A record number of tickets were quashed after being referred to Britain’s biggest private parking adjudicator last year amid growing anger at ‘cowboy’ operators.
Figures obtained by the Daily Mail show drivers launched at least 107,202 appeals against tickets issued by scores of private parking firms in 2025.
This was a 40 per cent jump from 76,292 in 2022 and the first time appeals dealt with by an official adjudicator hit six figures.
Staggeringly, half (54,100) were quashed – up from 34,635 in 2022 and another record.
Of these, parking firms chose not to contest 40,000 cases.
The total number of appeals launched will be
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