I had my bike stolen on the 25th of February from outside my office. I locked it up outside the office, right outside the front door, where they have those metal U shaped posts to secure your bike to. As it turns out, these posts were broken at one end. I did not realise when securing my bike, that the concrete the post was attached to could be lift up and my Kryptonite lock, slipped underneath.
6 people saw the guy struggling with my lock and not one person thought to query what was going on. As he couldn't undo the lock, he just slipped it under the broken post. They all saw him carrying the bike out the car park, not ride it, and still not one person thought "hmm that's a bit odd".
There are no signs saying "Bicycles are left at owners own risk" or something to that effect. The day after my bike was stolen, the condemned the bike shed, saying it wasn't fit for purpose, which is my whole argument. They tried to claim that my parking permit included the words "possessions left in the carpark are left at owners own risk", however I don't have a parking permit for that carpark so have not signed anything to that effect.
Once I had countered these early attempts at deflecting any blame, they said it had gone to their legal team. It has been with them for over a month and they will not give me any answer other than " company does not accept any responsibility"
Do I have any ground to stand on legally? Their facilities were not up to scratch, they even admitted that as they condemned the bike shed the day after my bike was stolen from it
Any advice would be helpful.
6 people saw the guy struggling with my lock and not one person thought to query what was going on. As he couldn't undo the lock, he just slipped it under the broken post. They all saw him carrying the bike out the car park, not ride it, and still not one person thought "hmm that's a bit odd".
There are no signs saying "Bicycles are left at owners own risk" or something to that effect. The day after my bike was stolen, the condemned the bike shed, saying it wasn't fit for purpose, which is my whole argument. They tried to claim that my parking permit included the words "possessions left in the carpark are left at owners own risk", however I don't have a parking permit for that carpark so have not signed anything to that effect.
Once I had countered these early attempts at deflecting any blame, they said it had gone to their legal team. It has been with them for over a month and they will not give me any answer other than " company does not accept any responsibility"
Do I have any ground to stand on legally? Their facilities were not up to scratch, they even admitted that as they condemned the bike shed the day after my bike was stolen from it
Any advice would be helpful.