Greetings Law Banters I am new to this forum and find it really help full. Though I am not legally trained I know thing or two about the law and understand were I stand. Recently my application to file Statutory Declaration out of time has been refused by Court Officer sitting at Northampton County Court. But......he has made a great mistake because the evidence presented by the opposing...

I was accused, by a member of the public (MOTP), of something I did not do (and can prove using video evidence) It occurred at a train station. Importantly the MOTP subsequently made a statement to the police (BTP) where he gave no details of an inditable offence (IO) in the first place (or when he mad the accusations to me and to the train staff). From what I have read I believe that an IO is a...

This has intrigued me for some time: Forward facing (usually mobile) speeding cameras must have difficulty identifying motorcycle riders as there is no requirement for number plates on the front of a M/bike. I have queried this with police authorities, but their reply is always; not relevent to a specific offence in which I have been involved and so they cannot comment!! (Seems something is being...

I past my motorcycle test in 1967! Car test came later. Eventually a little red license was received. This was 'converted' in 1976 and it appears the catergory A (motorcycle entitlement) was left off. I continued to drive motorcycles on and off for years, but recently found my license was not complete! Several expensive phone calls to DVLA (and DSA, Traffic Area Commissioners ....) revealed...

Hopefully someone can assist with some useful advice or guidelines that may be of assistance to me. Following breach of contract am I still owed monies outstanding....& are the original payment terms still applicable? Overdue (Due Jul 1st) - £8,354.27 Due 1st Aug - £ 11,213.50 plus future due amount £ 4,751. I'm a contractor who until 25th July been operating through an agency. All year the...

A couple of new story's this week that together caught my attention. The first is that the National DNA database samples are being sold to private companies for purposes only very loosely related to solving crime: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2459976/Millions-of-profiles-from-DNA-database-passed-to-private-firms.html and the second is Panorama's somewhat...

For approximately 1 year, I have been supplying professional services on an occasional but regular basis to an organisation either free of charge or at significantly reduced rates in response to their assertion that they are in a precarious financial position. This arrangement has been on the implicit understanding that I would obtain business from them should funds become available, being their...

What are rules relating to quad bikes, e.g., licence, insurance, tax etc? I have seen a number of them driving around on the roads in the city without licence plates.

http://www.eca.co.uk/NewsAndViews/news_details.asp?id=1002280 Discuss... I for one detect a severe case of the law of unintended consequences. Cheers Tim

Hi Picture this: a semi-detached house on a corner. The house has no front garden and faces road A (a major dualled A road), but the back garden runs down alongside a cul-de-sac, road B, and backs on to my property on Road B. One half of the semi is broken into two flats. The second half has recently been modified to nominally make it one property, although it is multiple occupancy.

Is there any guidance as to how long electrical goods can be expected to last? A while ago I bought a CD player from a High Street store. It worked perfectly for a couple of months, then gave up. Since it was cheap (£20) I just disposed of it and bought a similar one at a similar price from a different shop (Woolworths, this time). This one has now also stopped working; I have had it just over...

mike wrote in : snip Thanks for any assistence. IANAL, but this case exercises features of contract and consumer law so nicely that I think you may have a career ahead of you writing law exams.

This isn't a clear-cut fair-avoidance case, so please read it through. I was stopped onboard a train on May 14th, and asked to show my ticket. I showed my (valid) ticket to the inspector. He asked me for my Young Persons card. I looked through my bag, but couldn't find it. He took a statement from me, because I did not have £20 or my Y-P card. The ticket was refused by the inspector, and...

Last year I bought a new car, I wanted to make sure I got the right one so I test drove every engine configuration within a certain model range. This is BMW, a German manufacturer of a so-called prestige motor car and I wanted the best power to MPG ratio (compromise), I told the dealers many times that a diesel would be no good as my wife hates the sound they make. Test drove all the petrol ones,...

A friend has a problem with a rainwater leak. The house, built in the 1950s, is an ex-council house and was bought about 3 years ago from the original LA tenant who had used his option to purchase. It is semi-detached, but a separate outbuilding that was once used as a coal-shed/store is co-joined to the neighbour on the other side. This is a single brick walled building with a dividing wall,...

I have purchased an item off ebay, it arrived and was defective beyond use. I agreed with the seller for a refund on condition he received the item back, I have sent the item back, and now no contact whatsoever and no refund! Paypal say they can do nothing! great lot of good that is, Question is, should I call the Police? has an offence been commited? is it a type of fraud?

I recently had a holiday - the room was not what I had paid extra for. I wrote to the company and said that I thought they were in breach off Sale of Goods Act - explained fully why - and asked for a refund of £90 (the extra) out of a total of a thousand I did not mention taking Court action - I said I expected a timely response - no deadline given After 9 days not hearing from them I sent...

How serious an offense is this? What laws are covered here if committed? If an Expert Witness (Single joint) withholds disclosing full test results for a test conducted for his legal report and then further ignores requests for these results, how serious is this?

Around a week ago I went to my employer to tell them I stole £40,000 from them over last couple of years and have been balancing the accounts ever since, nobody had a clue. They called the police and I admitted exactly the same to them. I am now on bail for 11 weeks. I am due to get married on saturday and my fiance, who also had no idea is standing by me, I have a son and have no previous. I...

We have had an offer accepted on a house. It is listed as 3 bedroom with a rear extension. In doing the searchs, our solicitor has discovered that the extension and loft conversion (the 3rd bedroom) which were supposedly built in 1998 have not gotten either planning permission or building regs (these were 'pending'). We are not concerned with the planning permission. My questions is (which...