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Welsh language campaigner loses parking ticket case

Mark Moran
14 May 2024
 

A Welsh man who refused to pay a parking notice because it was issued in English has lost a long-running legal case against a parking company.

Toni Schiavone appeared in court for a fourth time after declining to pay a parking charge notice by private company One Parking Solution (OPS). The company paid more than £14,000 in legal costs to bring the case to court over three years.

Schiavone, who is a member of Cymdeithas yr Iaith, the Welsh Language Society, said he would have paid the PCN...

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