Is the Protection of Freedoms Bill as outrageous as it seems?

Certainly I believe the proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill to allow 'keepers' to be penalised to be outrageous. In my view the BPA and SIA have done little to control the 'rogue clampers' and...

Parking rules in scotland

Ive been reading the pages of excellent advice on when and when not to pay parking fines and the associated legality - some cracking advice that I wish I had seen when I got a ticket 3 years ago! I have...

Clamped by City Watch Parking

I am writing on behalf of my 78 year old father who got clamped yesterday by this 'City Watch' he parked for 15 mins to go into his doctors. He didn't realise until his return and being clamped that there...

Have you seen the loophole in the draft clamping legislation relating to the installation of barriers?

There is a massive potential loophole written into the draft legislation against clamping. It states that clamping on private land will still be legal where, in order to enter that land, the vehicle has...

Clamping and extortionate fees

I have just been clamped outside a bankrupt shop. I had been away fron the car for 10 minutes. The paperwork demand stuck on the window was for £125 + VAT = £150. I refused this, pointing to a (smalll)...

VED up

Yesterday, my car was clamped. I was rather surprised because it was correctly parked, but it seems that the tax was out of date. I didn't know it was out date because I never received the relevant renewal...

Arch enemy

I parked my BMW in the car park in Shoreham By Sea last night. There were no lights in the car park. On my return I was clamped. I endeavoured to reverse, I got out to see I had been clamped. I went to...

All to tether now

I have recently fallen foul of new parking restrictions and had my vehicle removed by a local clamping company. The cost for return of my vehicle was £540. The excessive penalty, the underhand way the...