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Guys!! If help can be given would be very appreciated, I was pulled over tonight after taking a police car right round my town thought id teach him for following me so took him everywhere, made me...
We been planning a trip to America, multi-city and quite bespoke type of trip. We used a recommended independent travel consultant. We finally agreed to an itinerary, including flights, car hire and...
Basically to cut a long story short my boyfriends sister and I recently had a heated argument which ended with her being unnecessarily violet towards me. She got arrested and was given a caution for...
What exactly can be done if you see someone using a hosepipe, What are the guidelines, the punishments and is it really a viable idea? Are the council going to have a fleet of high speed response...
My elderly father has recently received 3 letters from a tradesman he has used in the past claiming that he failed to pay an invoice of around £70 that dates back some 3 years and that he will...
Southern gas networks are going to be digging up the road and putting new pipes in up our street next week. In the letter we received, it said that they may need to dig up our garden and/or drive to...
Our daughter passed away in 2008 leaving our son in law and 2 grandaughters. Our will was written in 1995 leaving half of the house to our daughter on the death of one of us and the other half when we...
What would happen if your solicitor went bust whilst dealing with your case? My uncle's estate of 100K is being dealt with by a small office which doubles as an estate agent. It's been five months...
Please could someone help? What is the name of a professional person who works, usually for the local authority, and helps children or someone who may have difficulty coping on their own with...
Well I was on ebay and noticed that our beloved HMRC have gone to all the trouble to have an advert put up about if your "trading" you should be paying taxes on it and should tell them and...
I currently drive a company vehicle and pay tax on the privilege but work want to put trackers in, these trackers are used for every stop / start and where you have been. Can they force these to be...
I am currently on maternity leave which ends 1st July 2012. The employer has told me I will be made redundant in January 2013 or perhaps even earlier (Oct 2012), but expects me to return to work for...
I often see large lorries travelling along with 1 pair of wheels jacked up off the road, which I guess saves on tyre wear, I assume that this is not allowed if the lorry is loaded but what would stop...
If l buy my council property, can people l owe money to from many years ago make a claim? What happens if l put someone else on the deeds as joint owner after l have bought my property Would this stop...
my friend works for himself as a builder and has declared himself a limited company. he is now facing long delays in receiving payments for work completed. how long is he legally obliged to wait...
My son in law has just been refused a mortgage because, to his complete surprise, a CCJ was taken out on him in error 2 years ago. His hire car was stolen and, whilst the Insurance company paid the...
I recently purchased a hard drive on the internet, when it arrived it had files and programs from the previous owner. Is it illegal for me to go through the data to find anything of use?
I work in a government contact centre. Legally, does a customer have to advise me if they have me on speaker phone and other people are present?I often get people putting me on speaker phone then try...