Staff car parks, damage liability

DCFC79

dacouch wrote: »

A car park is not park at own risk, the owners have responsibilities under law but they have to be negligent for you to be able to successfully sue

so the signs i see in the car park saying "owners park at own risk" dont mean squat then

bristol_pilot

DCFC79 wrote: »

so the signs i see in the car park saying "owners park at own risk" dont mean squat then

No they don't. If a big hole opens up and swallows a car and the people in it and it is that car park owners' fault then what they have written on any sign means squat

Some cars at my place of work were damaged when a compressor owned by the employer exploded. They were held liable for that. But for vandalism by a yob, no way.

dacouch

As bristol pilot have confirmed they mean sweet fa, imagine if you parked your car in a tesco car park and their lorry reversed into it. They are just as liable as if it happened on a road. It comes under the unfair contracts terms, if you enter a contract that is so loaded in one parties favour a judge can just rip it up and declare it or parts of it unfair.

You cannot put up a sign and disclaim what is in effect the UK law

The "We accept no liability" in cloakrooms has the same effect especially if they have accepted money to look after your coat.

Tozer

Generally there is no chain of causation to the employer.

However, employers have been found liable if they were aware of high risks of criminal damage and failed to take any reasonably adequate precautions to prevent it.

Like dacrouch says, you would have to show negligence. Its going to be hard to prove.