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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: JoemoP on January 27, 2026, 10:41:09 pm

Title: Re: No PCN issued, Lambeth now asking for £240!!!
Post by: Incandescent on January 28, 2026, 12:16:12 am: Quote from: stamfordman on Yesterday at 10:59:25 pm
If you didn't get the PCN you have a statutory way of getting it reset at debt recover stage.

See:
https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/moving-traffic-pcn-enforcement-process
https://www.ftla.uk/announcements/charge-certificates-london-local-authorities-and-tfl-act-2003-london-local-autho/

Are the name and address correct on the charge certificate?
+1
DO NOT PAY !! Follow the process as advised by SFM.It is totally routine. The Traffic Enforcement Centre handle thousands of such cases every year. OK it'll cost you a few sovs for the witness fee unless to go to your local county court.
Title: Re: No PCN issued, Lambeth now asking for £240!!!
Post by: stamfordman on January 27, 2026, 10:59:25 pm: If you didn't get the PCN you have a statutory way of getting it reset at debt recover stage.

See:
https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/moving-traffic-pcn-enforcement-process
https://www.ftla.uk/announcements/charge-certificates-london-local-authorities-and-tfl-act-2003-london-local-autho/

Are the name and address correct on the charge certificate?
Title: No PCN issued, Lambeth now asking for £240!!!
Post by: JoemoP on January 27, 2026, 10:41:09 pm: Dear Free Traffic legal Advice,

I received a PCN today, (27 January 2026) for a contravention that supposedly happened on 04 December 2025.
37 j - Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles. LJ35480044
Lambeth are asking for £240 because the charge has not been paid in full.
It's the first correspondence we've recieved today, with no supporting evidence that the contravention even happened. Please see screengrab of letter below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vXLE4IpG18W2chvSdNUm0i1BI8tQknw-/view?usp=sharing

I've since checked the diary, it's possible that my wife drove on that road at 12:57 on 04 December.

Just wondering if worth contesting, and if so, which steps are best to take? I've just done my tax returns and this is rather steep to pay that much towards a guy asleep in a smart car!!!
When prompted to contest online, it warns that if none of the suggested reasns, then it's highly unlikely that my case will be approved. Plus "You will need to provide very good supporting evidence for this"

Any help would be most welcome.

Warmest regards

Joe