One of the most important campaigns run by Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK) is encouraging local authorities to make sure that the Blue Badge Scheme is properly administered and enforced. There are now 2.39 million Blue Badges held in England, which is 4.4% of the population. This figure has decreased each year since the reforms of [...]

20 Aug 2015 A driver who threw a £60 parking ticket out of his window was promptly fined another £75 for littering. The motorist was issued with a penalty charge notice for contravening parking regulations in Ammanford, South Wales, and when a witness saw him fling the ticket into the car park, he was reported to the [...]

ParkingEye v Beavis – Beavis appeal DISMISSED On the 4th November 2015 The Supreme court dismissed Mr Beavis’s appeal by a majority of six to one, and declared that the charge appealed does not contravene the penalty rule, or the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. The £85 charge is not a penalty. Both [...]