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...

My Volkswagen Golf broke down because the servicing dealer did not change the DSG fluid - is he responsible for repairing it?

I have a Volkswagen Golf Hatch 2.0 TDI GT (Automatic). The car does approximately 500 miles a week and has been serviced every 10,000 miles by the supplying Volkswagen dealer. At two and a half years old,...

I sold a car which turned out to have been recorded as Category D write-off before I bought it - is it my problem?

I recently bought a small car from a private individual who turned out to be a policewoman. After a few months I disposed of the car and the new purchaser has been in touch with me to inform me that in...

I emailed the Minister for Transport, Philip Hammond, regarding car parking enforcement companies, and attach the transcript of my email.

I thought it was time to launch a direct crusade against the car park vultures. I've sent the attached in an email to Philip Hammond, the Minister for Transport. When I realised that the DVLA are (presumably)...

Is this car parking enforcement company really likely to take me to court over a parking charge notice?

In December I overstayed my welcome in a TK Maxx multi-storey car park. The free parking limit is four hours - I was there for 4 and a half hours. Following advice I have often seen in your column, I sent...

Have you seen these stories regarding customers having legal problems with lease and hire cars?

We are getting some interesting cases at the moment that probably should be written up as articles. The first one concerns Enterprise rent-a-car that tried to charge a reader £1,675 for repairing a credit-hire...

Why did my neighbour take his car, which I'd damaged, to be repaired at an expensive garage?

My next-door neighbour's relative's car was parked on their drive, and I reversed into it and just scraped the side, and took a chip out of the light unit. I offered to pay for the damage done out of my...

What should I do to defend myself against a fraudulent personal injury claim?

A couple of months back I was involved in a driving incident where I started moving with traffic after the lights turned green at a junction. For no reason, the car in front (a Ford C-Max) hit his brakes...

Where can I report harassment from a car parking company?

A brief note to let you know that the parking gestapo has finally agreed to cease pursuing me for failing to display my valid ticket 'correctly'. It has been an unpleasant experience and I was subjected...

My damaged car was written off and scrapped without my permission - what can I do?

My Volvo S60 was recently involved in two accidents within a space of a month, both times involving my 28-year-old son, who is a qualified driver and on the insurance policy. The first time was when the...