My brother and I inherited a field on the edge of our village. It falls outside the boundaries of the local development plan, and we've been told that we won't get planning permission to develop it. Fair enough. However, my brother is on a back-to-basics jag, and would like to turn the field (55 acres of prime arable land) into a working farm, to try to achieve some self-suffiency etc. Would...

We are a small firm supplying and installing computer servers and desktops. Normally we get approx 50% of invoice value up front and the remainder on installation or shortly after. All our quotations, order forms and invoices contain a prominent retention of title until paid in full statement. We have had a couple of instances recently where customers have not paid on time - in a current...

I'm self-employed, doing minor building and maintenance works. I work from home (i.e. do not have a factory unit/office). Today I had a call from the local Council asking me if they could inspect my garden as they have had a complaint that I am keeping piles of trade waste (old fence panels/building waste) in my garden, and they suspect me of running a commercial operation from my...

An Italian friend wrote to me earlier today asking how the British police would deal with an absence of evidence as proof of a crime. The thing we were talking about was the murder of Meredith Kercher where it appears only one fingerprint has been found from Amanda Knox in the flat where she lived. BBC reports seem to support this. The question my friend asked was (paraphrased): "With all...

A local parent does not pay his childcare bill in advance, as required by the TS&Cs of the after school club. This means that instead of paying for the _place_ at the care facility, he's able to only pay for the _sessions_ his children actually attend. So (for example) he'll book a place every Monday, but when Grandma can look after the kids, he refuses to pay when she's got them. OFSTED...

Recently had an up and over door and frame installed which replaced a 20 year wooden door and frame which had started to rot. On the day of installation I asked the installers to leave a 1cm gap at the base of the frame because of drainage issues,they said OK without further comment. Rain is now entering the frame and I have asked the salesman / junior surveyor if the Company could plug the...

This thread should perhaps be called 'Ping Andrew McGee' but the views of others are welcome. Here is a not so hypothetical situation: Company A sells goods to B; B in turn sells them to C. C alleges defects. C issues Court proceedings just a matter of days shy of the 6 year limitation period, but holds back on serving the proceedings

Received a ph call earlier this afternoon that went something like this: Me: Hello Caller: William? M: Yes C: Jason from Provident M: Who? C: You made a loan application on-line. M: No. What is this about? C: I've got an on-line application for a loan from you; you didn't

Any landlord/tenant experts in? Mind if I go into a few details? Apologies for the long post. Just suppose that a residential tenancy for a house was established in 1985 under a verbal agreement - no written contract. It seems this makes it a 'regulated tenancy', covered by the Rent Act 1977. This means the tenant is well protected against eviction, and has a fairly modest, registered rent,...

Apologies for the length of this post, but it seemed better to tell the full story. We rented a house 3 years ago on a normal AST. Rental was done through an agency but landlord lived next door and was quite friendly. About a year into the tenancy landlord moved out to travel abroad and subsequently sold his house. Soon afterwards the agency told us the landlord wanted to take over...

Form R is available from the Lands Tribunal in PDF format, with the request that it is filled in 'preferably typed'. However, the PDF cannot be typed into, and there is no Word document version. How do you legal eagles get round these sorts of minor hurdles?

Just yesterday I had a hearing with a judge about a small claims issue I've got going. The short story is that a company hired me to photograph the interior of apartments with a wide angle lens. I did, and provided them with the images. My client joined me on the day and was happy. They were happy with the work and after asking to be paid for 2 months and being told I would be they turned...

Hi all New here and need some super fast answers if possible please. Back at Garage to take car in in less than 9 hours. History. Bought a second hand car from a large well known car complan in the UK through my mobility allowance. Its on Hire purchase agreement for the next 5 years.

Dear All Thinking about putting an offer in on a property, but whether I do depends on wheher we could alter the back of the property. Can I apply for PP on a property that isn't mine and if I do what are the pitfalls etc. Otherwise, what do I do? Thanks David

What happens if one or more of the jurors at Scott Watson's trial write to the Attorney General and/or the Crown Solicitor thus: "I was a juror at the trial of Scott Watson. At the trial I was not permitted to read a transcript of the evidence. Having now read a transcript of the evidence, in its entirety, I say that I now consider Scott Watson innocent of murder beyond all reasonable doubt...

Thanks to all that answered my last question. Now here is a real puzzle for you. I was born in South Africa in 1954, my parents were out there working from 1953-1957 and both of them are British, South Africa was at that time a British colony. Three years later they returned to good old UK. I was sent to school in this country, received my national insurance card when I was sixteen, swore...

It seems to me that eBay does everything to make fraud possible and easy (because it makes life easier and cheaper for eBay, not because they welcome fraud). I found a listing today which I am pretty certain was fraudulent: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220161872864 The seller was vague and evasive when I spoke to her on the phone, particularly when I asked why the...

A friend runs a business and in pursuit of which he needs NNTP access. He pays a monthly fee to a US based company and pays by way of credit card. He needs a receipt for tax purposes but the company refuses to issue one. He asks, is this in accordance with doing business in the UK or does UK law insist that companies issue receipts?

A few months ago contractors from the local council unlawfully entered my garden and lopped branches off my tree. They later claimed this was in response to "a number of complaints" they had received that the branches inhibited access to the cemetery next to my house. There was no such obstruction and despite requests they have declined to show these complaints. They have now changed this...

If a notice to deliver a tax return is sent by HMRC, what date is considered the "date that the notice is served" - the date it was posted (and is any time allowed for it to be delivered, eg. the 1 or 2 days the post routinely takes to deliver mail, or is it deemed to arrive immediately?) or is it even the date it was actually delivered? Thank-you.