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Cases on the site currently cover parking, bus lane, moving traffic and road user charging, including the London Congestion Charge and Clean Air Zones (outside London). More cases and contravention types will be added in due course.
Please note: All adjudicator decisions included on this website are in the public domain. While they have been curated together here for the convenience and interest of users, any information contained within the decisions remains the responsibility of the original adjudicating body. Any questions relating to the content of cases should also be directed to the adjudicating body.
Mr M – v – East Hertfordshire District Council
(ET00005-2503)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2025-04-23
Outcome: Dismissed
A procedural error that does not resulting in unfairness does not amount to a procedural impropriety. The intention of Parliament could not have been that an inconsequential error would defeat the substantive purpose of the legislative scheme. This decision applies the judgment in Glasgow City Council v The Upper Tribunal of Scotland [2025].
Mr P – v – Bradford Council
(DY00313-2502)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2025-03-05
Outcome: Dismissed
This case clarifies that it is the DVLA registered keeper of the vehicle (who may not be the owner) at the time of the contravention who remains liable to the charging authority for the Clean Air Zone charge and penalty.
Mr M – v – Birmingham City Council
(KW00360-2502)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2025-02-26
Outcome: Dismissed
This case highlights that if a motorist makes a clean air zone payment to an unofficial website, they remain responsible to the charging authority for the penalty and charge. While in this case the motorist did not intend to avoid the charge, the circumstances described amount to mitigation that the adjudicator does not have the power to take into account. The authority is entitled to enforce the full penalty amount.
Glasgow City Council (Appellant) – v – Decision of Upper Tribunal for Scotland
[2025] CSIH 2 XA38/24
Court of Session
Decision Date: 2025-01-16
This decision of the Scottish Court of Session (equivalent to the Court of Appeal in England) analyses breaches of mandatory regulations and considers whether such a breach is fatal to lawful enforcement of the civil penalty (in this case, issued for Glasgow Low Emission Zone).
The decision – binding in Scotland and highly persuasive when considering cases relating to England and Wales – underlines that a failure to follow regulations or a procedural irregularity that causes no prejudice is not fatal to the enforcement of the penalty charge notice.
Mr A – v – Birmingham City Council
(KW03291-2411)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2024-12-04
Outcome: Dismissed
This case clarifies that a clean air zone charge applies from midnight to midnight. A vehicle remaining in a zone after 11.59pm becomes liable for the following day’s charge, even if the vehicle only remains in the zone for a limited period after midnight, and only due to heavy traffic. The circumstances described in this and such a case do not provide a ground of appeal under the statutory fixed penalty scheme. They amount to mitigation that the adjudicator does not have the power to consider.
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