Loss of earnings

nightraven1

I was out at the time had to park in the adjoining road the car outside his house is his partners

sheenas

While it's not acceptable. I think the law say you can't block someone in. Park across their drive on on their drive for that matter, then it becomes a civil matter.

TadleyBaggie

But they clearly weren't blocked in if they parked elsewhere. Still no clue why they didn't use a public charger if their need to drive was so key.

Exodi

nightraven1
I was out at the time had to park in the adjoining road the car outside his house is his partners

Can you think of any reason they might have decided to park on your drive like that?

Had you caused obstruction to their drive before this? Is there something in particular you suspect they may feel aggrieved by?

I don't like 'victim blaming' like this, but I also don't want to be naive that neighbours don't usually start parking on other neighbours driveways for no reason and unfortunately the slew of short answers and your responses (including your proposed vexatious case for loss of earnings when there are obvious mitigations) just stirs up suspicion that this wasn't entirely random and there's more to this story as @caprikid1 said.

TadleyBaggie

But they clearly weren't blocked in if they parked elsewhere. Still no clue why they didn't use a public charger if their need to drive was so key.

The OP's argument isn't that they were blocked in, it's that they couldn't reach their EV charger allowing them to charge at the cheap off-peak rate. As to your second sentence, yes that's the obvious question. In reality they probably did (if they needed to charge). In their defence, public charging can be 10x more expensive, but you'd assume they wouldn't fill their battery up. Even if they did, we're likely talking about a net cost of £20-£80 at the most expensive public charger, depending on the size of the battery and how much they charged it.

QrizB

Does the neighbour own the scaffolding business that the van advertises, or is he an employee?

If an employee, a complaint to his employer might yield results.

caprikid1

"Whether you will win the case is another matter."

Still have to pay to enforce it etc etc does not stop when you win !

Pollycat

Does anyone else think this reads like a weekly 'Money Moral Dilemma' but with a bit of added drip-feed information?

I would never park on my neighbours' drives without asking first and they wouldn't park on mine either.

Much more to this story and unless the OP is forthcoming with more information..

Ergates

I would never park on my neighbours' drives without asking first and they wouldn't park on mine either.

Most reasonable people wouldn't do that either - but we have to accept that not all people are reasonable.

GrubbyGirl_2

Maybe you should invest in a post so you can lock access to your drive in the future? If your neighbour is viloent then surely you don't want to aggravate things. Have you reported his violent behaviour to the police?

caprikid1

"Maybe you should invest in a post"

They put up a post albeit a very vague one.