Scaffolder’s Legal Win Challenges Legitimacy of ULEZ Signage

As scheme expands to encompass entire capital

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan travels to City Hall by tube on the London Underground after a visit to Catford, southeast London, on the first day of the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to include the whole of London, on Aug. 29, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

A successful legal challenge, posed by a scaffolder, has thrown London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) scheme into potential turmoil, with a recent victory over its sister scheme, that questioned the legality of associated signage. 

The victory, delivered in a tribunal judgement on October 13, 2021, has raised questions about the application of fines within the ULEZ expansion.