Thanks for reading this. A gentleman buys and sells car parts on ebay, and has his own web pages also indicating he sells car parts. I paid for three parts (not via ebay) with a direct bank transfer into his account and two weeks later he sent the parts but with one the wrong colour (bumper). I informed him of this at the time and he said he would replace it, so far after almost a month with...

What if someone who owns the legal copy of an album on cassette tape, and then downloads the same album on p2p? Are any laws being broken here? As I see it: Owning an original recording in one format, then downloading a digital format of the same material is legal. **SS**

Hi all, I ordered a gas cooker online last week from Comet and when they delivered it I was told that it is illegal for me to install it myself and that I need to get a Corgi engineer in. I called a Corgi engineer in the next day just to make sure it was done safely. It seems a bit harsh to make it illegal to fit a cooker. I'd understand

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me out. As far as I understand it a wife is allowed to assume her husbands surname on marriage (the marriage certificate being all the documentation that is required). A man does not have the right to change his surname name to that of his wifes. This seems unfair and a case of sexual discrimination. How do I go about

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:10:04 +0100, Full Name wrote: I understand that certain drugs which are illegal in the UK are legal elsewhere in and around Europe. An example of this is the "personal use" of anabolic steroids; in places like Turkey, Tunisia, Spain and possibly Greece I am told they are perfectly legal to sell, purchase and use without a prescription. It is...

A relative of mine works for a company that is closing the UK works and shipping all the machinery to an East European location to save costs,(i.e. to increase profits). He, together with his co-workers, have been told they must train the foreign workers to use the machinery before it is stripped down and shipped. Is he within his rights to refuse? His contract of Employment says nothing about...

A certain Clifford Francombe has been jailed for a rape committed 21 years ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4922790.stm How on earth does one satisfactorily prove an accusation of rape in these circumstances? He was found guilty by a jury, so there must have been some persuasive evidence. What would count as evidence 21 years later?

Hello, This is a bit of a long saga but briefly:- A one man limited company did not pay my invoice to them, I got a CCJ for the money (£1900), defendant still did not pay, I got an enforcement order, the company ignored this and the baliffs seemed to have given up as the guy worked from home and has no company assets. Today I get a notice that the company have applied to vary the order and...

I have been police checked for my job, several years ago in fact, but now my employer wishes to do a full check as my work involves contact with vunerable families... I have a question about the sort of info the Police may hold... In 1985 I was interviewed about the sexual assault of a kid on my estate. It wasn't just me that was interviewed, it was every one of roughly my age. Two police...

Nice story. Fathers pay £1m to save sons' school http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2146177,00.html .... Mike Holland, whose 15-year-old son was due to sit his mock GCSEs at Newlands, was unable to find a new school to match its standards so, with his business partner, John Summers, who had two children at the school, he offered to pay the administrators to keep the school open. Children...

UK record companies' trade association the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has been granted an order by the High Court requiring six UK Internet service providers to disclose the names and addresses of 31 individuals alleged to have uploaded large numbers of music files on to peer-to-peer file sharing networks. See: http://itvibe.com/news/3352/ How does one know if a High Court order...

A friend of mine tried to attend a meeting of the CPR Regeration Project in Cornwall which was advertised as being open to members of the public. Full text he http://www.cprregeneration.co.uk/newsroom.htm When he arrived this is what happened. http://chipandfish.com/cpr.mpg Is the guy who broke his camera equipment within his rights because my friend should not have been filming in the...

Hi, I am more or less resigned to paying a penalty charge for stopping just at the very start of a bus bay in York Way, Kings Cross for just long enough to allow two people to leave the car and take their luggage with them, a process which took maybe two minutes. A photograph was taken and a penalty imposed for 'parking' in the bay. I presume there is no leeway whatsoever for such an offence...

Hi each I have not been `assimilated` to a new post following a restructure. I have a letter from the HR Manager stating that where at least 80% of old duties reflect into the new post then staff will be assimilated. I have written a letter of Appeal against the decision. In the first paragraph of my letter I state " I consider that *** Company is in Breach of Contract in not

This has been puzzling me for a little while now, so maybe someone can answer me this: When a news article refers to Blair standing down as PM, it also mentions Gordon Brown WILL be taking over as PM. Surely this isnt as straightforward, and that some kind of election would take place amongst the party to see IF Brown becomes leader. Or am i being naive, here and it IS a nice cozy carve up...

Can someone please point me towards information which ISP's are currently required to retain on their users and how long for? Mine is suggesting that they have negligible data but I am not convinced! Peter Crosland

David J wrote in : Is a solicitor entitled to charge a client for the time spent on the very first brief visit, which was solely to establish if the firm was prepared to take on the case? Yes. You need to sort this out before you make the appointment.

Recently filed & obtained a monetary Judgement by Default after my bank failed to file a defence, followed by a Warrant of Execution. They are now seeking to have both set aside on the grounds that they never received any documents, & now plan to defend the action. I find it inconceivable that a major bank would have failed to receive both: a) The original Summons and b) subsequent Default...

Gary wrote: (reposted via Giganews rather than Zen due to black hole) I ordered some goods through a USA website (an open-source supporting t-shirt). The payment was made through Paypal. After a late delivery, I find they've delivered the wrong design (for a different open-source project than the one I ordered) and the wrong size.

I am in the process of selling my house, I recently accepted an offer and the buyers survey has been carried out today. The surveyor has basically said that he would not recommend any lending on the house as there is a pole running from the basement up to the roof that is not part of the houses original structure. I do not have the full report yet but basically he is implying the structure...