Wheel Clamping: Support
Garnet Grey’s Fight Against the Clampers
7 November 2008
 I have been very interested to receive news from Mr Garnet Grey, whose car was
wheel-clamped by a company from Walsall that goes by the name of Elite Parking
Control.
This company clamped and removed Mr Grey’s vehicle in May 2008, and demanded a
payment of 450 pounds. Mr Grey could not afford to pay such a high charge to get his
car back, and refused to do so. The clamping company has retained Mr Grey’s car in
its compound, and has told Mr Grey that they are charging him storage fees for this of 50
pounds per day.
Instead of agreeing to pay the extortionate charges
that Elite Parking Control wanted him to, Mr Grey has initiated legal action against the
clamping company.
Mr Grey’s court
case is due to be heard in either November or December of 2008. I welcome Mr Grey’s initiative in bringing
legal action against a clamping company, as I believe it is effectively a test case, which
could set a valuable legal precedent if Mr Grey is successful in his action. It was a
similar legal action in Scotland that led the courts there to rule car clamping on private
land illegal. Although the Government has plans substantially to reform the regulation of
clamping on private land in England & Wales that will be brought forward by the end of
2008, it is unlikely that the practice will be outlawed.
I have been
campaigning for wheel clamping to be outlawed for sometime (click here for more information) and therefore I fully
support Mr Grey in his action, and I think it is in everyone’s interest to do so. Mr Grey is likely to face significant legal costs
in bringing this action. If you would like to
help Mr Grey by making a contribution to his legal costs, please contact him at this email
address: garnet.grey@yahoo.co.uk
Read about Mr
Grey’s case in the Express & Star by following this link:
www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/24/driver-suing-clamp-
company-for-30k/
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