Car Damage - a leg to stand on?

dreoilin

Hi guys.

All advice greatly appreciated here...

I currently live in the city, and when I first moved here, while awaiting my parking permit, I used to park my car on a street that had a limit of 2 hours. I only parked it here after 6.30pm so I wouldn't have to pay for parking all through the night. I moved it again in the morning.

I went to my car one morning to find that the entire street was flooded. My car had been lifted up on to the pavement, and while the engine still had power, the entire interior was destroyed, the electronics were gone (no steering, no windows, no anything with buttons), and the airbags had deployed causing them to smash the windscreen.

My insurance company wouldn't cover this as I don't have comprehensive cover (I'm a young driver, basic quotes are astronomically high as it is). The city council admitted liability for the flooding in the local newspaper a couple of days later, stating that a pipe had burst in the nearby water station on account of it not being manually closed after a power out.

Where I'm going with this is - should the council be held responsible for the damage to my car? Yes, it's always a case of 'park at your own risk', but does that extend to something of their own doing?

hullaballoo

If you want to find out whether you have a case against another party for the damage to your car, you need to speak to a qualified legal professional.

There might not be a remedy in negligence but there might be a remedy elsewhere in tort that might be useful to you.

Only a legal professional can advise you about this issue.

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