Blackwall payment receipts covered different travel dates (2026)

Case 9250514427 / 2025-11-30 / Adjudicator Gilda Kiai

A102 Blackwall Tunnel (Greenwich)

“No valid charge was purchased for that date by the deadline prescribed in the Statement of Charges.”

Gilda Kiai

The appellant challenged a Blackwall Tunnel charging penalty for travel on 27 August 2025. He supplied two receipts and a screenshot of payment transactions, arguing that they demonstrated payment. TfL said the receipts covered travel on 25 and 30 August, not the journey under appeal.

Gilda Kiai compared the travel dates on the receipts with TfL's supporting account records. She found that the vehicle entered the Blackwall charging area on 27 August and that no valid charge had been purchased for that date within the required period. A payment transaction date did not change the travel date covered by the receipt.

The recorded outcome was Appeal refused: the decision found the contravention proved and the payment ground unestablished. Kiai acknowledged the appellant's efforts and good faith but did not treat them as grounds for cancellation. The case concerns the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels Charging Scheme, with an actual Blackwall journey identified in the findings.

Source and case reference

Use case reference 9250514427 in the London Tribunals register to find the official decision. This commentary distinguishes the adjudicator's finding from a possible argument in a different case; previous tribunal decisions do not bind another adjudicator.