On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:45:03 +0000, put finger to keyboard and typed: Hello. I've had a spring clean. I spent a few hours listing on ebay various bits and pieces I found in my loft. A few hours later I had a message from ebay saying that "we thinks someone has hacked into your account and listed auctions without your permission, we have therefore deleted all the...

Is it an offence per se to wear a garment which covers your face in a public place? If I put on a garment like a Balaclava with slits for my eyes, nose and mouth and go into, say, a bank to carry out a perfectly lawful transaction, can I be arrested because some of the customers and staff may be scared? Some banks and public offices have notices requiring visitors to remove motorcycle helmets...

Can someone please tell me the procedure for discontinuing a court claim where the defendant has offered to settle out of court. A small amount involving less than £100. In this case the allocation questionnaires had only just been filed so the case had not yet been officially allocated a track (but very probably would have been small claims as the court sent out the small claims version...

On 3rd January 2007, I bought an external USB hard drive for my computer from the local Maplins store. It worked fine till last night when it failed. I had stored lots of valuable data on this drive. This morning, I phoned the manufacturers, a company based in the Manchester area. They said they could repair the drive and recover the data but as I had not bought the drive from them, there...

Hi, My house is on a small estate that has its own LPG distribution network. Until last month, a company called Gas Supply Company was responsible for the supply. Just recently I have received a letter telling me that Calor are taking this over, and in the letter was a new supply contract for me to sign. My questions relate to the access rights of a gas supplier to read the meter, where that...

Hello I am looking for a little advise if possible , I live in an ex MOD house these where originally bought buy a company called Annington Homes and as they become surplus they sell them off in phases. Ours is a small estate of some 30 houses which are now all privately owned , the estate which consists of the roads and a small green area are managed by a property maintenance company Mtie . When...

I am buying a few acres of land and it will be partly funded by a mortgage, an extension of the house mortgage in fact. I know that the lender will require a search to be done. This was the case when we bought the house of course. My solicitor managed to miss the fact that outline planning proposals for a waste disposal site a mile up the road were on the councils local plan. Luckily the proposal...

My wife is about to take out an advertisement in a local paper. What are the restrictions on naming competitors in such an advert? She intends to directly compare the service and price she offfers with the service and price of the competitor. It's only a small ad, so how about something along the lines of "Look at our website for our Bloggs-busting deal" where 'Bloggs' is the name of the...

wrote in message ... Hello, I herd that there used to be a law that cabs had to carry a bale of hay. This dated to the times when cabs were horse drawn. Cab technology changed but the law did not, so technically petrol powered Hackney carriages were breaking the law if they did not carry hay. I think the law finally...

I posted : "...unless a disclaimer is put on the advert, i.e. "prices correct as of " That's what many of those who use such tactics seem to do." ....to the thread "Naming other companies in advertising"

I placed an order at http://www.247ppd.com/ who are affiliated with edworthys.co.uk Same company I believe, different name. I placed an order on the 21st January 2007 for goods that their website said was in stock and would be delivered directly to me. My credit card was pre-charged, but I thought nothing of it as I expected the goods to arrive. By the 24th, no goods had arrived. I

A number of local new roads have yet to have their Street name sign erected even a year after the completion of all the homes and the road is finally surfaced. Others have been defaced by either time or vandals. Does anyone know if the Local Authority has an legal obligation to maintain these signs? If so, what is the regulation and the department responsible? David

We have bought a property under a 75 year lease, it's one of four flats in a building. The lease agreement does not make any provision on the responsibility of the building's freeholder in regard to maintenance of the common parts of the building, stairways, roof etc. Is there any statutory responsibility that a freeholder has to repair the common elements of the building outside the scope of...

Hi i purchased laptop from ACER about 3 years ago, i had a warranty for 2 years and during that time i sent the laptop to be repaired as my dvd writer stoped to record dvd+ disks. they keep my laptop for over a month waiting for parts to arrive, as its only one computer i got at home, ive been very flustrated and it got even wort when they send the laptop back with exchanged dvd writer and the...

Hi Guys , how much notice must be given before an untaxed car can be towed away? A girl who I work with had parked her untaxed car on the rd outside work, I know she was taking a chance but without any notice her car was picked off the rd by a huge grabbing macine , plonked on top of a truck and even though we tried reasoning with the horrible man hiding behind a half closed window, they took it...

i've just had the bad news that my employer is closing the shop that i work at , i've worked there for just over two years and one of the other employee's has worked there for just over 1 year , neither of us has a written contract of work, he has said he's sorry about the loss of are jobs etc and has told us he will be closing in 4 weeks time and is there fore giving us are notice and he will be...

I am posting through google because the cops have seized my computer and laptops. I am hoping to borrow a computer but as yet I do not think they have left me enough to get online. I wrote the first page of www.ipswichwaterfrontaccess.co.uk at 4am this morning and by 11am the cops were taking my computers. The other website is www.suffolkrightsofway.co.uk and of course my blog and picture sites...

The other day girlfriend's bike, which was chained to a lamp-post, fell and scratched a car parked nearby. I don't know if the bike simply fell or if someone in the busy market knocked it. It's not a terrible damage, but it will cost something to repair it. Are there any good reasons not just to give the owner of the car a cheque once they've found out how much it will be to fix it? Or would it...

Hi All. I have been reading in the popular computer press about work PC Consumerisation. This is where an employer decided not to buy a computer for you to use any more but instead pays you an allowance to supply your own kit (as part of your salary - similar to a company car allowance). You can then plug the PC into the works network and do your work and utilise the supplied...

Hi, My friends ahve recently (last two weeks) separated. He has moved out of the marital home and into his mothers, whilst looking for rented accommodation. They want to remain friends and settle their matters without a solicitor. However, she is now asking him not only for maintenance for their 2 n=boys but also for herself. Both parents work him bringing home about £1300 per month her about...