I think this might be a good idea, to celebrate the creation of this newsgroup (there is a tradition of uk.legal having occasional but infrequent dinners also). I am not sure how one might moderate a dinner, though. -- Anthony Edwards

Steve Firth wrote: The horses have eaten every plant within reach over the boundary including a line of espalier trained pear trees (it will take more life than I have left to replace these). I've approached my neighbour politely and asked them to stop the horses from eating my garden and the only thing they were interested in was that the horses may eat...

About three years ago I was sued by someone I can best describe as a nutter. His reasons for sueing me (for in excess of £50K) were preposterous (you'll have to believe me on that) and I initially thought that his action would fall at the first hurdle. This hurdle, in the shape of a preliminary hearing at Leeds Combined Court put the fear of the Almighty in me. Mr Nutter was represented by a...

Find out what is poisonous to horses and tell the owner that you will planting the same, so she had better cough up for a fence!

I just spent 2 pounds and got my credit file from equifax. It shows all sorts of info about other people in my family too. For example, Equifax told me the balance on my son's credit card, even though he is aged 22 and no longer living at home. Surely this is wrong? My son is entitled to his privacy. Also, do they hand my son's info out to other people if I ask for credit? Geoff

Could anyone "in the know" explain the actual difference in evidence giving, procedure etc between the Queens Bench and the Administrative Court ?. I am led to believe, rightly or wrongly, that the Admin Court tends to skim over matters whereas the QB goes into greater detail . Thanks

I am the secretary for my local residents association. the treasurer has recently been voted off the committee because of his rude, argumentative, aggressive, sexist and general disruptive behaviour. There was one committee where he became so verbally aggressive towards me, when I asked him to stop he raised his fist to me, but fortunately didn't hit me. Since he has been voted off he has...

"smicker" wrote in message ... My local CC cannot make up it's mind how they should proceed and are becoming a nuisance. I filed a witness statement in triplicate to be stamped with the intention they should keep one for themselves and return to me my stamped copy and one for me to serve on the other party's...

At one point in my life I was conversant with electoral law but my ex wife just phoned me about something and by the time I phoned her back the person who, she considered had broken the law had left. Basically someone had visited her, in a van from her local authority (Barnet Council) handed her her Official polling card and also, at the same time, some election literature from one particular...

Any comments? | From: United Press International | Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.british_isles.uk,clari.world.europe | Subject: Britain reviews radical anti-terror plans | Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 11:20:22 EDT | | LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- The British government is reviewing | unprecedented anti-terrorism measures that include special | "security-cleared" judges, the Financial...

I would like to divest myself of our family home and pass it our 2 adult children. My wife and I would wish to remain as 'lifetime tenants' and would want some flexibility in any 'contract'. The degree of flexibility is an unknown quantity, I don't know what is possible. The main priority would be to protect this property and to not inflict any tax burden upon the kids. A little background. My...

Hi gang, I have outstanding balances totalling around £4350 with three well known Credit Card companies. £1900 with one, £520 with another, and £2195 with the third. On 15th November 2003 I sustained a dislocated and fractured ankle when coming out of a shop , and I have been unable to work since that time, so have been claiming Incapacity Benefit.

In article , C Coward writes A friend of mine from abroad purchased on Sunday a printer/scanner from PC World as a gift for a housemate. We only got round to opening it last night & found it was missing a USB cable & the glass scaning bed was smashed. Needless to say it's going to be returned tonight, hopefully for a direct...

I recall some years ago seeing a transcript of a speech of Lord Woolf regarding bringing in the CPR and the fact that he expected many more LIP's to come to Court and wanted to make it easier for them. Anyone know where I can get a copy ?. Thanks

Offensive weapons From June 6 stealth knives (knives or spikes made of material that cannot be seen by a metal detector) and batons with side handles will be included in the banned items list of the Criminal Justice (Offensive Weapons) Act 1988. It will be an offence to sell or own them. Planning The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 is expected to come into force this month or early...

Quite a few questions of (hopefully) general interest. I've had a good search on the web but the following questions seem to remain unanswered... 1. As far as I know, when a business runs a credit check on a potential customer (for instance for a credit card, buying on credit in a shop etc) the fact that there has been a credit check made is recorded on the file held by the credit check company...

Can a club, who sack their manager to enable them to appoint a preferred replacement, then insist that they will only pay the remaining three years of the sacked managers contract on the condition that he doesn't take up a similar position during that three year period? In effect, how long can gardening leave run before it becomes restraint of trade? Brian

In article , smicker writes To set up an offshore ltd company with the shareholders hidden behind nominees is very expensive. That's a relative concept. What reasons can anyone think of against buying an off the shelf company with named shareholders who didn't even exist so that the company is completely controlled by the

I would be interested to know from any Barrister or Solicitor please as to what documents a party to a case (or his legal advisors) may give to a party WHOLLY unconnected with the case either actually or geographically, excepting that he may find the content useful for his own defence. These are all civil cases. Of course there will be a distinction I guess between what has been heard in...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/11008761 Perhaps at first glance our reaction would be that he's a rather unpleasant person and why not hand him over to the American torture squads to see what they can get out of him, other than bodily fluids of course. But it seems rather odd that a "key member of al Qaeda's European cell" has been allowed to go about his normal business without...