A family I know appear to be being very much let down by social services. The family, a mother and two sons, all have learning difficulties. The older son has just turned 19, the younger will be 15 in September. I think the older child has a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy and though having no obvious mobility problems clearly has behavioural problems. The behaviour is so bad that he has wrecked...

I need some help as the Land Registry has registered a charge against my property that they claim arose over 14 years ago. To provide you with a brief background, on 11th August 2008, I received a B46 Notice of an Application from the Land Registry for registration of a charge under the Legal Aid Act 1988 or Access to Justice Act 1999. I was informed that if I wish to object to the...

Hello, I would like some advice, unmarred couple been “together” for over 20 years, have an adult daughter that is about to go to university. Currently live together, mother gave up work when daughter was born and has stayed at home looking after the house and daughter. The daughter has quite bad mental health problems and the mother helped her with this whereas the father never got involved and...

I am interested in finding out what sort of crimes might receive a given financial penalty (for an individual). Similarly I am interested in knowing what level of damages would be awarded for the same financial penalty. The figures I have in mind a - £10,000 - £15,000 - £20,000

I'm the Technical Director of a software company in which I own 16.6% of the shares. There are three other director/shareholders who I'll refer to as "MD", "Chairman" and "Ops". MD and Chairman own 33.3% each and Ops owns the remaining 16.6%. My work rarely involves me having any direct contact with the financial aspects of the company but I've recently accidentally discovered that MD has been...

According to the Judge's clerk, there was no Court decision in this case and there was no award of damages; the litigants reached a private, out of court settlement. Makes DL's claim look a bit strange: http://www.davenportlyons.com/html/legal_services/articles/it_newmedia/file_sharing.html

This post vanished first time round, so here it is again. In news:, Chris R opined: In , Anthony R. Gold opined: On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:25:05 +0100, Rod wrote: I want my company to import a medicine.

This is a question to gain some understanding of what issues apply. I would like to understand how existing companies operate and what would stop another company doing similarly. Please take 'my company' as fictitious. I want my company to import a medicine. The medicine itself is not normally available in the UK. If it were available, it would be a prescription-only product.

Hello Your opinions would be most welcome on what may be a common little scam. Here is the scenario. Young tenants rent Leeds student property from "reputable landlord" and pay deposit. Students study tirelessly and pay hefty fees to university. Tenancy ends. Tenants scrub up house spotlessly before vacating and hand in keys.

Hi, Sorry this is long. but I really don't know any other way to explain it. In 2001, following divorce, my ex-wife and I had a clean break settlement. I continued to pay child support regardless of the settlement, whether through the CSA or voluntarily, whether I was in the UK or not. At the end of '05 I received a letter from my ex-wifes solicitor

On Saturday 30th August I ordered a part for a printer from a website, the part was new, but opened and hence was at a bargain price of £12ish as opposed to the normal price of around £80+vat The advert on the website advised that " Delivery is normally 3-5 working days for Clearance / 2nd User items" Not a problem as I wasn't planning to fit the part until after the following weekend,...

I'm hoping someone can help. I was off sick during my first year of employment in a fairly senior role and my company sent me a letter terminating my employment immediately but saying they would pay me for my month's notice. As part of my T&Cs I get a car allowance but they are refusing to pay me this for the notice period. I am rather upset at this as nowhere does it state in my T&Cs that...

Ahoy ! Just had my CRB check back. The Police have, after 8 years added a malicious accusation of Indecent Assault by a girl (15) whom I threatened with referal to her parents at a school where I was on long term supply. Didn't go anywhere. Details on CRB accurate but included is the statement that,' during the course of the investigation concerns were raised in relation to J123's teaching...

We may have server problems - a number of messages that were moderated several hours ago still haven't reached the group. I suppose you should wait at least until late evening before you try reposting.

I live in an unadopted road. On one side of the road there is a pavement that is quite high. On that side of the road, the houses have very small front gardens. Two of the houses on that side of the road have lowered their gardens and the pavement in front o their houses. They have paved over the gardens and are using it for parking their cars. As the garden is so small, when the cars...

I don't know how many people are aware of the extraordinary case of Rebecca Richardson being stripped of her 50% share in a shared ownership scheme. If not, here are a couple of...

In most discussion about knife possession the chef on the way home from work defence is mentioned. Our local paper has a story that appears to indicate the limits of that defence. A was stopped and searched by police as he walked home. On the previous evening there had been complaints of rowdy behaviour from a gang of youths and police were searching the area when they noticed A walking...

Hi everyone, my sister has a problem and im hoping someone here can give some advice. She is married with 2 girls under 10 but wants a divorce as her husband is both verbaly and physicaly abusive to her and the relationship has broken down. They live in a council flat and its in her husbands sole name even though they moved in it together but my sister has been told that for the council to rehome...

Trying again: Janitor of Lunacy wrote: wrote: On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:35:04 +0100, Don Aitken wrote: As has been pointed out here several times, your bona fide belief that you were entitled to act in the way you did is a complete

Dear Legal Eagles Is there anyone out there in the legal profession that can state for the record what is the lower or upper limit for the average person to be able to use the Legal Aid system if they really need to. Is it say a minimum of three strikes and that's that. Many Thanks Robert