Tag Archives: Royal Courts of Justice

Perry dodges scrutiny as council delays refunds of LTN fines

CROYDON IN CRISIS: What do you mean, you can’t easily find how to claim a refund of the unlawful low traffic neighbourhood fine you were forced to pay? Do you expect the council to make the repayments system simple and … Continue reading

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Roll-up! Roll-up! Get your council cock-up pay-outs here!

Psst! Pass it on! Jason Perry’s council is hoping people don’t bother claiming any refunds for the fines they paid for driving in the Croydon Mayor’s ‘unlawful’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. By STEVEN DOWNES Finally, nearly two weeks after a High … Continue reading

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LTN fine refunds on the way – but Perry doesn’t yet know how

CROYDON IN CRISIS: It has taken the borough’s £86,000 per year Mayor more than a week to make an official statement on his unlawful LTN moneyspinners. But he still doesn’t know how the cash-strapped council will refund the PCN fines. … Continue reading

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Traffic creeps back on to Croydon’s now-banned LTN streets

What has been the reaction of residents to the sudden removal, by order of a High Court judge, of motoring restrictions in Croydon’s former Low Traffic Neighbourhoods? We sent GABRIEL MacARTHUR along to two streets affected in Broad Green to … Continue reading

Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Gabriel MacArthur, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Perry accused of ‘shameless lying’ as he abandons LTN appeal

CROYDON IN CRISIS: After spending two years in a High Court battle to defend his decision to make six Low Traffic Neighbourhoods permanent, today Croydon’s Mayor tried to claim credit for their forced removal. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council will … Continue reading

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Council failed to include High Court LTN case on risk register

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council bosses were either over-confident that they would win the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods case at the High Court, or ‘completely, crassly incompetent’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Mayor Jason Perry, who has been claiming that he has got … Continue reading

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Quashing of orders ‘raises serious questions’ about LTN fines

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Following the High Court ruling quashing Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, the shadowy organisation behind the legal case, Open Our Roads, issued the following statement: Open Our Roads welcomes today’s landmark High Court judgement in Lawrence v … Continue reading

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High Court judge orders end to Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ LTNs

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Judge Edward Pepperall has handed down his ruling in the case brought against the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and found that comments by Mayor Jason Perry proved that the measures were introduced to make money for the … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry’s ‘£20m income’ remark crucial to LTN legal case

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Careless comments made at a public meeting by the Tory Mayor over LTNs – Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – have already cost the borough’s residents dearly. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Jason Perry, the failed Mayor … Continue reading

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‘You seem to be trying to put the genie back in the bottle’

A High Court judge yesterday refused Croydon Council’s attempt to ‘unpublish’ documents that it had itself put into the public domain. STEVEN DOWNES, Editor of Inside Croydon, on a small victory for the freedom of the press Two years ago … Continue reading

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