand more than £200. Elizabeth Hughes, 69, from Anglesey, had already endured “months of hell” after a mix-up over a £30 parking ticket she received at Llandudno’s Venue [...]

Pensioner slams council for parking fine anguish

A PENSIONER claims she endured months of hell because of a mix-up over a parking fine. Conwy County Council chiefs threatened to send the bailiffs round to the home of widow Elizabeth Hughes, 69, from Anglesey, after she failed to pay a £30 parking ticket. Mrs Hughes wrote two letters appealing the ticket, which she [...]

Council should “do the right thing” over King’s Park fines, say lawyers

“WE must have justice in our own back yard” – that’s the warning from a leading lawyers’ group that believes Bournemouth council must refund £100,000 of traffic fines. The Bournemouth and District Law Society is among those calling for the council to “do the right thing” and repay the thousands of motorists who were fined [...]

Parking warden issued over 9000 tickets in one year

In just one year, a civil enforcement officer in Lambeth, London handed out an astonishing 9,141 tickets. Further information obtained by the Streatham Guardian shows an amazing 247,650 penalty charges notices were issued by Lambeth Council between 1 November 2008 and 31 October 2009. The information request also revealed 15,481 driving fines were handed out [...]

Councils receive millions in parking fines

During the financial year 2008/09, a total sum of £328 million was collected by local authorities in parking fines in which Westminster Council collected more than £35 million. This information was collected by The Taxpayers’ Alliance through Freedom of Information requests to Councils throughout the UK.  Over 265 Councils employ civil parking enforcement and use [...]