{"id":4401,"date":"2009-07-31T17:13:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T10:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/clamping-what-to-do-if-it-happens-to-you\/"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T06:24:22","slug":"clamping-what-to-do-if-it-happens-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/clamping-what-to-do-if-it-happens-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Clamping: What to do if it happens to you"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSolicitor Ned Beale offers advice on how to break the shackles, or at least minimise the cost and inconvenience of a reviled anti-motoring measureFew legal problems are as emotive as wheel clamping, especially when done by security companies on vehicles parked on private land. This is probably why, despite the modest sums at stake, there are several recent court cases dealing with the civil and criminal implications of private clamping. The government has also intervened by requiring private wheel clampers to be licensed by the Security Industry Association (SIA).Even so, cowboy clampers continue to attract bad press and, based on the problems that I have seen at Citizens Advice, some operators still employ highly questionable tactics. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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