My old car engine was blown and I was no longer able to drive it. I kept it on the grass outside my house until I get round to scrap it. Before the tax expires I declared it off the road (SORN) and got a notifcation that I should no longer use it or keep it on "Public Road". One day coming back from work the car was no longer there and after contacting the neighbours I was told it has been taken...

All I am really sorry for the length of this post but the saga is long and I=20 would appreciate some advice or at least a truthful answer as to where I=20 stand. I feel that I have been given the round-around by a certain=20 no-named company and also been given false information by my bank. In July I purchased some computer parts for some friends and I paid=20 using my debit card. The good...

I've just had a demand letter for a parking fine from Knaresboroughs enforcement goons. Luckily enough I still had the ticket, in a rather crumpled off the floor condition, so it was faxed back and they replied rather snottily that "they feel it would not be in the interests to prosecute further" since they don't have the balls to admit to their mistake. However since I probably collect three or...

I've had a letter through my letterbox this morning addressed to the houses previous occupant. I was just going to put it in the letterbox marked "no longer at this address", however just above the address I can make out the letters "Warrant of Distress". As the letter is not addressed to me I don't really want to open it, however could someone please explain what a "Warrent of Distress" is? --

Hi I've taken over as company secretary for a property management company and just received the annual return. The previous secretary resigned as secretary but stayed on as director, but it looks like he filled in his 288 form incorrectly, as he's still registered as a secretary (as am I), but is no longer on the list of directors. How do I get this fixed? The annual return only allows for...

Several companies of multiple shareholding and directorship are splitting. Director and shareholder named Mr Smith has all the domains in his personal name or his company name. Director and shareholder named Mr Jones is taking some companies in the split that are registered to Mr Smith. Things might turn nasty.

Has it been rejected - didn't seem to be contentious to me?

Please will someone post some link to reliable long-term crime statistics, preferably easy reading with lots of pictures (graphs)! 1960 to date would be most useful.

advance Can anyone help some years ago in the 70s, when I bought a house the sellers said that the central heating was in working order in the contracts, and it wasn't, I was told to take them to the small claim court under the misrepresentation act I believe of 1965 but I'm not sure, nor can I remember what part of the act, all I can remember is that if you sign saying something is so and it...

I see that Google, in conjunction with several academic libraries, is scanning full text books and publishing them on its Internet site to the great annoyance of some authors and publishers and to the delight of people like me who don't want to have to go traipsing to the local library to look something up. I wonder when English and Scottish law reports will be available this way? Most of the...

I'm trying to seek some legal advice. Hoax calls are being made about a property, the caller stating that a 'woman is calling for help from the property'. The police have instantly established these are hoax calls made by a care in the community mental health patient (who also happens to be a scummy crackhead & heroin addict). This information has been logged on their central computer...

what are the legalities regarding a sole trader using a made up company name on headed paper, advertising etc. if they're not registered with the IR under that name and/or are registered as trading under their own name ? thanks

Hi, Thanks for reading. I'm a new author writing a novel. Two of the main characters are a GP and a solicitor. I'd like to make their professional relationship as authentic as possible, so if you're a solicitor or other legal type, and you wouldn't mind answering a few general, probably fairly simple questions about the purchase of a share in a GP practice, please get in touch. It will probably...

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Hi, A customer wants to take his car before I have completely finished working on it (just needs another 15 minutes approx to finish). Can I insist on completing the job and therefore fulfilling my contract? Can I prevent him from taking his car by putting a car in the way to prevent him driving off in it? What is the situation if he rings the police? Do they have the right to order me to...

An old friend of mine has just had notification of his annual pay review and had his pay increased - which is nice for him. Unfortunately, whoever typed up the official notification letter to him apparently got the figures spectacularly wrong in his favour. Now, I believe the offical notification letter (signed by a senior manager in his company) forms part of a contract of employment...

It looks likely that my mum will have to take a well known electrical retailer (C***T online) to small claims to get a refund on goods ordered but never delivered. Can she claim for the costs of the action ? Also, can the defendant apply to have it heard elsewhere, and if they do, can we claim travelling expenses if we win ?

I often see motorcycles parked at bicycle stands on the pavement. What is the legality of this? Does it make any difference if there is a blue sticker showing a bicycle on the stand? (I assume no.) I was under the impression that motorcycles should not be ridden or pushed on the pavement, in the same way as cars shouldn't, with a few exceptions. Is this correct?

Hi, My daughter is a student at Lancaster University and rented a room in a house for which she paid £200 deposit. The tenancy agreement ended 15th July and new occupants moved in 2 weeks later. She spoke to the Landlord in August about the return of her deposit and he stated that he would return it when 2 settees that were not

A friend of mine has an 18 ft speedboat which he keeps moored either in his boathouse or a= t the quay-heading at the bottom of his garden, which abuts a non-tidal stretch of river. Three years ago a holiday maker in a 24 ft hire craft rammed the moored speedboat (there was nobody in the speedboat at the time) and did about =A31,000 worth of damage. The driver of the hire craft made a...