Our supplier supports our computer hardware - has an annual contract - some months there will be now problems other months many problems - but same fixed fee. Contract states invoice 'monthly in advance'. With credit terms of 'nett 30'. Nett 30 some say is 30 days from invoice date (but I would suggest that traditionally its 30 days end of month?). So December service month should be dated 30...

Not sure if this is a travel industry thing or a distance selling thing or whatever but I'm hoping that some kind soul here may be able to help. On 11th October we used www.gtahotels.com to book four hotel rooms and the room rate given was a grand total of 880 GBP (110 GBP per room per night, for two nights). Gtahotels.com trade in Euro's as their base currency and at that time they quoted...

An acquaintance of mine was seriously ill a couple of years ago, and spent a fair amount of time in and out of hospital. Not surprisingly, finances weren't really her priority at the time and she fell behind with several regular bills. Fortunately, she managed to catch up with all of them before it went to court, with the exception of one - British Gas, who obtained a CCJ for an unpaid debt of...

Hi, I have purchased a camera from a camera store online in the UK. They failed to deliver it, so I complained, stating I had taken a day off work, and in the end we decided I could collect it from the store, and they would re-route my order to the store afterwards to replenish their stock. I asked for compensation for the day taken off work, the postage fee, and the inconvenience. A few days...

Around these parts several notices have gone up in recent weeks - "Police Operation In Progress". They vary in style but do look to be genuine. They are well and truly locked (e.g. motorcycle lock and chain round a lamp post). Typical locations are supermarket petrol station and local parade of shops. My take is that they are simply raising profile, making people think they are doing...

Hi All, I have submitted an application myself and I would just like to ask for some further guidence on my flexible workings application, before my forthcoming meeting. To help me prepare for my meeting, I would like to know what questions I could be asked by my company, and more importantly, what areas could be deemed inappropriate if i was asked a question. i.e `Why do i need this...

Hi all. As you might know I'm defending a civil action. I have received witness statements from the claimants and they contain numerous items of heresay. Can I highlight them and apply to have those comments ignored or thrown-out (don't know the correct terminology), when I cross examine?

As a matter of interest why can't the mother and her 32 year old boyfriend be named? CJ

My son moved out of a rented flat just over two years ago. Somebody set up some credit card accounts in his name from that old address, and earlier this year a whole slew of debt collection agencies wrote to him at that address. These were mostly dated Jan - Mar, but there are some current ones too. Unfortunately, these letters have only been forwarded to him in the last week. My advice to...

Can I cash in a pension? it seems to have lost £10k off the total fund value in a year! what would I be entitlet to if I could cash in the total fund value, the non protected rights amount or the protected rights amount? seems more sensible to pay some of the mortgage off for now if i can

X-posted in uk.legal - sorry! Hi all, hope to get some advice from the knowledgable guys on here before I end up in court... Quick background info: On Wed 6th August I took delivery of a bed and mattress from a website. The company offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee, but I feel I should also be able to cancel the contract under the DSR. Their guarantee

At a recent discussion a guy told us that his Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration give the address of his brother i.e. c/o xxxxxxxxx His brother does not know where he lives (he says) and he calls at his brother's house infrequently to collect any mail. By this subterfuge, he says he avoids paying any parking and automatic traffic offence tickets because the Baillifs are unable to find...

I realise that this is just a discussion group and with serious stuff professional legal advice is needed but i am curious about the weight that a prepared statement would carry in court. The situation is that a prepared statement was put together by the defendant's (duty) solicitor for when this person was interviewed by the Police and she went No comment all through the interview. The...

i apprciate your patience with all these questions about Magistrates Court...the person in question is now complaining bitterly about her solicitor. Her beef is that the solicitor isn't making any effort to build a defence. To date this solicitor has done a fantastic job in obtaining leniency, but like everybody else involved with this person she has just about reached the end of the road. She...

Hi We are engaged with a civil court case in involving a person using the 1975 Inheritance act to claim from my fathers estate. (Possible Half brother unknown.) This person has just been jailed for over 3 years for Fraud, forgery purge, false instruments being a director whilst disqualified in total 18 charges. (2.5.million pounds of debt.) He has brought the case against the estate as he is...

Some weeks ago bailiffs attended my home address and removed vehicles that were registered to my company, the company has a debt. They also removed vehicles not belonging to the company, and despite offering proof (V5 registration documents, receipts/invoices for the vehicles) they will not give them back and are going to sell them via the internet. They won't listen to me, and I am having real...

I am in dispute with a web design client who has arbitrarily cancelled a commission and refused to settle his invoice. We are progressing the matter through the Small Claims Court. I purchased two domain names on behalf of the client and have, to date, refused to transfer these domain names until the dispute is settled. The client is claiming that I am blackmailing him, and I wondered...

I have had a claim refused under my house insurance on grounds which I believe are spurious. The insurer is Saga and since they refer in their literature to "Our Policy..." and so on I assume my contract is with them; there is no indication that they are acting simply as agents for the underwriters in collecting the premiums. Yet the formal letter refusing the claim comes from the...

There was a posting outage today from around 12:15 (Thursday Nov 6th) until about 19:30. This was unfortunately entirely my fault, I apologise to the group and promise to be more careful when changing things in future. It would be best to assume that if a post has not turned up by now then it is not going to {R}

Hello Neighbours have put in an application for planning permission for a single story extension on to the rear of their property Walls of facing bricks and single pitch tiled roof sloping down from the existing 2 storey house. The plans show it as the whole width of their house and extending 12 feet back from it. Where it joins their house I would anticipate it