Where do I stand legally if I use an angle grinder to remove a wheel clamp?

Having been clamped on private land (where I was working, I parked in the wrong bay at a block of flats last week), I now carry a powerful angle grinder in my van. The nice Russian lad who came to remove...

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...

Is anyone lobbying against the British Parking Association's proposals to make vehicle keepers liable for penalties?

You recently mentioned in your column that the British Parking Association is lobbying Parliament to make vehicle keepers liable for parking penalties. Is anybody lobbying to maintain the status quo?

Thanks to the car park operators at Arrowe Park Hospital who now clarify exactly what their contract entails.

I thought you might be interested in the parking regime at Arrowe Park Hospital on Wirral. It would seem that this car park operator has wised up to your 'minor breach of contract' advice by making it...

Did you know that OPC Parking was fined over £26,000 having been convicted of various Trading Standards offences?

Regular followers of the fight against parking pirates will welcome the news that one of the Penalty Charge Notice perpetrators, OPC Parking, was fined £26,750 plus costs in Wolverhampton Magistrates Court...

Can Honest John mount a campaign against private parking companies?

Parasitical private parking companies are now making it almost impossible to visit retail parks, supermarkets, motorway services, McDonalds and even railway stations without receiving exorbitant demands...

How does the data protection act fit into the Protection of Freedoms Bill?

Regarding the possibility of the British Parking Association (BPA), or any other organisation, obtaining permission from the Government to have access to Automatic Number Plate Recognition, prompts me...

I was issued a PCN due to confusion over private parking in a public car park - how should I proceed?

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) owns and manages a multi storey car park opposite the train station. On the top two floors of the car park, there are about 50 designated car park spaces for rail...

Which motoring organisations could oppose the Protection of Freedoms Bill?

You write, “The British Parking Association in 2011 is lobbying Parliament to make vehicle keepers liable for private parking penalties in the same way they can be held liable for road traffic offences...

Why do motorway service areas encourage customers to leave so quickly?

I met with a colleague at Cambridge Services (A14) today, enjoying a leisurely chat over coffee, purchased from the onsite facilities. After a while we decided to extend our discussion over a bite of lunch,...