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Marijn

No TV Licence

If you no longer wish to watch television and you are only going to use your TV screen for games and DVDs, how should you go about this, how do you let the television licencing people know? Is there...

Boriyako

Unfair Parking Fine

Good evening I was recently given a parking fine, which, due to inadequate signage, I believe was wrong. I paid the fine and sent in an appeal (containing photographs) where I asked the company...

gobenn

contract

I received a written quote from a decorator which I accepted in writing.Is this accepted as a contract in law?

searchlight

Any law broken civil or criminal by seller?

Bought and paid for a car from a private seller. Arranged to pick it up but then seller contacts me to say that its developed a fault and needs some attention. Offers me a reduction or refund and I...

BettyNoir

someone else cutting back your hedges

We live in an end terrace which has a public footpath running alongside it. Most of our boundry consists of hedgerow, mosty Holly, Lilac bushes, some hawthorn, purple gooseberries,a few backberries...

joko

euro car parks, parking charge notice...

i received one of these today for staying in a Lidl car park about 8 minutes longer than allowed... they want £70...but £50 if paid early. I have heard a lot about these sorts of tickets...

sam1942

House Swap

A couple I know (in England) have a 4 bedroom house and their family flew the nest long ago. They are considering a legal swap/exchange of their house for a neighbour's smaller 3 bedroom house...

starone

How much money can I give away

to my children without penalties being imposed? I think there is a limit but I am not sure what it is. And is it an overall figure or can I give it equally to each of them?

kevo2k7

Should i challenge a bicycle £30 ticket?

Last night whilst riding home from Sainsbury's on my bicycle with my shopping in my rucksack i hit the usual busy main road which is probably the busiest road in my town, there is a wide footpath on...

azocarbo

Price Match Code Law

I have received a price match code that allows me to obtain the item in question even more cheaply than the price I was looking to match (a mistake on their part). As far as I understand it the...

sigma

Has Data Protection gone mad ?

I recently arranged for some property repairs to be carried out. My wife telephoned the company to inquire what time they would be starting but was told she couldn't have that information as the work...

emmie

This does seem very strange,

Tens of thousands of murderers, rapists and violent criminals could escape prosecution following a "bizarre" legal ruling. The ruling, made by a district judge at Salford Magistrates' Court...

tobyw

attacked by cows

my sister was walking through a field with her dog when she was attacked, headbutted and trampled by cows. it is a right of way. she had to be flown in a helicopter to hospital. she has a badly...

Garmard

Copyright Law

Being a first time writer, i wonder if any of you A B'er's will know this little headbanger. if you are writing e.g...Say a character is driving a Ford Anglia in your story; Is stating the car is a...

mungbeanz

Sitting in a car in the rain

If you are walking down the street and it starts raining, are you allowed to get into a parked car (if it is unlocked of course) and wait until the rain stops? Is it illegal if you don't intend to...

BayBoy1

land rights

I own a six acre plot of land,but i no longer use it , i let a local farmer graze cattle on there ,free of charge.he has had the use of my land for the past ten years.Does this give the farmer any...

Generalali

S.I.D

In relation to the Police, what is a Source Input Document, when, and for what reason is it used?

captainkirky

working at heights and pressurised

i use truck in a warehouse which goes up to 50ft up in the air in racking, i am being told i need to up my performance . i have told them i am working to my full capacity (no tea breaks, just lunch)...

cocoloco

Horse Ownership

I probably don't have a leg to stand on here legally, but please here me out! I am a horse owner, I have two of my own. 4 years ago, June 2007 my neighbour asked me to look after her horse and newborn...

hannah40

Renting property of your son.

We live in privately rented accomadation ,but my 80yrold mum is unwell and i would like to move closer to her.we have looked into renting a house in her area but it is far more than where we live...