Just came through a recent local council elections, towards the end of the elections (day before polls) a very nasty and personal leaflet was distributed by the other party. I am not a sore loser, i take the loss (by 47 votes) on the chin, but the tone of the leaflet, which was picked up by the press (the leaflet was emailed to the press by the party before it was distributed, for maximum...

Hi, I am selling my house and the surveyor for the buyers morgage co. said that he could not allow a mortgage on the house as there was a major structural problems caused by work done to the house 14 years ago by the people who sold the house to me. Both the buyer and I where informed. I was told a structural engineer would have to be hired. Three days later the Surveyor changed his mind...

I hope someone can help me out on this, I'm being hounded by the UK Tax Man even though I'm now resident in Cork, Ireland. It all stems from me selling my small farm in Lancashire 2 years ago when I was 66. I'd had enough of trying to make a living from it, and I thought I'd sell up and retire to Ireland. I found a nice little cottage just outside of Cork ,sold the farm for what I could get on...

I just had a "meter reader" on the door. He asked to read the Gas meter, and I asked to see his ID. He produced some ID card with a British Gas logo on it. He showed it but wouldn't give it to me to check. Now, we're not a British Gas customer Never have been. Never will be. I also know that Transco is also nothing to do with "British Gas" aka Centrica Group as Transco is now a division of...

Thames Water are very aggressive in their bill collection policy. I don't recall receiving a bill for the current financial year, but that aside, I now have a reminder notice stating that even if I have paid the first half of my bill in the previous seven days, that the whole year's bill is now due, covering until 31/03/2007. This seems a bit daft as I could well be moving in the next year -...

We're in the process of buying and selling and my solicitor is dragging his feet on arranging a completion date. He tells me we need at least 2 weeks between exchange and completion where I thought it could be done on the same day. Is this right? Why does he think it will take so long?

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Can anyone give any advice as to a problem my father has with respect to parking outside his house. He is getting on in life and is registered disabled (sight problems), he lives alone and can not walk very far due to angina and rheumatism. Both myself and my sister visit regularly to take him shopping etc. The problem is, he lives on a busy road and trying to get a parking space outside his...

Please advise how long a period of time must elapse for an existing aerial (aprox 7m above roof ridge)to have automatic rights even if by todays rules it would require planning permission. TIA

Hi, As some of you might recall, or not, Im unimportant, Im on SSP with my job because I slipped down the stairs rupturing a quads tendon. Im still in a cast and unable to get about under my own steam. Can't drive because of a full length leg cast. It's a bit of a ****er really. At the moment, I qualify for SSP. I've been given a sick note from the

Imagine that you've been arrested for a trivial offence. The Police say that the offence is "non-recordable" (so they don't have to take a DNA sample) and that you decide to accept a caution. Thus you're released and you hope/expect that the whole dreadful experience has now ended. However, a few days later you get a most unwelcome phone call from the arresting officer. He now claims that a...

Hi I have a problem and hope to get help here. I will try to make the story short. Four of us say, A,B,C and D formed a private limited company 8 years ago, each of them owns 25% of the company Now A and B want to end the four-man working relationship. They offered to buy C and D out. But C and D doesn't want to sell their share and offered to buy A and B out. Now, As they can't force C and D...

I looked at my father's DVD of King Lear that he received with the Daily or Sunday Telegraph. It says on it "Promotional Material" "Not for Sale". Nick

I live in a block of 12 flats at the end of a private road. The road is unadopted and we as a residents association pay a share of the upkeep of the road. The freeholder has been granted permission to build 6 more flats. As there is already barely sufficient parking space for the residents of the current 12 flats within our boundaries, there is bound to be overflow parking outside the houses...

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this. My boyfriend shares custody of his 14 year-old daughter. The mother, his ex, is mentally ill and I presume somebody is allowed to act on behalf of her in any proceedings. Due to frosty relations with the ex in-laws recently, his ex-wife's sister is threatening to take out an injunction on him to stop him from going on a brief week-long...

Dear Legal Experts. My father passed away several months ago. A few months before he died, we prepared his will using tenminutewill.co.uk at my aunties house (his sister). During this meeting my dad wanted to leave me his £180K house and his current wife (wife no.3) all his belongings and money (about 10K). His house was already 100% owned before he met wife number 3 and is in his name...

Further to recent discussion re "Measures to tackle misuse of off-street disabled parking spaces" http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_mobility/documents/page/dft_mobility_503228.hcsp "The Department is also supporting 'Baywatch', a coalition of the major supermarkets and disability organisations (including the Disabled Drivers' Association, Disabled Drivers' Motor Club and the British...

wrote in message ... I have an issue about my LA not complying with the DDA. I have been told I have to complain to my LA to get action taken. This is not working. Can anybody advise where I should complain to next. pete See the Disability Rights Commission website http://www.drc.org.uk/

Hi, I have a problem. Yesterday i got a parking ticket (2 infact) coz i had parked outside a dropped kerb.. The occupier had recently put the dropped kerb (2-3 days back).. and now they think they own the road too... I understand that if there is a drive way to the premises and i had parked blocking their driveway access i am at violation.. In my case, the premises does not have any drive way.....

Oh, god, not another boundary wall/neighbour question... One of the outside walls of our detached house is right on the boundary, and next to the neighbour's drive. It looks like they're starting to grow ivy up it. I don't like ivy. I don't like it for a very good reason - which is that there's several other bits of our place where it's been grown in the past, and has ripped render off...