Letters: Issue 242 3 May 2012
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clamping, Parliament & law, signs & lines, The Enforcers, BPA, Home Office
Protection of Freedoms Act will not settle private clamping debate
John KruseJohn Kruse
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 has received Royal Assent. Section 54 makes it a criminal offence to clamp cars on private land "without lawful authority." I have long argued with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice that this section was defective: sadly, they failed to enter into any meaningful discussion of the subject. My argument is as follows:
1) Private landowners retain the common law right of 'distress damage feasant.' This will permit them (and their enforcement...
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