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Galway City — Submit All Evidence Up-Front (No Additional Docs Rule)

Galway City Council's published rule: 'All supporting documents must be submitted as part of your original appeal application. Additional documents will not be accepted/considered once an appeal has been submitted.' Practical implication: file a comprehensive appeal first time. Conversely, if Galway considers material the appellant did not submit (e.g. a warden's later supplementary note), the appellant has a procedural-fairness ground.

Legal basis

Galway City Council published parking-fines procedure; natural justice (audi alteram partem); Galway City Council parking bye-laws.

How to identify this in your case

Galway City FCN where the Council appears to have considered later-filed warden materials in support of its position but denied appellant's later-filed evidence.

Sample appeal wording

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at.

Per the Council's own published rule, additional documents are not accepted once an appeal has been submitted. The determination relied on warden materials added after my original appeal. The same rule should apply to both sides; alternatively the determination must be reopened to allow me to respond to the warden's supplementary materials.

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