Responsibility of storage site owner

I have a sense of déjà vu about this.

Didn't we decide last time that the storage owner has to take 'reasonable' care and as long as he does that - locked gates, lights, secure boundaries etc - then he cannot be held liable if miscreants bulldoze down the fence and nick a few vans? 

It's one reason why we insure our vans.

As far as I know we have always had this condition on our storage site. Not sure about the legal part,  hope never to test it. A bit like a car park you may pay but they won't take any liability. Interestingly a nearby van sustained damage, lots of cctv on site, site staff spoke to neighbouring van owner who denied doing any damage until told it was on cctv, so there was some redress via the storage site.

We move to different storage on Friday and it is a condition of storage to have insurance I seem to recall.

Given we pay for storage will his statement hold up if we suffer any loss? Is his responsibility solely limited to providing a storage pitch?
 

Maybe not entirely but neither does he have liability for the actions of others not in his employ.

FB, the site owners can put up/send out as many disclaimers as they like but if you can prove they or their negligence caused you to suffer damage then they are liable. As with Supermarkets & their disclaimers, it means nothing. It’s all down to negligence👍🏻

By law I would have thought they have to carry 3 party liability, and although I not a lawyer at the very least they would be responsible for and damage to the van by themselves or their employees.  If the site wasn’t secured properly and my van was stolen my first port of call would be my insurance company then let them fight the owner.  As far as I’m concerned signs like those put up by storeage sites etc do not excuse the owners from a duty of care.

We move to different storage on Friday and it is a condition of storage to have insurance I seem to recall.

I think the condition of having to have insurance is more to protect them. If a van should burst into flames and cause damage to their property, for instance.

This is the way I understand it Tinny.

In the past we have had a caravan stolen from storeage.  The was no suggestion from the Insurance company to shift blame to the owners of the storeage facility, but the caravan insurance company did insist that we moved our new caravan to a Gold Cassoa storeage facility.

David

I am not sure that is entirely the reason. If my caravan (or car) was to burst into flames and damage neighbouring vehicles or caravans etc. then neither I nor my insurance company would be liable as far as I am aware. That is unless the fire was caused my my negligence or by me deliberately in which case I might be liable if it could be proven..

I had always thought the storage owner and others affected would have a claim. If what you say is the case in that recent caravan site fire, presumably the owners of the other vans and the site owner have to claim against their insurance and loose no claims discounts? Seems a little unfair, but then the terms fair and insurance policies don't really go together.🤔

A friend lost a car, as did quite a number of others, due to a fire at a carpark used whilst flying abroad from Liverpool airport. All that I can remember about the legal precedent that applies is that it was a case where tyres stacked behind a tyre fitters were ignited following an electrical fault in the associated building. The building next door was destroyed and the owner took the matter to court.

I will try and find the precedent.

Alan