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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Driver wins parking fine case because details not provided in Welsh

Parking charge notice on a car window.
Elysteg Llwyd Thomas said she would be ready to pay when Simple Intelligent Parking Ltd sent all of the correspondence bilingually, including a copy of the fine. Photograph: Lynne Sutherland/Alamy

A motorist has won a civil case against a parking firm over an unpaid £160 fine after requesting details of the penalty in Welsh rather than solely in English.

Elysteg Llwyd Thomas had been sent notice of the initial £60 fine in English after a stay at Lligwy beach in Anglesey, in August 2021.

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