Own Account Driver:
Reckon most might be lucky there and just about get away without any damage. Could have easily got a whale tanker in to get it down to a reasonable level very negligent on the part of Stobarts. I’m almost certain a court would agree that if an employer is providing parking they must take reasonable steps to ensure it is safe and secure which clearly they haven’t.
Most will tell you that you park in their car park at your own risk.
A disclaimer, even a signed one, doesn’t legally give a party carte blanche to behave negligently though.
As an example, understandably, companies may not want to be paying for car repairs if one driver clips another driver’s car in the car park and drives off without owning up to it. They might fairly reasonably say the driver will just have to claim on their own insurance. However, if the company stacked a load of pallets stupidly high next to the car park and it fell over on the cars a court would likely rule the company had behaved negligently and therefore lost the protection of the disclaimer.
What about if it was a company owned vehicle that struck a staff members car?
Own Account Driver:
Reckon most might be lucky there and just about get away without any damage. Could have easily got a whale tanker in to get it down to a reasonable level very negligent on the part of Stobarts. I’m almost certain a court would agree that if an employer is providing parking they must take reasonable steps to ensure it is safe and secure which clearly they haven’t.
Most will tell you that you park in their car park at your own risk.
A disclaimer, even a signed one, doesn’t legally give a party carte blanche to behave negligently though.
As an example, understandably, companies may not want to be paying for car repairs if one driver clips another driver’s car in the car park and drives off without owning up to it. They might fairly reasonably say the driver will just have to claim on their own insurance. However, if the company stacked a load of pallets stupidly high next to the car park and it fell over on the cars a court would likely rule the company had behaved negligently and therefore lost the protection of the disclaimer.
What about if it was a company owned vehicle that struck a staff members car?
It would just be treated like any other collision and be between the insurance companies.
Javiatrix:
From the horse’s mouth… As soon as it became clear that cars could be water damaged, they HAND WROTE a sign to the effect of “we hold no responsibility for damage to cars etc etc” and put it up in the car park.
Utter knobs.
Makes no difference, the moment they let you park in their car park, they have a duty of care.
Managed to get myself sacked in December, Swampster
What ya break, Who you tick off or was the possibility of TV celeb status not for you, or was it the 2 fingered salute you kept giving to all them spotters…
Lol. Frequent refusal to carry out Tosco deliveries, refusal to stop using the office staff car park (drivers car park at Appleton is not dissimilar to the above pics), enticing other drivers to not put up with being rinsed for 15 hours on a Friday, and general dissent.
I was warned on here about taking the job at Stobbies to be fair, but I am the type to experience things rather than listen to hearsay.
Although I did like that song they did, and wanted to bone Kym Marsh.
Javiatrix:
From the horse’s mouth… As soon as it became clear that cars could be water damaged, they HAND WROTE a sign to the effect of “we hold no responsibility for damage to cars etc etc” and put it up in the car park.
Utter knobs.
If that is true then it is contemptible and an appalling way to act. If my car was damaged whilst parked on company property and they refused to pay I’d make the decision that I no longer wanted to work for said company. My resignation letter would be in the form of parking my unit in a lake or river!
correct on the Thursday that’s the shower, you work for if you work for them!
or was it the 2 fingered salute you kept giving to all them spotters…
that’s the shower, 
you work for if you work for them! 