Clampers’ high fees on private land are ‘illegal’, argues RAC

Stephen Glaister

Clamping vehicles on private land and demanding a “punitive release fee” is illegal and damaging to society, according to a new report for the RAC Foundation.

Author Dr Chris Elliott, an engineer and barrister, said: “The fees charged to release a clamp bear no relation to the damage suffered by the landowner and are in effect a punishment imposed on one individual by another — an action that seems contrary to proper rule of law.”

He stressed that he was not...

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