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To be honest the council's evidence pack is built around the fact that your were parked for longer than permitted, which is irrelevant because that's not the contravention on the PCN.

All you need to do is explain to the adjudicator that your car was in fact charging, and that should be the end of the matter. This is the sort of appeal where you should be in and out in five minutes (if that).

Find their new response which they have uploaded ahead of the tribunal; quite a few contradictions mainly the appendix stating times allowed in bays on Macaulay road “3 hours” where as signage states 4 hours. Not relevant to my case but does show they fail to maintain accurate documentation on their Local Parking zones

This is Lambeth, no great surprise that the muppets are still trying it on, even though they are on a loser.

Probably a good time to add a couple of points. Both PIs
Failure to consider.... they totally ignore that the very thing you are cited for failing to do was happening.
Taking a step not allowed... trying to enforce a contravention by citing something not alleged on the PCN, ie overstaying your welcome
Being muppets... though unfortunately that is not a PI and probably should not be said.

Assuming they actually do not DNC, ask for costs the moment the adjudicator dismisses the PCN.
Words like Wholly Unreasonable and vexatious are good to use.
Have some figures in your head, ie 5 hours at £19 per hour.... which is about the limit an adjudicator is likely to accept for a lay person defending themselves.
Time is allowed for research, investigations, preparing and writing appeal but it ain't a great deal.

How do they decide the rate? I mean do they not take into account time taken to fight the tickets or to research? I thought they might take into account roughly a persons per hour rate (optimistic thinking) would probably force the industry to function properly if they could end up being made to pay out

Judgement was passed in my favour;

Thanks all, much appreciated with the assistance 

any examples for cost request? It says to provide evidence to cost which may assist the acceptance? Time for research I can provide logs?

As something for the future perhaps..

The order presented in evidence does NOT designate any of the parking places listed - looks like the whole borough - as parking for EVs only, it simply designates them as parking places. The EV link presumably comes from its references to specific articles in 'the order of 2010', but that order isn't in evidence as far as I can see.

I would write to the tribunal asking for a clerical revision, specifically for the reference to The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007 to be replaced with a reference to The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022.

As for costs, the adjudicator found as a fact that you were in contravention, in such circumstances I see no chance of you getting a costs award. If you want to have a go anyway, just make an estimate of how much time you've spent on the matter since you received the notice of rejection. Whatever amount of time you have spent on this (including taking part in the hearing), you claim £19 an hour.