..It was a private hire car, hired directly from the owner who had given me his card previously. I phoned him directly because we needed a 7-seater, and I knew he had one; It normally costs in the region of £10 to taxi from my house to the city centre. I didn't ask for a price up front because it is such a routine journey; and we had to divert slightly to pick up one more passenger on the way. ...

Not sure if this is the correct forum. Apologies if it isn't. We own the lease of a ground floor apartment in a block. The block was constructed about 4 years ago. Recently a severe water leak developed in the apartment 3 floors above with the result that all the apartments between us and the leak have been damaged to a greater or lesser degree. The management company arranges the buildings...

Now that he has been convicted and sentenced Sky news are running a lengthy piece on the case in which they feature incriminating e-mails and voice mails between the canoe man and wife, which they say are "exclusive" to sky news. Presumably these would have been "uncovered" legally?

Hi I was caught doing 48 in a 40 in Lincolnshire at the weekend. This was by a truvelo hidden round a corner just after the limit dropped from 60 to 40. Money grabbing *******s! I was not driving my own car (weekend break so shared the driving). The RK has received the NIP today and it offers the choice of a speed awareness course. Does anybody know if this course will be offered to me when...

I'm waiting for the first person to answer my "thain v anniesland" thread with the "Do you expect us to do your homework for you?" typical usenet response. The truth is I can't afford to do a law degree, but I think it's something I'd like to do. I am 40 years old and I can't see any point, would I be employable at age 44 assuming full time and age 46 - 47 assuming part time? I also would be...

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:24:44 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines" wrote: The European Socialist Nanny State in Britain Marches On... What is happening to civil liberties in Britain has very little to do with the EU. All the Draconian measures are home-grown by New Labour. MM

David Icke - Big Brother, the Big Picture (July 6th 2008) - 174 min - Jul 6, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4799447112501062338&q=4799447112501062338&ei=aqJzSKXlE5SK2wLd6JGoAQ ***** WM www.critest.com

I have read through numerous pub car park ticket threads on the forums, however I have a slightly more unusual case here that I was interested in people's opinions on. Basically my girlfriend had an agreement with a previous pub manager that she could park her car in the pub car park for a small fee every week, which she paid to the bar on a Sunday night for which she received a hand written...

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Our local Post Office has a small 'Dogs Not Allowed' sign on it's front door. I can understand this where food & drink is for sale, or is being consumed - Health & Safety rules, etc. But this is just a Post Office with a tiled floor.. Is this just a jobsworth flaunting his power, or is there a valid law in operation here?

Are there any statistics concerning where murders are committed? I wish to check a claim that most are committed in victims' homes. -- He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day.

Good afternoon, I have a very specific question about the tenancy deposit scheme and the Housing act which gouverns it. Basically I recently found out that I have not been provided with the required prescribed information when I signed into my last AST. Now there is little argument that I have a case as I have a letter from the Tenancy dispute service who where supposed to be handling the...

We have had an offer accepted on a house. It is listed as 3 bedroom with a rear extension. In doing the searchs, our solicitor has discovered that the extension and loft conversion (the 3rd bedroom) which were supposedly built in 1998 have not gotten either planning permission or building regs (these were 'pending'). We are not concerned with the planning permission. My questions is (which...

The Homophobic Hate campaign by English Churches Housing Group (ECHG),Hammersmith & Fulham Council and The Metropolitan Police is still continuing – at the moment my tormentors think it is acceptable to run a Hate campaign and they do not think they have done anything wrong. The authorities know who I am, but they think it is acceptable for a group of people to run a homophobic hate campaign. I...

Well not me, but my husband. His job is cleaning a pub (not self-employed), which belonged until yesterday to a brewery, who employed him. He has worked there for 6 months. He has been told that in law he should now be employed by the new owner (not a brewery), but this morning the new owner wouldn't let him in or answer the door. Can the new owner just ignore him and hope he goes away, or...

Hi. I have just discovered a water mains stop-cock under a small square lid in my garden (ex-council). I have asked them to move it, but they said they cannot/won't unless I agree to pay for a new supply pipe. I think that's a bit of liberty, as they currently have their property trespassing on mine. A year ago I successfully asked the local authority to remove a "trespassing" lampost at...

I had a visit from a NU financial adviser. I told him that I was ultra, ultra cautious; I could not afford to lose any of my capital. He told me their Capital Protected Plan was for me. Sounds good - just the job. Now call me old fashioned but if I was looking to invest some money in a plan called : "Norwich Capital Protected Plan" - then I would have thought that my original investment ie my...

As predicted by everyone except turdpile. Found guilty and remanded on conditional bail until 3 September for sentencing! PMSL.... Hope you get sent down you obnoxious ****!!!!

We all know that ignorance of the law is no defence. So it would seem reasonable that people should have, at least, a passing familiarity with it. Given that this country's been passing laws for 900+ years does anyone have a view on how long it would take to actually read them all? As an easier option, how far back to most of the laws that people generally get into trouble with, go? I'd guess...

I was made redundant from a part-time cleaning job, at the end of June. The amount of redundancy pay was all agreed and also payment of 12 weeks wages in lieu of notice (amounting to approx £1650), everything was confirmed in writing. I assumed it would be paid by BACS, as my wages were on the next due date, which was 9th July. I was however only paid my normal 2 weeks wages, on checking...

(dupe post, 1st didn't show) Plod confiscate a desktop PC in connection with a non-sexual non-fraud based 'crime' (more a disorder than crime, but crime under the law nevertheless). They are looking for browser and word processing history. Does anyone know; 1.) what checks they are likely to make? 2.) what software they use to scour the disk drive?

The "Train Fare" saga has made me wonder about something that happened to me this week. I bought a cheap day return from Paddington ("London Terminals"), but on the return journey the train stopped at a station which was more convenient, so I got out. I was expecting, especially after following the Train Fare thread, to have problems with the staff at the barrier, but on this occasion everyone...

If a CAB is held in a room in the local Town Hall can the council command them not to give advice about complaints about the council ? -- TW

Would anyone be able to suggest any answer to this? The situation is being charged under the act mentioned above with making an offensive gesture to a passing motorist, with an 80 pound fixed penalty on the way. If one were to refuse to pay the penalty and the CPS were to decide it worth prosecuting, what sort of penalties are usually meted out for this "offence"?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7520598.stm "Terror police detain disabled boy A police officer has been transferred from duties at a Channel crossing after a disabled child and his parents were detained under the Terrorism Act. Julie Maynard, of Ware, Hertfordshire, was taking a day trip to Calais through the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, Kent.

I notice round Manchester,stickers on lamp posts etc offering alcohol delivery. Presumably these are illegal practices run by criminals and other similar types?

wrote: On Jul 22, 5:34 pm, Betty Boop Revisited wrote: The silence from the turdpile says it all. Anyone know how much it cost him? I do hope it was lots. It went his way. The case blew the whole of the Ipswich docks act and the ABP illegal actions wide open. Turtill now owns the docks. The judge awarded him costs and a pair of bolt cutters.

I wondered if anyone would like to offer advice on this. I have accepted guilt in a fixed camera incident (speeding at 37 in a 30mph), however, I only did this after I recently received sufficient evidence from the safety camera partnership (a picture of my vehicle). I insisted on receiving this before accepting responsibility because even though I knew it was 'probably' me who committed the...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7518983.stm "An event thought to feature knife-throwing at a town festival has been changed after the mother of a stabbed girl complained. The knife-throwing, which the council said would have been an illusion, was to be held at an event in Walsall. But Karen Ross, whose daughter was Rosie, 16, was stabbed to death in Birmingham's Centenary...

I've tried to include as much relevant information as possible, but let me know if you need more information. In early 2005, our neighbour died intestate and owned an unregistered property (B) that adjoins our registered property (A). B was empty for a year while the remaining kin were found. In late 2005, because we had helped the neighbour for several years and B needed...

If A purchases property with B, but soley in A's name to be held by way of a constructive trust for both. Would a letter of intent suffice to protect either A or B from the others insolvency?

I thought that pubs could not legally sell an alcoholic drink to an intoxicated person. But I must be wrong because them doing so is being reported as contrary to a voluntary standard rather than contrary to the law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7516507.stm. Folks here will know if I am outright wrong or just a bit confused (hic). -- He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins...

Man hit woman who called him a paedophile Published Date: 22 July 2008 By Freelance A twenty-four years old man who admitted striking a woman who called him a paedophile outside a bar in the Rosemount area of Derry earlier this year was yesterday given a conditional discharge for six months at the local Magistrate's Court. Jonathan Taylor, of Cornshell Fields, pleaded guilty to assaulting the

Help! I am shortly facing court as a witness for the prosecution. The defendant is apparently going to be representing himself and so will be asking the cross-examination questions. The offences are harassment and threats to kill. Has anyone got any tips to help me? All help is much appreciated.

Woman, 22, evicted from home A York woman who made life a misery for her neighbours in the block of flats where she lived has been evicted. Linsey Dickinson, 22, was ordered to leave her home following a string of disturbances at her flat on Lucas Avenue, Clifton, dating back to 2007. The move followed an application by City of York Council to York County

People here said fuel prices were unlikely to stabalize, I said im sure they will start to come down before October, I was correct. I said GB should have stuffed the 2p tax on a ltr of fuel at the time when prices were shooting up all over the place, some people who just get on with there lives would have not batted a eyelid at the difference it would have made, at the time I said it...

Finally the British police with their Stasi-like tendencies to monitor all of us have had their collars felt, their wings clipped. And it isn't because of nitpickers like me, but because professional bodies have intervened to say, this time, boyos, you've gone too far! At last some semblance of balance has been restored. I have always taken the view that any criminal convicted of a *serious*...

Now the Evening Standard has picked up the story: "The 'Big Brother' state suffered a double blow yesterday as watchdogs condemned the storing of trivial criminal convictions and DNA profiles of innocent citizens. "Police could be forced to wipe millions of entries from their national crime database following a landmark legal ruling by the privacy watchdog.

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:39:11 +0100 someone who may be steve.trent wrote this:- Try Bob Davis, "Death on the Streets, Cars and the mythology of road safety" and follow the references. Oh yes- the book which was printed thirteen years ago - you would have thought things may have moved on since then. Many books were printed much more than 13 years ago. That does not

I was following a murder trial in an independent West Indian Territory whose legal system is tied to the UK Judicial System. Here goes : 3 men ..A ,B and C were charged with a murder . C eluded law enforcement officials for a few years during which time A and B, brothers, were tried for the murder. A was condemned to death while B was freed. C was arrested on another offence tried and...

I have a friend who works on site at a Building Society for a technical services provider. He has been told that if his contract is withdrawn he must be offered another position by the new service provider that is taking over on site at the Building Society. If the Building Society decide NOT to renew the service contract with my friends company, under what general conditions of his employment...

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