Can a person's existing Job Description be amended by the employer without the agreement of the employee? Thanks - Steve B.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3557372.stm Having spotted another bandwagon to jump on , blunkett wants to stop prisoners **and their families** from claiming lottery prizes. Aside from being completely unworkable , requiring a winner to prove that they have no convicted criminals in their family , what exactly is the problem here? If someone is at a stage in their sentence that they are...

"Peter Ramm" wrote Are the rejected posts "archived" in any way. Oly last few, Take look he http://www.moderation.org.uk/3displayulm.php Derek

The following letter appeated in The Times 16 August 2004 Admissibility of terror evidenc From Sir Brian Barder Sir, One of the many questionable features of the Court of Appeal judgment on the admissibility in terrorism cases of certain evidence allegedly obtained by torture (report, August 12), and one on which there has been surprisingly little comment, is Lord Justice Laws's statement that...

Hi everyone, I was driving along behind a nice new car today, and had a thought. My car has normal bulbs in the brake lights - if they fail the police can pull me because the light is obviously off. What if I`ve got LED brake lights though - the car infront of me had 12 LED`s. At what point can the police stop you? If one LED fails the light is less than 10% dimmer - at what point would the...

I personally own a second house in which two of my sons live. I also use an elf contained annexe at this house to run my business. My company pays me rent for the use of the house for the business. There is no formal agreement or lease in place It has been sugested that SDLT may now be payable to the Inland revenue and that by not paying this I may incur interest and a penalty. Does anyone...

From the Guardian 13 August 2004 Police to get wider arrest powers: Alarm at plan to use community support officers to tackle beggars, drinking and carrying weapons Alan Travis Home affairs editor A major extension to the powers of police community support officers, dealing with beggars and underage drink-ers and searching suspects for weapons, forms part of the police reform proposals...

BRITAIN'S information watchdog gives warning today that the country risks "sleepwalking into a surveillance society" because of government plans for identity cards and a population register. Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, says that there is a growing danger of East German Stasi-style snooping if the State gathers too much information about individual...

My apologies for the cross post but to be honest, I'm not sure who to ask about this. I am in he UK and would like to take my daughter for a few days in New York but I want it to be a surprise for her - not telling her until we were checking in. This wouldn't be until march next year but by that time, the new regulations for travelling to the US will have come into force. Her passport will be...

smicker wrote: The next door neighbour in this case refused to recognise his obligations under the Part Wall Acts and started work on the party wall. A surveyor was engaged and he had a word and work stopped immediately pending a Party Wall Act Award. Suddenly work started again today. The surveyor has talked to the contractors and the Consultants and got nowhere so I applied for an...

"smicker" wrote in message ... On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:00:15 +0100, Cynic wrote: On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:35:06 +0100, smicker wrote: An emergency injunction was sought on Friday. Because it was was not correctly written out (yes again) it was abridged for 24...

Cynic wrote: On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:35:06 +0100, smicker wrote: An emergency injunction was sought on Friday. Because it was was not correctly written out (yes again) it was abridged for 24 hours during which it had to be served on my sons neighbours and heard by a circuit Judge on Tuesday. However the neighbours have gone away for the weekend and are...

Hallo, I'm about to move into a House Share, and I have a few question about the contract the landlord presented us and regarding the liability of each tennant. Perhaps someone of you could give me some help: The property is a terraced house, and the landlord seems to be the owner (although he has his own 'agency' running the house). The contract seems to me very biased towards the landlord, ie...

"Steve Firth" wrote in message ... My wife and I were involved in an RTA last Saturday. I phoned the plod, but they declined to visit the scene despite being told that there were injuries. When we got out of hospital I phoned them again to tell them that we had definitley been injured and got told that we would...

"dormouse" wrote in message ... I've just realised that I've had a post rejected, no problem there, however the reason given was: "The reference to a "****** *****" Egyptian is potentially defamatory and risky given his litigious nature, and the nervous nature of the mods. Please consider reposting with a small adjustment."

"Peter Parry" wrote in message ... At best such a return under the DSR's is highly questionable and most likely to be refused by the seller. Can you expand on the extent it is reasonable to inspect/try the goods before returning under DSR, please?

In another newsgroup, someone has just posted the name and business address of someone, accusing them of being a paedophile. The person being accused denies this, and claims that the OP is a disgruntled customer who threatened to do something like this. Personnaly I believe the accused, but either way was wondering what the best thing for this person to do is? Obviously they should...

From the Guardian 14 August 2004 Aslef chief sacked in brawl fallout Owen Bowcott The leader of the train drivers' union was sacked yesterday by his executive for "gross misconduct" in the aftermath of an infamous brawl at a north London barbecue in May. Aslef's dismissal of Shaun Brady marks the first time a trade union general

Peter Parry wrote: It isn't unreasonable that you should be expected to pay for your actions and the costs they cause others if you are wrong. Sometimes you just have to put your money where your mouth is. Smicker replied: Yup that is how it goes. I have no problem with that. smicker

Last January I got a quote from British Gas to install a new central heating system, a gas fireplace and a shower system (Just about everything needed renewing in my new house). I told them that I'd have to take some time off work to get it installed and they agreed to come and do all the work in a single week in February. They installed the heating system on day one and two but then their...