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News / Press Articles / Re: Katie Price banned (again)
« on: April 08, 2026, 11:59:09 am »
'Secretive' aka 'waah waah waah we didn't get a chance to send a photographer this is unfair'
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Avon and Somerset NIP Speeding in temporary 50mph speed limit on motorway
« on: March 26, 2026, 02:25:16 pm »
Are you the registered keeper of the car, and does the V5C have your correct address details on it?
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The Flame Pit / Re: Ringo & clarity of free parking periods/refunds
« on: December 29, 2025, 09:16:22 am »
This almost happened to me in Glasgow a couple of months back, I spotted just before making payment that my 8 quid was buying me from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning.
Unfortunately for you, since it tells you the end time of the session before you make payment, Ringo are going to argue that you were informed of what you were paying for before paying and deny any refund or dispute any chargeback on that basis.
Unfortunately for you, since it tells you the end time of the session before you make payment, Ringo are going to argue that you were informed of what you were paying for before paying and deny any refund or dispute any chargeback on that basis.
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Private parking tickets / Re: Stansted starbucks
« on: December 18, 2025, 01:06:33 pm »I am the Keeper of the car and the driver at the time has expressly denied me the permission to use their name, which I agree with.You're getting good advice and if you follow it you won't pay a penny, but just for anyone else reading this thread, you don't need permission from the driver to name them.
(in legal terms, obviously. If (for example) you're married to them and they say 'name me and i'll divorce you' that's a different story)
But if you've fallen out with the driver and want to throw them under the bus, then you can name them to the company without their permission.
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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Fraud by driving instructor: sold DVSA test slot
« on: October 14, 2025, 11:24:51 am »
What proof do you have that it was sold? It's been transferred to another learner, but the £500 - £1000 figure appears to have just been made up.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Advice requested on Driving Without Due Care and Attention / Failing to Stop / Failing to Report
« on: October 14, 2025, 08:35:08 am »
If the other car accelerated, what was preventing you from lifting off / braking and merging in behind them?
"I figured that this was too trivial to count as an accident."
You drove into another car. If it's not an accident, it's a deliberate.
"I figured that this was too trivial to count as an accident."
You drove into another car. If it's not an accident, it's a deliberate.
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The Flame Pit / Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestrian precincts.
« on: October 14, 2025, 08:17:36 am »
The difference is that dogs can be trained to behave and follow commands, and cats...well, you'd have more luck ordering gravity to switch off.
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News / Press Articles / Re: Latest road deaths stats
« on: October 03, 2025, 11:46:14 am »
The devil will be in the detail - if 20mph limits have saved (for example) 30 lives in built up areas and Larry Leadfoot has smashed into a bus at 135mph on the motorway killing 30 people, the overall numbers will be the same and the 20mph zone can save lives.
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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Accidently resigned
« on: August 20, 2025, 12:07:24 pm »Hi All,You can request deleted files, but if they're deleted then I don't know what you expect the company to send you. If a subsequent search shows that (for example) emails prior to 2 months old were deleted prior to your initial request, then they're gone. The company isn't under any obligation to attempt to recover them if indeed that was even possible.
So I made a subject access request for emails that entailed information about me, between certain persons, for the last 6 months.
The company Data protection officer finally sent the information through. The relevant PDF only contained 1 email. I know for a fact that there were more and therefore other emails had been deleted, which means the company's IT department did not include in their search.
Am I entitled to request that the company searches for deleted files.
You say you know for a fact that there were more emails, but the issue is how you prove this. How did you word your request?
For example, if you asked for 'emails between person A and person B regarding Mayhem007' then IT may have run a search for emails that contained your name. but if Person A and B had a chat about you in an office and a later follow up email just said 'regarding today's chat, I agree the next step is to force the person out' then that wouldn't have shown up.
Basically, put yourself in a neutral arbitrator's shoes - if the company says 'we searched and this is all we got' and you say 'no i know there's more than that' then their next step will be asking you how and why the company is not to be believed. And you'll need some actual evidence for that.
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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Time barred limit for PPI Small Claims Court Action?
« on: August 08, 2025, 11:35:25 am »In truth, they cannot have even searched that fast.I hate to break it to you, but if they have their records on computers then they absolutely could have.
Also don't get your hopes up on the documents deleted angle. If the message saying the documents were deleted was in 2020 then I struggle to see how you progress this.
If you have your own copies of the deleted documents then you present them to the court and argue your case on that basis so the bank's alleged deletion doesn't matter.
If you don't have them then the question of what documents were deleted will almost certainly be answered with 'we don't know, they've been gone for nearly 5 years'. Which puts you back at square one. Inviting a judge to draw an inference that the deletion proves your case is a strategy best described as brave.
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Private parking tickets / Re: Fined for being in a completely empty car park at night.
« on: July 11, 2025, 03:52:31 pm »
Get your wife to appeal as follows:
"I appeal as registered keeper.
Liability for the parking charge rests with the driver of the vehicle. I have no requirement to name the driver, and I will not be doing so. For the avoidance of doubt, I was not the driver.
You will be aware that under Scots law there is no mechanism via which liability for the charge can be transferred from the driver to the keeper.
I look forward to your confirmation that this charge has been cancelled"
"I appeal as registered keeper.
Liability for the parking charge rests with the driver of the vehicle. I have no requirement to name the driver, and I will not be doing so. For the avoidance of doubt, I was not the driver.
You will be aware that under Scots law there is no mechanism via which liability for the charge can be transferred from the driver to the keeper.
I look forward to your confirmation that this charge has been cancelled"
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Private parking tickets / Re: Horizon Parking Charge - Fort William Travelodge
« on: July 02, 2025, 02:49:56 pm »• I was not the driver at the time - do I legally have to either, pay up or, inform them who the driver was?No, and no.
There is no keeper liability in Scotland - as long as you don't tell them who was driving, you're in the clear (and so is the driver)
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: NIP Advice please
« on: June 20, 2025, 01:13:37 pm »Luckily I do know what I'm talking about and what I posted wasn't 'bollox', but thanks for the tip.In layman's terms, if the director(s) are to blame (whether through a positive act or through neglect) for the company getting fined for failing to identify the driver, they can also be penalised (which includes getting points on their licence)
If you don't know what you're talking about, please refrain from posting bollox
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: NIP Advice please
« on: June 20, 2025, 09:05:35 am »The good thing about a company owned car is that if the company itself cannot get points on a driving licence as the company can't drive. But failure to complete the s172 can lead to the company being fined up to £1000 and like the UK in the eurovision song contest, nul point. There is no licence to put points on. How many others are likely to have drive the company car?OP - be aware that s172(5) of the Road Traffic Act says that:
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Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this section and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly
In layman's terms, if the director(s) are to blame (whether through a positive act or through neglect) for the company getting fined for failing to identify the driver, they can also be penalised (which includes getting points on their licence)
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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Dispute over rental vehicle damage cost
« on: April 24, 2025, 08:23:26 am »I had a long time rental vehicle which I have now returned. I was given a final invoice on the day and told them I could not afford this. We setup a payment plan and I went on my way. I had then since asked a repair company called ChipsAway who I provided the same invoice to, to see what their quotes were like. Chipsaway were far cheaper than the rental company. I have told the rental company I'd be happy to pay what ChipsAway have quoted. They have threatened me with debt collection if I dont pay original invoice.If the damage is your fault / liability then you need to pay an amount to the rental company to make them whole.
Where do I stand here?
The amount must not be unreasonable, but if they have a preferred company to use then the amount is not unreasonable merely because another company is cheaper.