Daughter, professional, secure salaried job, 30ish, seeks accomodation, a step up from student acc. I have suggested she contact estate agents/web sites etc for a 2 roomed apartment, with the view to sub-let the second room. She would be able to take on lease and prove that she could, if necessary, manage the outgoings by herself, if necessary. SWMBO says that it is illegal to sub-let. I would...

Neighbour (busybody) has threatened to report me for leaving my wheelie bin on the street. I note that various people round the country have had fixed fines. What legislation allows this - is it just a general all purpose 'no obstruction' law or one specifically for bins? If obstruction, would I be able to argue my point with "I keep it next to a dirty great tree in the middle of the...

News Item Fri, Aug 15th 2008 "Drivers are still enduring long queues several hours after a Fathers 4 Justice protest forced the closure of four lanes on the M25". Thousands of folk missed flights from Heathrow & Gatwick, and arrived late to weddings, funerals, business appointments, etc. Cost of all this is incalculable.

My son has a learning disability (LD) and attends a secondary special school designated for Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (SPMLD). He has a Statement of Special Educational Need (SEN Statement) that describes him, amongst other things, ...as likely to run away. of ...having no sense of danger..., and that this relates to road safety issues. He is described as needing...

I want to attach a gazebo to the back of my house 12ft high down to 7ft, 14ft long and about 5ft wide it will have the fence on one side and be open on all other sides. It predominantly designed to provide privacy from my neighbours who are naturally on higher ground the us and have built a raised deck adjacent which means they are head and shoulders above of 6ft fence and view directly into our...

I live in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales and enjoy a beautiful panoramic view from the front of my residential property which stretches for miles. I have just come back from holiday to discover a thick black electricity cable has been repositioned accross the farmer's field about 15 metres from my property. When viewed from the ground floor of my house it runs along the horizon...

To cut a long story short, is excessive noise/vibration from a train line at the bottom of the garden (the garden isn't big, so the train line is very close) any sort of cause for cutting a tenancy agreement short? 6-10 passenger trains an hour go by at high speed, plus freight trains. The passenger trains only stop at 01:00 and start up again around 04:30 - the freight trains run 24 hours. ...

Hi, update, passed details to police, they did investigate but said "its a civil matter" as I was told on here. But what they did do was confirm the details of the account holder and her address. This means I can take small claims action. Question is should I win and the seller refuses to pay after that, can I force them to pay? If I cant, I dont see the point, and the law really is an ass!!

The facts of the case as reported a A 37 year old man followed two girls, one aged 16 and one aged 17, home from school on two separate occasions, approached them individually, paid them compliments and asked for their phone numbers. He was found guilty of harassment, sentenced to three months imprisonment and also ordered to do 100 hours community service, pay £300 court costs and was given...

Hi, I bought an MP3 player (not a cheap one) less than six months ago and it has gone wrong. (It was bought via Amazon marketplace.) I emailed the company and they have sent me a label and a form to sign when returning the item. One of the clauses in the form seems unreasonable to me since it states "All faults that are not covered by the warranty will lead to a payable quote made by the...

Just been issued with a default notice for a home contents policy I cancelled by post in July. On phoning "customer services" (will I *ever* stop laughing at that one) they didn't want to talk to me, spouting the DPA, as I would only identify myself by surname and the reference number they issued. It occurs to me, does the UK DPA actually cover calls to India? --

My wife's uncle died last November, leaving a will which was written and dated in 1979. The terms of the will are : 1. (Revocation) 2. (Appointment of Executrix and Executor) 3. I give to my father W the sum of one thousand pounds absolutely

Hello all My brother was named executor in my late fathers will, in which each child was left a share. He and I have never seen eye to eye and despite constantly demanding action he has not given me my share. He has now disappeared abroad somewhere. It is 4 years since the will was read. I have tried everything I can think of. What else can I do on limited income?

I have decided that I have no use for www.utmostgoodfaith.com. It has never been used. So, it's now on e-bay if anyone's interested. Bidding can be done from: http://url.ie/mkb -- FERGUS O'ROURKE www.irish-lawyer.com

I received a nice letter from Davenport Lyons last week as well, stating I had made available the game ‘The Witcher’ on a P2P network and that I can choose to pay them 870£ now or be prepared to get sued. I have now finished some extensive reading on the internet and got a ton of information thanks to guys like you who all shared their knowledge. Just wanted to say thanks at this point, you’re...

Hi all, trying to work out if my logic is correct.. I have a old camper van, needed new clutch and gearbox..... I have a old van, call it Tranny... too ill to work on them, so i ask a neighbour if he would change the gearbox/clutch, so its ready for the road and instead of cash payment he has the tranny van...says yes (tranny needed work for mot) as i dont have much money for a garage to do it.

Hi, If someone is served a section 49 notice under RIPA 2000 requiring them to disclose their decryption key, and the key is (say) derived on-the-fly from an iris scan, can they be forced to stick their eye in front of a scanner? RIPA somewhat recursively defines a key as "any key, code, password, algorithm or other data". Purely out of curiosity, naturally!

I tried googling but without success. I am looking for a simple explanation of what is meant by a "back to back contract" in the context of buying and selling land. Anybody willing to help? -- Alasdair.

I work for the ambulance service in the control room, and as such work a rota system. We work a 24 week rota, with 12 hour shifts. We have been on this rota for several years with no problems, however our employer wishes to review the rota. Having conducted a poll of all employees, the majority are happy with the current rota but would be open to change, and our manager has promised us the...

Hi, Looking for a bit of independent advice. I am being sued by a former franchisor for about £2500 due to the fact that the franchise ended early. They are claiming I walked away - but in fact they removed all my franchise customers and re-assigned them and THEN told me to leave (verbally) because I would not commit to a franchise extention. Weeks after this was done they then wrote and...