The Traffic Penalty Tribunal's Annual Report for the operating year 2025-26 has now been published. The report provides appeal outcome statistics, information and an insight into the adjudicators’ work during the reporting year. With this report, the adjudicators welcome the opportunity of promoting open justice and increasing public [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT) is aware of a number of common SMS message scams relating to paying a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). These types of scam messages, which may also refer to payment of a 'parking ticket', are typically sent out in bulk to random mobile numbers, not [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal's Annual Report for the operating year 2024-25 has now been published. The report provides details of the work of the independent impartial adjudicators, who are charged with determining parking and traffic civil penalty appeals. Caroline Hamilton, Chief Adjudicator, said: 'I am pleased to present [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal's Annual Report for the operating year 2023-24 has now been published. The report provides details of the work of the independent impartial adjudicators, who are charged with determining parking and traffic civil penalty appeals. Caroline Hamilton, Chief Adjudicator, said: 'Acknowledging our responsibility to provide [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal has launched a website to bring key cases decided by its own adjudicators and those from other UK traffic tribunals together in one place for the first time. Key cases on the new site, branded as Traff-iCase (opens in new tab), have been curated [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal's Annual Report for the operating year 2022-23 has now been published. The report is written by Chief Adjudicator Caroline Hamilton and presents information on the adjudicators' work for the year, including information on new schemes, appeal outcomes, statistics and key cases. Access the TPT [...]

The decision (first published Tuesday 14 February) is accessible at: Halton Borough Council, R (On the Application Of) v Road User Charging Adjudicators [2023] EWHC 303 (Admin) (14 February 2023) (opens external website) – Traffic Penalty Tribunal Chief Adjudicator, Caroline Hamilton, has published a summary of [...]

A number of English local authorities are starting to enforce moving traffic restrictions outside London for the first time, having been granted powers to do so by the Government, which came into force last month. 12 local authorities – part of an initial group of councils granted the [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT) has announced the appointment of its new Chief Adjudicator, Caroline Hamilton, who will start the role in July. Hamilton is taking over from Caroline Sheppard OBE, who is retiring after 23 years in post. She is joining the TPT from London Tribunals, where [...]

Caroline Sheppard OBE will retire as Chief Adjudicator of the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT) in March 2022. A reformer by nature, her long and illustrious career has been characterised by the understanding that adjudication is not a standalone exercise, but a barometer to assess the effectiveness, impact or [...]