Shaw v. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, HCA 72 Judgment at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2003/72.html Two news articles/analyses: Australia to send convicts back to Britain By Nick Squires in Sydney Daily Telegraph (London)

When a small residential property (e.g., a flat) becomes vacant, unfurnished, and unoccupied, does it them become Council Tax exempt for 6 months - or do you only get a 50% reduction? Have the rules changed recently? Or does each county have its own rules? Thank you all AL

The message from "Welsh Witch" contains these words: Whew!!...Notice his use of the word "smell" as he could have written "scent" FFS! Did you have to quote the entire bloody post, *plus* headers? Idiot!! -- AnneJ ICQ #:- 119531282

Hi there, I hope someone can help. 18 months ago I had the classic problem Tenant in a flat I rented, whom I eventually had to take to Court and get evicted. I was awarded the Decree against her, and she was also instructed to pay me the outstanding amount and the associated costs at a set weekly rate that she had agreed was acceptable within her circumstances.

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Hi, My Car is Vauxhall Cavallier 1.8 and "J" registeration with a mileage of 150,000 with metallic silver grey colour. Another insurance Company paid my friend on a similar car with "G" reg. £1000. On 23 November, my vision was blocked by heavy rain and I happen to hit a metal post while negotiating a bend in a car park thinking that there is no such posts.

we are in open countryside. we have had planning permission for a hotel for years and three people have since bought houses from us nearby. there are no other neighbours for miles. they obviously all knew about the hotel p/p. now they complain there is noise from our weddings marquee. they got the council to serve an abatement notice. now we are being prosecuted. the case is that we made a noise...

Suppose a single unemployed person living in rented accom inherits a house worth 300,000, but no other money, and wishes to live in the inherited property... Does he have to sell the house to pay the tax, or is there some way around it such as a charge against the house, or instalment payments? Thanks Tony

Yet another innocent person let out of prison for crime she didn't commit. Why do the original trials get it so wrong? http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3306271.stm Mother cleared of killing sons A mother who was jailed for life for murdering her two baby sons, has had her conviction overturned.

Richard Michael Briggs wrote: I have lived in my current flat for over 18 months now, but I am still receiving phone calls from various companies (judging by the background chatter, they are from call centres) asking for the woman who lived here some time previously. As far as I know, she was the tenant before last and moved out almost two years ago. The phone line was disconnected...

I have lived in my current flat for over 18 months now, but I am still receiving phone calls from various companies (judging by the background chatter, they are from call centres) snip Contact BT and ask them to block "number witheld" calls. It may not work with all call centres, as some have a "presentation number" that doesn`t relate to the number of the prat calling you, but it may...

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i cannot afford to pay the £118 for my car finance because of a change in circumstances, i have told my car finance company this but they are not prepared to re-finance my car so i can pay lower payments, this is because i have a couple of defaults on other loans. So what they are prepared to do is take the car back leaving me with no car, then sell the car through the car auctions which they...

To continue the Huntley is not the killer theme: ( WARNING - This is gruesome stuff and relatives of the deceased are advised not to read further. No liability is accepted etc. The rest of you are a bunch of rubber-necking gawkers - so read on... ) Huntley seems to have an unusual memory for someone who claims to be the killer.

If a tenant signs and pays for a 12 month tenancy up front, and then at some point after disappears/goes into liquidation, who would be responsible for any utilities consumed during that year if the landlord did not realise that the tenant had gone. Specifically I'm thinking of water rates which are chargeable regardless whether the premises are occupied, and should have been paid by the...

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 18:02:16 -0800, David Shellman wrote: Libel law has me confused :), here's what's what... I operate a web-site on which anyone can post reviews, comments or whatever for local pubs, clubs, etc. In November a statement that could be interpreted as being libellous appeard on the site, the person whom the statment referred emailed myself and I removed it right...

My Spanish sister in law has phoned and told me that she was "flashed" by a speed camera as she was driving to the airport in a hire car to catch a flight back to Spain. The car was hired in her name. Could somebody please tell me whether or not she will be pursued over this Thank you

I am aware of a company who have a 'special relationship' with a certain telco over CLI records. 'Withheld' calls to that company are having the 'Withheld' flag stripped and the full CLI provided to that company. I believe this is not only a breach of Oftel regulations but also of the DPA.

In message , half_pint writes Why have you posted that in a legal group? More to the point, why did you reply to uk.local.east-anglia? Please check the follow-up line before you reply. This is a favourite trick of the trolls.

"Richard Michael Briggs" wrote in message ... I have lived in my current flat for over 18 months now, but I am still receiving phone calls from various companies (judging by the background chatter, they are from call centres) asking for the woman who lived here some time previously. As far as I know, she was the ...