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 [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal is alerting motorists to the launch of Clean Air Zones in England (outside London), with the first zone launching in the city centre of Bath on Monday 15 March, followed by Birmingham on 1 June. Designed to improve air quality, Clean Air Zones (CAZs) [...]

The Traffic Penalty Tribunal’s Digital Transformation and fully online appeals system has brought about a revolution in the way appeals against parking and traffic penalties are processed. First launched in 2016 – the latest milestone on a journey of digital transformation for the Tribunal – the online appeals system [...]