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My lad (12) was issed with a stop-search slip by a community officer on Sunday for playing football on the pavement of a non-busy street in Birmingham. On the ticket it actually states anti-social...
I'm the Chair of our residents association in a block of 6 flats. One resident has not paid the quarterly maintenance fees since October 2008. We've been in regular communication with him, requesting...
can someone explain to me the procedure of reading a will after a funeral. Who will advise the people concerned? the will is with a local solicitor.
Regards...
I have brought my stepson up since he was 6 months old. The father is non-existent and isn't mentioned on the birth certificate. I had 2 children with his mother, and separated from her in 2005 with...
If you employed someone to do your gardening and they did the work in the nude (by choice not because you pay them to) would they be in breach of any law? If the gardener were in your back garden and...
hi, i help run a sports club. Yesterday, one of the participants fell over a peice of equipment (while using it) and broke their leg (completely accidentally, nothing to do with the equipment being...
Does a 'T' on a set of deeds always indicate ownership of a hedge or can it be interpreted as conferring responsibility for maintenance? My deeds show our mutual border as being through the centre of...
Basically an aquaintence was looking for somewhere to stay and my property was empty so I said he could stay rent free for 3 months on the condition he did the property up, Jan to end of March. We had...
Something thats just come up in concersation - - - - Would a child under 9 if caught shoplifting be prosecuted by the police? I thought slapped wrists but no prosecution, someone else said yes they...
I have taken legal action in respect of an accident that wasn't my fault. The other side have accepted full liablility which is fantastic. What I'd like to know is how is compensation and damages...
Should a verbal warning go on your record? I have been issued with a verbal warning and been given a copy of the issue disscused at the bottom it states that this is now on my work profile/file. This...
I rent my appartment from an estate agents & received a letter last month saying my boiler needs a service by the 17th June & to ring the & arrange with the engineer a convenient time...
I live in Australia and am particapating in an F1 in schools competition. The team requires sponcers but if we have left over money afterwards is it legal to split the money amounst all group members?
My children have a solicitor acting for them in a will dispute. At their first appointment with him he said he was applying for legal Thtey were 16 and 19. Many weeks later when the will dispute was...
My neighbour has had their roof painted red, the men used a sprayer and the paint drifted onto our white conservatory. I have telephoned them several times to come and clean it as soap and water...
Sitting in your car - parked
With engine running
or
With engine switched off
In the above instances , are you by law suposed to have your seatbelt fastened ?...
Hi We are buying a car for the family. Initially I will be main driver. Then my daughter then my son (we are looking out over 3 years) then my daughter again possibly ! We will be clear about who the...