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Who we are and what our objectives are
Memorandum of Association
The board of LMAG Ltd comprises:-
Ralph Lucas, Lord Lucas of Crudwell & Dingwall. Born
1951, read physics at Balliol College, Oxford. FCA with a firm that became part of Arthur Andersen. 12
years with S G Warburg & Co. Government spokesman in the House of Lords
1994-7, and still there as an elected hereditary Conservative backbencher.
Alex Henney, born 1940, read
engineering at Bristol and
Fulbright Scholar at University of Virginia. Time with McKinsey & Co; Chief Housing
Officer, LB Haringey and seconded to the Department of the Environment; board
member London Electricity; last 15 years devoted to restructuring electricity
industries. Director of the Equitable
Members Action Group.
Richard Chaumeton, born 1963, has
been a ski instructor and leisure activities manager until he set up, and runs,
DG Builders which renovates old quality houses in Camden.
John Newman, born 1946, chartered
accountant and tax adviser.
Former President of the Association of Accounting Technicians and
member of the
Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Whilst a regular user of the London Underground,
he examined and complained about the annual accounts of London
Underground
Limited. This led to a restatement by in excess of £2bn of the reserves
and of
other depreciation policies, and also led to the auditors KPMG being
fined in respect
of their work. Director of Equitable Members Action Group Limited.
Simon Aldridge, born 1966, Ex owner of Pulp Faction which
collects office waste for recycling. In
the last 2 years Pulp Faction has received 107+ PCNs of which 88+ have
been
cancelled with 10 more in the system.
Nick Mavrides, born 1951,
qualified mechanical/electrical
engineer, set up Ace Sports and Leisure in 1989 which ran 2 shops in
Kentish Town until the CPZ destroyed one. Chairman of the Kentish Town
Business Association since 1995.
Tom Conti, born 1941, actor, director,
novelist, long time
campaigner against local authority injustices. Has had a dispute with
the bailiffs about
penalty charge notices.
William Knottenbelt is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at
Imperial College London. Born in Zimbabwe in 1973, he studied Computer
Science and Statistics in Cape Town, South Africa, before moving to
London where he completed a PhD in Computer Science in 2000. Since 2004
he has actively investigated the injustices that result from councils'
use of private contractors to enforce parking legislation.
The objectives of LMAG Ltd (taken
from the Company’s Memorandum of Association) are:-
·
To
campaign against excessive charges made by the London Boroughs on business
and private motorists in respect of parking, towing away and related
storage of motor vehicles of all sorts including cars, motorbikes, vans,
lorries and other mechanically propelled vehicles
·
To
assist and encourage motorists and businesses in their defense against charges
from London Boroughs for parking, towing away and related storage and to
assist in appeals and disputes against the action of Boroughs and the congestion
charge and the actions of Transport for London
·
To
campaign against the operation of the existing congestion charge, any increases
in the rates of the charge, its extension to other areas of London
and any extension of its time of operation
·
To operate a website to inform
motorists of their rights including inter alia, relevant cases, information on
the way to appeal and a bulletin board
·
To run a publicity campaign in the
media, with London MPs, London
assembly members, local councillors and other interested parties to expose the
economic and fiscal harm of excessive charges on the business life of London
·
To make objections to the District
Auditor, where relevant, regarding the traffic enforcement activities of London
Boroughs and to take such legal action as is necessary including conducting
appropriate Judicial Reviews on the actions of the London Boroughs and
Transport for London
·
To lobby for the introduction of a
new London Traffic Management Act to ensure that the purpose of traffic
enforcement in London in all its forms is to promote the safe and efficient
management of traffic, taking due and democratic regard of the interests of
businesses who may be affected by the introduction of controlled parking zones
and also of the interests of residents in such zones and not to raise revenue
and tax motorists, business or residents and accordingly to prohibit The London
Boroughs and Transport for London from making a surplus, taking one year with
another, from their traffic enforcement activities