Pah. Only one success? I guess that makes me a bigger FTOLer than the Baron. I have advised dozens of people on how to get out of bus lane and parking fines. I'm not going to name the authority but let's just say I had some inside knowledgeTheHallouminati wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2019 7:06 am Lol, Baron Ward still banging on about his BIG WIN back in 2013
They didn't publicise it but their policy was to blanket refuse any appeal through their formal processes, even if there was mitigating evidence and good grounds for appeal. The normal success rate appealing against a local authority fine with the independent adjudicator was about 67% but it was 90% for mine (presumably as a result of not weeding out their dodgy ticketing at an a earlier stage). I should add I did have some quality control and would tell someone when they were bang to rights and to pay up.
If you game the scenario even with an authority that doesn't have dodgy practices, it is always worth appealing and if you are prepared to risk a doubling of the fine you will beat the system on a regular basis but it doesn't establish any sort of legal landmark
Note: Contravention code 40 is - Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge in the prescribed manner.