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trigger1971

ABH charge - what will I get sentenced

I had a near miss with a cyclist where as there was a cycle route across the road and he came straight infront of me. I pulled over and got out of the car as the cyclist was gesturing and mouthing...

mitsy26

claiming charges back

Hi, does anyone know if i can claim back charges on catalogue accounts, if so how do I go about it? WOuld I need to know how much, do I have to ask for a copy of all my past statements? The other...

Marsons

Arrested in error by the police.

I just happened to be in the vicinity where the police were trying to locate a violent criminal ( I understand ). Unfortunately my description fitted the person in many ways and I was wearing the same...

Graham-W

Emma West

Remember Emma West, the woman (allegedly) hurling racist abuse on the tube whilst holding her child on her knee? I just found out she's pleaded "Not Guilty" to two counts of racially...

ambassabuild

Probate... settling a debt

We carried out a bath room conversion into a disabled wet room, it was all finished and everyone happy, we did not take deposits etc, as we have worked for them before. Unfortunately before payment...

mitsy26

private number plate

My car has been off the road for a while but I want to put my number plate on the old car onto a new one. Is there anyway I can do this without having a mot on the old one - which would cost a fortune...

nailit

cigarettes on display

I noticed in my local tesco last night, that the cigarette kiosk now has their cigarettes hidden behind doors. My local corner shop still has theirs on display. I had heard that there was new...

GlenB

Accidental Death or Misadventure

At an inquest what is the difference between verdicts of Accidental Death and Misadventure?

nextqueen

scarred hand

i recently gashed the back of my hand in B and Q when i was reaching for some wallpaper from their display shelf. the nuts and bolts underneath that hold a metal frame on the shelf to stop the paper...

bookboo

Open University Agreement

I stupidly took out a OUSBA agreement with the OU. It is effectively an amount of money that is given to the OU by OUSBA and then the student (me) has to pay it off on a monthly basis from...

me2you

Am I entitled to some money back

I recently sold a burger van after having all the electrics and gas redone.I had a job finding someone qualified as I needed certificates for both.Now the new owner tells me has had to have both done...

Frumpton

Rights of new wife over house.

My son was widowed nearly 5 years ago and his wife left half of the house to their 2 twin sons in her will. The value of the house is about £550,000. The house is held in trust at present but...

nailit

childs interview at police station...update

Furthur to my thread below. Glad to say that despite the police trying to apportion blame without any evidence, everything turned out well. They tried to get him to sign an acceptable behaviour...

hammerman

Copyright question

here's one for you. My friend's 13 year old son has written a computer game from scratch whilst in a lesson at school. The game was so good that a sponsor is now paying the school money for use of the...

shihtzublue

Good news on my fence.

Well after nearly 3months, someone arrived this morning to put a new fence up on my neighbours property. At the weekend because it was a lovely sunny day, I decided to get some netting to put up so...

Le Chat

A bad debt....against the house or the person?

Hi, I am asking this as a managing agent for a lettings company. We have some very good tenants in one of our properties, however, the previous tenants, although they paid their rent on time and were...

MarkParkes

Would a mortgage taken by my daughter be valid against Social Services.

I live in a bungalow worth about £400,000. My wife passed away just over 2 years ago and her half was left to our daughter. At present I am OK for money but I want to go on holidays etc some...

cris r

The Balifs

Hi a Question We rented our house out for three years. We moved back in six months ago and today we recieved four letters from an agency looking for unpaid council tax monies. ( for a district in...

fruitsalad

Car deposit

Are you within your rights to keep a deposit if the person decides 2 days later that it will cost them to much money to insure the car and so cannot go through with the sale?

bethbilly

BT pole at bottom of garden

friend has adviced i could claim ground rental for pole , also i have overhead electric power cable attached to my chimney serving my property plus next door which is council owned. can i claim for...