Man takes parking ticket to High Court, and wins

Wellington pensioner Jim Hollis fought what he considered an underserved parking ticket and won, after taking the Wellington City Council to the High Court.

Mr Hollis, 71, received the parking ticket in December last year when he parked on Thorndon Quay.

He believed the sign on the meter said it was free and with no time limit.

Mr Hollis needed an all day park because he was an extra on director Gaylene Preston's war time movie filmed at the railway station.

While he was working on set a warden slapped a $30 ticket on his car for being in the parking space for more than 90 minutes.

He protested the ticket and the council threatened legal action, so he called their bluff.

They said we'll prosecute you and I said Ill take it to the District Court no trouble, he says.

Mr Hollis contention was that the signage on the meter was ambiguous but the District Court ruled he was in the wrong.

He decided to take the claim to the High Court.

Eight months after he got his ticket, the judge described the signage as hopelessly confusing and ruled in his favour.

He (the judge) said the council were like thugs for all the rubbish I went through, says Mr Hollis.

Jim was awarded $75 costs and the council were told to reimburse anyone else wrongly ticketed on that metre.

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