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I have had lunch for more than two years at the ferry terminal waiting room as it is closed from work and is nice and warm in winter. Today the manager told me that I could no longer do that as the waiting room is intended exclusively for the ferry users. Do they have the right to do that? They are arguing that other people may follow my example but no one has for more than two years. Am I being...

Didn't get paid in December and have checked the terms of the Lease and as it's all in legal jargon I am not entirely sure of the meaning of things. Basically my understanding is that 21 days after the rent was due we can regain possesion of the premises. Is this the case? All helpful replies welcome.

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Bill Harriman of Antique Road Show fame whilst acting as a firearms expert within judicial proceedings now admits he made a mistake in his report on my rare shotgun. Mr Harriman claims however, that he was not negligent. His governing body the CRFP on the 13th August 2008 took the view that a competent report from Mr Harriman would have afforded me the opportunity to save the costs of a trial. ...

we have a small access road leading to eight properties on a small development. for the last twenty years all has been well with the odd pothole being filled in on an adhoc basis. as we have had more rain during the last three years some of the lower properties have had issues with standing water. six of the eight properties have bought the access road and have carried out "repairs" which include...

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My o/h received a letter from a solicitor in 2004 informing him that his Dad had died intestate (he hadn't been in touch with him for a long time). My o/h had two sisters and a half brother and half sister. The half brother is the administrator of the estate. My o/h's Dad left property and money/pensions etc.. The house was put on the market but his half brother decided to move into the...

Hi all, my first post here and I'm looking for help..firstly the situation.. a few months ago my 17 year old daughter (never in trouble before) was a passenger in a car which stopped at traffic lights, a drunk (female) in late teens attempted to get in the car to get a lift.. My daughter decided (mistake 1), to get out the car and confront the woman. A row ensued, the woman starts hitting my my...

Anti-social Behaviour – a pigs ear legislation Desperate for your help and sorry folks that this is so long winded!! Out of twenty households (17 owner occupied) in the square where I live there are five with children and fifteen a mixture of elderly widows/widowers, middle aged and elderly couples. Ten years ago two housing associations managed to buy properties here. On a small green...

Anti-social Behaviour – a pigs ear legislation Desperate for your help and sorry folks that this is so long winded!! Out of twenty households (17 owner occupied) in the square where I live there are five with children and fifteen a mixture of elderly widows/widowers, middle aged and elderly couples. Ten years ago two housing associations managed to buy properties here. On a small green...

If a club organises a bus to take its members on an outing, can it legally insist that everyone pays the same share of the cost even if, through no fault of their own, they have to make their own way there and back and never set foot inside the bus.

I am an insulin dependant diabetic and have been for 23 years. I have to attend the hospital every six months for a check up. My employer is insisting that any time taken off to go to the hospital should come off my holidays.She claims to have a law degree so everybody is frightened to challenge her. Does the disability discriminations act help me in any way?

Hi all, your thoughts on this one would be most appreciated (i will try and be brief) We have a garage where the roof tiles meet the main house wall. The join is flashing leadwork. So... this join has a leak and a mate recommends his pal who is a builder. In comes builder and tells me that the lead flashing is to blame. Replace this and job done. Builder does job (£270) and roof leaks worse...

A neighbour of mine has a marital problem. I will not give specific details that could possibly identify him to his other friends. He has been married over 15 years, but about 7 months ago his wife moved out of their house, and is renting a flat. As far as I know, there is no one else involved. They are not divorced. He is nearing retirement age, and still has a small mortgage on the house. While...

Can anyone tell me if I can take someone to a Case Management Conference purely for support? Would they be asked any relevent questions? and if so would they have to answer?

Can any one help, My father in law died four months ago leaving no will, my husband is the youngest of 2 children, his sister has claimed that as the eldest child she has full control over their late fathers estate, my question is can anything be done about this?

My 91 year old Nanna died last week and discussions took place with immediate family on Wednesday about her funeral. It turns out that she had paid £1000 towards the cost of her funeral but obviously this won't be enough. My cousin, who was more or less brought up by our Nanna and was very close to her offered to pay the remainder. My uncle (who is the husband of my Nanna's daughter) said, no...

Can you force a partner to add a fathers name to a birth certificate throught the Courts ? The birth happened overseas and a population certificate was signed and witnessed by the local authority (South Cyprus) by/for BOTH parents - not married - therefore parentage is not in question and the issuing authority has agreed to correct subject to affadavit - but one partner has declined to complete...