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Couple’s Victory Over Boxing Day Parking Fine

A couple wrongly clamped for failing to pay at a parking meter on Boxing Day have won a landmark ruling. A London council had said it was within its rights as it treated the Monday after Christmas — not Saturday, 26 December last year — as Boxing Day. But an appeal panel rejected its argument [...]

Barnet drivers told to appeal against Boxing Day fines

Drivers handed parking fines on Boxing Day in Barnet are being advised to appeal the tickets. Just 57 enforcement notices of £60 each were dished out by parking attendants after Barnet Council decided not to treat the day like a bank holiday as it fell on a Saturday. Nigel Humphries, a spokesman for the Association [...]

Boxing Day parking fines planned

BBC London reports that a number of London councils have been criticised for planning to impose standard parking fines on Boxing Day. Councils waive parking restrictions on public holidays but as 26 December falls on a Saturday this year some do not recognise it as a public holiday. One of those councils, Westminster City Council, [...]