hi, im a housing trust tenent and my rent is £75 per week, due to the company i worked for going bust i suffered financial difficulties and so fell behind with my rent to the sum of £1600 and so the housing trust have applied for a outright notice seeking possession i have been given a court date which is next week, i have since gained new employment and therefore cleared my arrears and my rent...

Anyone know how a case like this might get decided? An employee is on a salary and bonus contact. The targets to get the bonus are subject to change at any time, at the employers whim. Employee is given a target, which they manage to meet enough to merit a particular payment. Employee then leaves the company. In the time between employee leaving and bonus payment date company changes the...

My wifes car tax expired at the end of August. We went on holiday on 18 August and returned Sunday 7th September. 18 August I posted off the car tax reminder with MOT certificate, insurance certificate, and my cheque in payment. 1st class stamp. Done by post as I object to paying HMGOV anything more than I absolutely have to. On return home, no letter containing tax disc. Cheque cleared bank ...

I own a closed down public house which has a adjoining piece of land that was unregistered. I have Been using the land for about four years because the site was unoccupied here was no one to challenge me.its been fenced off for two. It have never been registed before and caution was advised by land registry for first registration. I took instructions from local solicitor made adverse poss on the...

Hi, I'm a caretaker at a Junior school, basically work from 5.10 to 9.30 am, then again from 2.30pm to 6pm and obviously have a five hour break in the day when I am not at work during which I have a two hour nap to 'catch up'. As a matter of course I gave permission for the school to use and give out my mobile number to anyone so long as it was in connection with work. Yesterday the mobile...

Hello board. I'm attending an american non-immigrant visa interview on monday. I have declared that i have convictions / cautions on my record (conviction for drunk and disorderly and a caution for possession of a small amount of cannabis ). i'm worried that the caution for cannabis will sound the death knell for any chances i have of attending a performance of mahler's 8th in new york next...

can anyone suggest a course of action please I find myself in a difficult situation and before i go to a solicitor I would like to know if it is worth it on august 1st i handed over £400 as a deposit for a room in a flat with a landlady. i have a paper signed by both of us stating the money was for a deposit ( she did not write refundable) that should be follow with £400 a month rent due on the...

I would welcome any advice that could help my father. He lives in a cottage that is accessed by a private single track driveway. Alongside the driveway are three fields, two of which are rented to people who use them for grazing horses. The field leases allow use of the driveway for access to the fields. These fields have recently been sub-divided so more horses are being grazed there and more...

If someone parks their car on my land (in Wales) I can take action to get it removed but it is not mine. If someone 'parks' a set of tyres on my land they become mine and I can deal with them in any way I see fit. Why doesn't the car become mine, or do I have to wait a certain length of time? --

Good afternoon. My first post, so please go easy on me :) Cutting a long story short, a 15 year girl came to my house a few weeks back, and put her fist through one of my windows. She was arrested for Criminal Damage and cautioned. As a result, I had to pay £125 for the insurance excess, a further £11 odd for the cost of a window that wouldn't be replaced by the insurance as it was not damaged,...

All. Following my victory in the County Court I have been invited to submit my cost schedule. I have a bill for the costs up until the time I began to represent myself - thereafter I have some details of the time I have spent in preparations and the days off work I have had to take so in theory it should be pretty easy to work out.

90 MPH on a motorway - likely outcome? (Not me, as it happens, but one of my sons.)

I have in mind cases involving schools, which might be heard by a Tribunal (SENDIST), a Magistrates, the High Court and from there - the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. Clearly, outcomes of these cases may have important implications for many groups of people - Government (in the form of whatever department/s are responsible for schools and education), Local Authorities,...

Hi, Is someone able to answer the following for me. I am currently a full payment member of a private members club which is governed under the friendly societies act. This new year they are stating that people will only allowed in the club for a fee of £25 which will cover all food and drink for the night. Normally i would find this a great offer however i will have a new born baby and would...

I have seen what looks like council signs saying "No Overnight Parking". I presume they are backed up by either Scots Law or a local bylaw. If a landowner puts up a sign at say a beach car park what legal ground is he standing on?

Is it possible to get details of a hearing that occured last week at the local magistrates court from a website. The case is reported in the local paper, but it would be interesting to get details from the source (court documents), as the local paper cannot always be relied on to adhere to details. A quick look round: http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/ http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/ didn't...

Can anyone shed some light on the possible pitfalls surrounding the following idea. I would like members of a disability related newsgroup-like email list, to comment on a range of products that other members might be interested in but which are difficult for them to try. However, it struck me that if they comment on any product or service it's possible they could open themselves up to...

I have been the victim of harassment by youths in my neighbourhood for three years now, and my local police just don't seem to be prepared to help stamp out the problem, even though I've written numerous letters, including some to the Chief Constable, and my MP. My latest letter, to a Chief Superintendent, got me nowhere, so I'm thinking of making a formal complaint. I'd appreciate any advice...

In the event of it being demonstrated that the statement of truth contains a number of assertions which are not true and can be shown to be false, is the person signing the document subject to any sanction? If this is the case, how would one go about pursuing the matter? I am not interested in financial compensation but am prepared to be bemused by the likelihood that there is probably no...

I have come here on a couple of occasions to ask for advice about a case under the Animals Act 1971 Section 2 - Strict Liability. I was being sued by an insurance company for liability and negligence regarding an road accident which happened involving horses which were not mine and should not have been grazing in my fields - additionally I was on holiday in the US at the time. The Claimants...