In a letter to lawyers acting for Porsche, Transport for London (TfL) and Mayor Ken Livingstone have rejected a request from Porsche for changes to the proposed introduction of a new GBP25 charge on some vehicles (including Porsches) entering central London’s Congestion Charge zone.
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Porsche says it will therefore file a request for judicial review.
The Mayor will then have 21 days to acknowledge the Porsche claim. A Porsche background briefing on the process can be found here: http://www.porschejudicialreview.co.uk/news2.htm.
Responding to the Mayor’s decision, Andy Goss, Managing Director of Porsche Cars GB, said: “The new GPB25 charge will have no meaningful impact on congestion and TfL’s own figures show the anticipated CO2 emissions savings in a year could be equivalent to less than four hours of emissions from Heathrow. All it will do is unfairly hit large numbers of drivers in London and undermine London’s attractiveness as a place to do business. We are therefore formally applying for judicial review to challenge the Mayor’s proposals and we are confident we have a strong case.”
[Editor’s note: Under British law, a judicial review can be used to seek a mandatory order (ie an order requiring the public body to do something and formerly known as an order of mandamus); a prohibiting order (ie an order preventing the public body from doing something and formerly known as an order of prohibition); a quashing order (ie an order quashing the public body’s decision and formerly known as an order of certiorari); a declaration; or Human Rights Act damages.
Claims generally are heard by a single judge sitting in open court at the historic Royal Courts of Justice building on London’s Strand. They may also be heard by a divisional court (a court of two judges) where the court so directs.]
See also: UK: Porsche threatens congestion charge court action
