Back in early October I parked in a disabled bay by accident. The white writing on the road that marked said bay out as a disabled had recently been removed and a new disabled bay marked out next to it. So I mistakenly thought the first bay was no longer restricted (see pic below, which includes F looking annoyed).
Needless to say, one of our friendly local wardens immediately slapped a penalty notice on my windscreen demanding I send Camden £60.
Being generally argumentative, I sent an appeal, complete with the photo below. I heard nothing until December when I received a formulaic letter telling me my fine had gone up to £180. The letter gave me a number of options as to why this might be ("this is because either: a) bla bla bla or b) bla bla bla etc..."). One of the options was that my appeal had been overturned. But it wasn't clear that it had been, nor, if it had, why it had.
It did however make it crystal that if I did not pay the fine within 7 days, I would be taken to court. So with a scowl on my face I paid up and put it down to experience.
Then yesterday I received a letter from a Camden telling me they were "not satisfied that due process has been followed in this case" and that they were going to refund me £180. Or as they put it 3180.00 (presume the 3 is a typo...).
I won't fully believe it's true until I see the money deposited in my account, and I'm still not sure exactly what "due process" is, nor how it has not be followed, but nonetheless, surely this must be a first!
