i'm renting on a yearly leasing contract, an apt at the second floor in a nice apt complex (residence). After 2 months, exactly yesterday afternoon, i came back from work, and found out that on the patio (which is made of cement and defined as common area in the contract) a big crap like a " T " (seems like the patio as been broken hlf and half). I fell really scared that all can...

What powers do security officers have in stores etc, I was watching a programme on TV recently, two security officers grabbed a suspect who they suspected of stealing in a store, forcibly removed him to a holding cell, searched him for stolen goods and held him in the cell until police came, I have been told they cannot restrain or search and only have the same powers of arrest as as other member...

In article , (Owain) wrote: Also report through BT's malicious calls bureau. BT can offer a 'choose to refuse' service to block all calls from that number (even if the number is 'withheld'), change your number, or provide an operator intercept. I'm not a BT customer either on my landline or on my mobile. I...

I bought a leasehold property (a bungalow) last September using my solicitor and am now planning to buy the freehold (price already agreed plus freeholder's legal costs). Do I need to do all the searches etc. again or can I just rely on the freeholder, i.e. do I need to incur the same legal costs again as I did when I bought the property last year? If it's just a few searches, I could do...

i own an house, that i share with a friend. He is late from 3-4 days on the rent: he told to keep the deposit (half month) , and let him leave for another house. I did not want to give him the deposit, and a changed the lock at the entrance. We have no written contract, so all was verbal. He wants to pick up his stuff from the room, but they are the only "warranty" i have to get the money. at...

I am going through chasing up old debts at the moment, which is why I am having lots of issues concerning that. This next debt is due from someone who does have the money to pay, and does not dispute that it is payable. He just has not got round to paying it (for two years!). There are 4 invoices outstanding, with a total of a bit less than the 5k small claims limit. Adding interest takes...

(apologies if this is not in the relevant group, though I thought it was more legal than accounting). Leeds Utd Football Club went into administration yesterday, with reported debts of around £25million. Apparently HM C&E had served a winding up order on them, for a £5m debt which had to be paid in 2 months. This could not be paid, so KPMG were brought in as Administrators. Now, a rather dodgy...

I'm going through a divorce and progress has been slow. But it seems to me it is slow cos the solictors seem to be trying to score legal points over each other. It's been going since November 2006. My ex and I decided enough is enough and we'll do it ourselves, since we have no real issues but I wonder what recourse I have re the bill I received for 1000 quid? Is there a law society...

Over the years I've registered a number of domains with one of the cheap agents. The agent in question charges a "move away" fee, which is why I haven't moved them elsewhere before now. These domains are registered on a 2 years in advance basis, and come with basic a email and web forwarding package. Now the agent has decided that it wants to charge a 4.99GBP/month/domain charge for email...

We got up this morning to find a fixed penalty notice attached to our car, which was correctly parked outside our house and it was issued at 4.15AM. It says "Offence code 400" Then handwritten "VRM - fail to comply regs" anyone any ideas what on earth it's for?

i share an house with a friend. The friend, own the house, so rent just a room. I pay a monthly rent. I'm now late of 2 day, and he has changed the lock at the front door. He does not answer the phone, neither the emails. Can i call the police to break the lock and enter into the room? thanks

I issued a claim through money claim online, no defence was filed, and judgment has been issued in my favour. The next step seems to be to get a warrant issued, but the local court warrants office (where I assume this would be transferred to, from Nottingham) are notoriously slow. Can I employ private bailiffs instead? Is there any other sensible course for getting the money? It's quite a...

Hello, what is the minimum width required for an energency exit/fire escape pathway, when there are two fences built around a path, between houses? Thanks

Hi all, I`ve been asked by a friend, working as a receptionist in a solicitors firm, to ask this question here. Basically the firm in question does a lot of work to do with wills, and is named as the executor on a lot of these wills. The firm is considering becoming a Ltd company, but they are unsure as to the status of the existing wills - would a will naming (for example) the then...

I am a freelance marketing consultant for a telecommunications company, marketing their software to the public sector. I am paid on an hourly rate for my time - to a maximum of about 35 hours per month. They have recently become concerned about the amount of business that my leads are producing - I obtain appointments for demonstrations of the product - and the MD has started that I obtain...

I have just bought a second-hand car which is displaying symptoms that may (and I stress MAY) be due to the previous owner filling it with the dodgy fuel that caused so many problems a month or so ago. It goes without saying that it will require a garage to accurately to diagnose the problem and likely cause, but in the even that the dodgy fuel additive was the cause, I'm interested in...

A few years ago I remember reading a thread or two suggesting that cheques can be stopped months after they have cleared. I mentioned this at the time to a friend who recently asked me about it again as he paid for goods amounting to around £350 by cheque and the seller has failed to supply them. He asked his bank but they have said once the cheque has cleared that is it. I have searched...

Hi - any help appreciated I left my old company as the only IT administrator about 6 mths ago and on leave they let me keep my work laptop in a verbal / shaken hand agreement that I would kindly help out with technical questions / limited support out of hours to help out until they found replacement cover in the reasonable near future. I got on well with management / directors over my nearly...

Incorrectly posted to uk.legal - Quite an involved scenario but here goes - work for NHS (therefore by definition not overly generous salary). Started work as contractor from November 2004 then became staff - not sure this is relevant. During this time my salary was revised as part of Agenda for Change. When this revision took place the Primary Care Trust apparently made a miscalculation this...

We have a customer who bought a new computer and now wants to return it back just because he does not like it. There is nothing faulty and computer is actually high spec and very good quality. The resons he does not like it - he does not like how it looks, he thinks the monitor is too small, printer and keyboard/mouse look like a cheap plastic, etc. He was absolutelly happy at the time the...