On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:55:46 -0000, "Ham Spunter"
wrote:

Similar thing happened to me in North Yorks - I asked them to refund my
costs - postage - time taken to write letter explaining why the parking fine
was not applicable - time spent on phone calls to the council etc etc
They happily waived the parking charge, but said it was not their "policy"
to refund costs incurred despite their error.
So effectivley N Yorks County Council are telling me they cannot be sued no
matter what they do wrong.

I don't think that follows at all. The council's policy isn't law and
they can't stop you from sueing them. Since it's so easy to do
nowadays (just fill in a form online), I'd have been very tempted to
have sued them in the County Court and let a district judge decide on
whether the claim is justified.

Mike.