My car slid on ice on private property that wasn't gritted and damaged a gate - should I have to pay for the damage?

I was leaving a business park on Friday morning when my car slid on black ice and hit the entrance gate. My car is damaged and the owner of the business park wants me to pay for damage to the gate. The...

Does parking in a close with five designated parking spots count as driveway parking?

Does parking in a close with five designated parking spots count as driveway parking?

Cars constantly park on our residential road - how do we stop this happening?

Our road has motor vehicles restricted signs, with "except for access". What does this mean? Any normal person would assume this meant access to residences on the road. Not only are we plagued by cars...

Minor damage caused by delivery van - do I have to notify insurer?

Yesterday we received a delivery from Currys. The van driver parked his van close to my wife's car which was parked on private property, i.e. the tarmac frontage to our house. Unfortunately, one of the...

I parked in a car park for a closed shopping centre and have been charged - can I appeal?

On Saturday evening between 7pm and 10pm I parked in the Rishworth Centre Retail Park in Dewsbury. As all the stores were closed and the parking notices did not refer to any restrictions other than two...

Is it legal to disregard driving regulations in a private car park?

For two weeks I have seen the same person drive the wrong way around a local supermarket car park. Anyone can make a mistake so as I walked past I asked if he realised that it was one way. His astonishing...

How do i deter non-customers from using a private car park?

My business (a doctor's surgery) is very close to a busy town centre and has its own car park for staff and patients. However we get numerous complaints from patients saying that parking is always a problem...

Can a driver be penalised for 'trespassing' on a private road?

I read recently about a chap who had inadvertently driven down a private road, turned around at a convenient spot and made an exit from the area. He noticed he was being filmed doing this. Later he received...

Turn for the worse

I unwittingly drove down a dead end in Dalston and used a factory entrance to turn round. I noticed a man in uniform filming me. About a month later I got a bill for £300, for trespassing on private property....

Should I pay a parking ticket issued in a private shopping centre car park?

I parked on yellow lines at a shopping mall car park which offers free parking throughout, when I returned to my car I had a ticket stuck to my windscreen. The ticket looks official enough, but people...