From: "tim....." 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Unauthorised Overdraft Charges
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:21:24 +0100


"Tim"  wrote in message news:-OCdneujGI6Vc7TbRVnyjgA@bt.com...
> "tim....." wrote
>> Is the charge for removing a (private) clamp:
>>
>> a) a contractually agreed charge for removing the clamp
>>
>> or,
>>
>> b) liquidated damages for parking
>> somewhere that you shouldn't, for which
>> the clamp is the enforcement mechanism?
>
> Well - it was found, in court, actually to be blackmail...

only in Scotland

tim