The scheme is due to be expanded across the whole of London from the end of August.
They added it was "a shame that some local authorities have chosen to attempt this costly and misguided legal challenge instead of focusing on the health of those they represent".
The five councils served the mayor of London with a pre-action protocol letter on 12 January, which stated there were five grounds for a judicial review. Those eligible for help from the scrappage scheme can get up to £2,000 for scrapping a car or up to £1,000 for scrapping a motorcycle. For wheelchair-accessible vehicles there is a grant of up to £5,000.
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