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Unfair Parking Charges in Barnet - Landmark ruling

On 23 Jul 2013 at 2:28pm Steve wrote:

Councils will not be able to use parking charges to raise revenue for other unrelated purposes, according to a judicial review against Barnet LBC.
Barnet�s controlled parking zones (CPZ) have been declared illegal by the High Court following a legal challenge by resident David Attfield.
Mr Attfield launched proceedings in 2011 after the council raised the cost of parking permits from �40 to �100 and raised visitor parking from �1 to �4.
The ruling found that the council had misused its powers under the Road traffic Regulation Act 1984 to set charges with a view to raising revenue for unrelated traffic management purposes.
This is the first successful ruling against a local authority parking charges and could see thousands of residents reclaim millions of pounds in unlawful charges.
Mr Attfield said: �Barnet Council has been caught picking the pockets of CPZ residents. Despite making up less than 10% of the borough, they were being made to contribute disproportionately to a range of services such as road repairs and the provision of bus passes across the borough.
�It is regrettable that Barnet has spent over two years, and tens of thousands of pounds standing by their charges which they should have known were legally and morally wrong.�

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On 23 Jul 2013 at 3:31pm Webbo wrote:

Fantastic, more news from ITV here

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On 24 Jul 2013 at 9:13am Merlin Milner wrote:

Very interesting. I shall study it in more detail. Barnet are going to contest it. It will be interesting to see what happens after that.