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Could private parking companies be taken to court for harassment?
I read with great interest RH's letter regarding the answer to the intimidatory practices of Private Parking Companies. I also agree with your view that their threats should not simply be ignored, and would add that in the event that one's cheque proffered in "reasonable compensation" is returned together with a further demand for the full (or an increased) penalty, one should reply that the demands amount to the criminal offence of harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and may also entitle the victim to bring a claim for damages against the PCC. (The threat of a claim for damages is in practice a hollow one if, as I understand it, damages are a discretionary adjunct to an injunction to stop the harassment occurring. Invoking the criminal offence should be enough of itself to put a stop to the threats).
Asked on 15 December 2010 by HG, St. Leonards-on-Sea
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Honest John
That is extremely useful information. Currently the PPCs are lobbying parliament to try to get an increase in their powers to rip vehicle “keepers” off and ministers may be stupid enough (or complicit enough) to allow this through.
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