In uk.legal Martin Underwood wrote:
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As for making a stand, what's the point? Maybe a mistake has been made?
Have
you never made a mistake? Just send a note back with the evidence and you
will surely get the ticket rescinded.

But traffic wardens are paid to be conversant with the rules in the bays
that they "police". If the warden is making mistakes then, at best, he/she
needs to be educated better, which is a training issue for their employer;
at worst, the warden is being malicious, in which case it is a disciplinary
matter for their employer.

Have you never ever made a mistake at work? Maybe the traffic warden was
new, maybe their watch had stopped.. Perhaps the OP shouldn't take it
personally. Perhaps people should calm down a bit. But at the mo no-one
knows if it was a mistake or not because the OP is bleating about suing
instead of pursuing the proper channels. Yes it is a pain having to prove
your innocence like that but there are channels to do it. Now if the council
come back and say that the ticket should not have been issued I think the OP
might have a point. But if the car-park really is charge-free after the time
the OP states then I'd wager that his fine will be rescinded.

Cheers

Rob