REGARDING your report (Vicar enraged as wardens ticket Parkinson's woman,' March 27), I have been researching the legality of Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) and have found some interesting facts.

Not least is the fact that the entire legislation on which it is based is contrary to the Constitutional Law and this has been supported in case law by a Law Lord.

Also, where a blue badge holder parks in a prohibited or dangerous position or is causing an unnecessary obstruction, the vehicle may only be moved to the nearest safe place.

Having studied the Codes of Practice for parking wardens, it is clear that one of their duties is to check the Vehicle Excise Duty displayed.

A disabled person is exempt from paying VED but a tax disc is issued. Where the fee paid is normally found, the word disabled is printed.

So even if the lady concerned had committed the heinous act of forgetting to place her Blue Badge in the window, the enforcement officer should have checked and seen from the tax disc that it was issued to a vehicle driven by a disabled person.

It does beg the question that if cars are being lifted from a cul-de-sac in Chingford, then why are they not being lifted from outside the church in Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow?

Whenever a service or event is conducted there, the road is virtually unnavigable due to obstructive parking on the Hillyfields School side of the road.

Martyn Bellamy, Walthamstow.