Hi, just looking for some advice on what to do from a legal standpoint regarding separation from my partner of 13 years. Engaged but not married.

So after being separated for roughly 6 months in 2020 my ex paid bought a house in her name, her deposit etc. about 3-4 month later we got back together and from that point we split the bills 50/50.

Over the years we’ve renovated the house and with the exception of a patio, bathroom and plastering I’ve done all the labour myself.

About a year and a half ago she quit her job to begin her dream business self employed. This didn’t end up being as successful as expected and from that point I was paying 100% of the bills from my wage until the start of January when we separated.

We’ve had a very amicable breakup and she’s said if/when she sells the house she’ll give me 50% but my concern is, everything is in her name and if our relationship does deteriorate she might use that against me.

So what I want to know is how do I for example get something legally binding in writing to say “I’m owed xyz” and how I figure out how much I’m owed?

Tl;dr: broke up, paid a lot of money into this house but house/mortgage is in her name. What is my entitlement legally and how to guarantee it?

Hi guys,

We are in a bit of a situation at the moment. I will summarise:

• the landlord put the property we are renting for sale in May 2024 (in England)

• since then we have had ongoing viewings and no one has wanted to buy the property, presumably because it has a lot of issues

• it is in a state of disrepair and it’s old, worn and torn and it has been since we moved in but the landlords have refused to do anything about it

• we have really looked after the property despite this, paid all rent etc.

• in the past, we refused a couple of viewings over a weekend because neither of us were going to be home that weekend. They got very annoyed about this and basically threatened us saying they heard there is a leak we aren’t allowing the managing agents access to and we will be liable for the damage. (That’s not the case, I repeatedly emailed them about it and they weren’t responding. We sent the emails to the landlords and they dropped it)

• they also wanted us to leave a lock box outside the property with a key in is so the estate agents could come and go as they please to do viewings. We said no for safety reasons, we don’t want strangers coming and going whenever through our home and they were not happy about that either.

• we truly are not trying to be difficult, we are just 2 young women who want to feel safe.

• anyway, the situation is now that they offered us a new tenancy through the managing agent for another year starting when our current one ends (mid April), with a 6 month break clause.

• we found this very confusing as they have been desperately trying to sell the property.

• also important to note, they have increased the rent despite not making any improvements to the property, not fixing things and having us live in a state of limbo not knowing if and when we will be served 2 months notice.

• I queried whether they can still serve the 2 months notice on us before April or if once we sign the new contract we are locked in until at least October. The answer was yes, they can still serve 2 months notice until the new contract starts.

• they told the managing agent they might take it off the market as it’s not a good time to sell. We said we need more reassurance than that. They said yesterday the landlords said it is not possible for it to sell before as there are no more viewings and they are not actively marketing the property.

• in reality, they emailed us a few days ago asking us to schedule in 4 more viewings. I looked at the property listing and they reduced the price 3 days ago. So that doesn’t really add up.

• so my question is, can we start refusing viewings until our new contract starts in April? I think this is perfectly reasonable seeing as we’ve had to endure ongoing viewings and uncertainty for 9 months. I also do not want to pay increased rent now seeing as how poorly the landlords have treated us throughout our tenancy.

• we haven’t actually signed the new agreement yet as we haven’t felt comfortable to do, so I understand they can revoke that now but they have said themselves they need the money. Also it will be difficult for them to get new tenants temporarily while trying to sell so I feel like we have some bargaining power.

I’m sorry this has ended up being so long, if you read all of this, thank you so much for your help 😊

Hi all,

I've made a formal complaint and request for compensation against a roofing company in England, they've responded unsatisfactorily so I'm now looking at the next steps, ideally I'd get free advice from the ombudsman first but for the life of me I cannot see where to go as a small business. Does this service not exist? Everything I see is between consumer and provider and the CAB have previously told me I don't count as a consumer as I let the house out.

Thanks in advance!

To begin with i work within criminal law and understand criminal court process to a high standard. (I prosecute in them, make that of what you will)

However I am not versed in civil courts. Yesterday 31/01/24 was completion day for my house move. Vans loaded house scrubbed i was selling sitting waiting for the nod from estate agents to collect keys to our new home. 2pm hit i get a call from my solicitors to say due to the barclays banking collapse (of which a solicitor in the chain uses below) we can't completed today funds are not moving across. Sorry but you will have to stay in your home until Monday. The house is empty all my stuff in a van in another place. We literally had the clothes we were stood in and a couple bits from our cars.

Now of course the 1st cost which was removal van is now £500 extra to move our gear Monday. We have had to buy a camp bed, bedding, underwear pet related costs to see us through until Monday putting us out of pocket about £750 + . Before you take in to account my partners loss of earnings £400 a day until monday(owns a bussiness and will have to take more days off) and before you take into account the bed using is aggravating a medical condition of hers and of course hassle payments.

I questioned to my solicitor who said we can request a reasonable amount of damages but if they refuse then xyz.

Well why do they get to refuse? I am not a barclays customer, it isnt my solicitors or their banking choice so I am not signed into any 'if you use our services xyz happens we aren't liable'.

I am already building a evidence in formal continuity and if they don't pay us at least the base costs surely I can take them to small claims ?

Thoughts?

Thanks prox

Hi, I'm a Londoner (Lambeth) that was living with my parents in a council flat before they both passed away. My dad succeeeded the property when my mum died and then he died last year. That means I can't succeed the property as you're only allowed one succession. I applied for a discretionary tenancy and it was refused, I even appealed but it didn't work. The issue is my brother's and I have never moved out of our parent's house and now that we have to, we're worried we won't find a property by the date we must vacate the property. I'm wondering if I can stay in the property until it's taken to court, I don't know much about the law so I'm worried I might get into some legal trouble if I decide to stay past the date they listed. I've read a little about a section 21 but I'm wondering if my case falls under that too or is there a different legal procedure for it.

Basically what I'm saying is I've got fuck all for brains and have no clue whether I'll get in a trouble if I do decide to stay until I find a property. Any help is appreciated 👍

What are the legality if any around a tier system pay scale. What rights do you have if your progression review is telling you your a tier 3 but your only being paid tier 1 with no payrise insight?

Especially when your doing the same work as people who are being paid tier 2 & 3.

Just seems they brought in a tier system to break unity within the workforce & give themselves the power to pick & chose who goes on which pay level regardless of the yearly progression review ps. I'm in England

Hello,

I currently work in the care industry - residential homes. I work nights, but in the future am thinking about moving onto days. With that said, something that is rubbing me up the wrong day is the annual leave.

On day shifts, you can sometimes work what is known as a double shift. This can be approx 16-17 hours long. You may at times have to stay behind even longer if an something occurs. But let's pretend that's not the case here.

I currently work nights set shifts. When I request annual leave, I request 1 night off = 1 Day of Holiday (AL) - my night shifts are 11 hours a night.

If I was to move to days, I would have to request 2 days off....for 1 day off? I dont understand how that is the case. Is this something that needs to be raised beyond the Company HR because days are working longer hours...but expecting to use double the holiday? This seems insane to me.

I really like the job but it comes with a lot of responsibility and sometimes their policies are very ...punishing shall we say.

I work in England.

I have already posted this in r/legaladvice however will also post it here

To start I will add some clarifications of the situation

• I (18) am a first-year university student in the UK living in student accomodation
• I share a kitchen with 5 other people, however one flatmate has been a problem
• This accommodation is provided by an external company to my institution
• One of the "flat-mates"is very unclean, uses illicit substances inside the apartment (sometimes in the shared communal kitchen), and is generally really loud late hours into the night

The current tenancy issues

• Upon returning to my apartment after a very long Christmas break, we discovered "TB" had not left over the break between semester 1 & 2
• Not only had he not cleaned up after himself in this duration, he had also left food all over the kitchen - rotting and moulding
• When asked to clean it up, he did so reluctantly but also didn't do great and the kitchen is still rather messy
• Since moving in he has continuously produced mess, filth, lots of noise, and has been using substances in our apartment when he knows that the rest of the flatmates are not fond of this
• Our landlord has been quite aggressive within the past week, and has been threatening us with cleaning fees as a result of his mess
• Our landlord has also been made aware that he is using on the premises of the building, and that he is unclean (my other flatmate had sent them that email, I have also made written complaints about TB before to the building management and those seemed to have gotten disregarded)
• I do not believe it is fair for the 5 people (including myself) to be paying for TB's clean up
• Alongside this I have reported TB to the building management for substance use, however have been told that I must go to the police because "they are not the victims" however, this is not what their own email said when they initially emailed about "finding evidence"

Any advice, is it possible I can fight this charge?

I live in England and use a van for work, I try and park it near my house but my neighbors keep telling me I can't park there because they need to park there or "it makes it difficult for them to use their driveway" (when any reasonable driver could drive in or out given the room they have), I've tried to make them happy and park in other areas but every time I do I just get someone new tells me not to park there. It's gotten to the point where they are calling my place of work coming up with lies saying I'm parked across their driveway and have begun to flytip there rubbish in my bins, They have recently accuse me of blocking the road with my van, even though I was the first person to park on the road and they all parked around me and blocking the road.

I have gone to the police and reported harassment but they have yet to do anything. Is there anything I can do?

Hi there, I posted on r/legaladvice and I've been told to post here. So, my bank(Monzo, opened in England) offers investment pots with an higher interest rate than my boyfriend's bank(Revolut, opened in Spain/Gibraltar) and he would like to transfer some of his money to my account. I'd like to have some sort of written agreement so that of anything happens he can still have his money back(i.e. if I die it wouldn't be my family's debt but his money straight away, if it makes sense). It's not a loan, I would just keep his money in an investment pot and let it grow until he asks for it back or something happens to me. We're both Italian, living in Spain and working in Gibraltar, if that's relevant.

I'd much appreciate any advice on the matter, such as what this kind of agreement is called and what needs to be in it.

Thank you very much in advance!

Hi All. I was sent what I believe to be a letter before action, as I was asked to respond within 14 days or legal action would be taken against me.

I responded within 14 days, but it has now been over two weeks and I haven’t had an acknowledgement or any further correspondence, I didn’t ask for a response to be by a certain date in my letter though.

Do I sit back and wait and see if anything comes back again, or should I be proactive in chasing it up? For ref it’s a financial dispute between myself and one individual not a company.

Hi all,

I’m seeking legal advice regarding a situation where an aesthetic clinic shared my private medical information publicly without my consent. I recently had an experience with a clinic, and after leaving a review, the business responded by disclosing personal and sensitive medical details about me in their reply. This response was posted publicly on Google Reviews; They mentioned mental health issues, medication for depression and ADHD.

I never gave consent for my medical history to be shared, and I believe this is a violation of my privacy rights. Given that medical information is classified as sensitive personal data under UK law (GDPR), I’m concerned that this breach could have serious legal implications for the clinic.

I’m looking for advice on the following:

1. Does this constitute a breach of GDPR or data protection laws in the UK?
2. What legal actions can I take to address this issue, including potential consequences for the clinic?
3. Is it advisable to contact the clinic directly, or should I proceed with legal action right away?
4. Should I report this to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)?

I am absolutely horrified that this aesthetics practice has used my medical conditions as way to weaponise against their failures to treat me properly, I resulted in botched procedures.

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

*Edit for additional information, I had included several pictures of the damage the aesthetician had caused to my lip and eyebrow, my name is visible on the Google review

Pretty much the story. I closed on the 27th (at the insistence of the seller that this needed to be the deadline. Out of nowhere, to do some sort of Scottish tax dodge, but aright, accepted that. - I wanted it to close faster rather than later). I'm now a proud mortgage slave.

They failed to move things out of the property ahead of closing, which they said they would. None of the garbage that wasn't supposed to be there was sneakily put on on any forms, I checked. Was there wednesday last week, noted it was still there to the seller's agent who said it'll totally be gone by close. Ok.

Get my keys on the 27th, go check the place out. The garbage 20 year old furniture that was supposed to be gone.. isn't. Let my solicitor know to understand wtf? Seller's solicitors respond with that I totally got told it'd be post close. I actually don't mind it being post close, but uhm.. no? Agents had no idea and I had never heard a peep. In fact, had a viewing on the wedesnday and commented to an estate agent for the sellers how things hadn't gone yet despite a 4-5 month processs and that it'd get done before closing.

27th comes around, exchange of contracts happens of screen, I get my keys, come visit and wouldn't you know it, all the bulky furniture and random crappy shit I don't want is STILL THERE. Politely ask my solicitor if Im just shit out of luick, she engages with me throughout explaining, that no, here's the inventory. That shit should be gone.

Fast forward to Fiday.. turns out seller's mum had keys to the place I bought this entire time, that hadn't been surrendered., and she was just going to let herself in on sunday the 2nd feb to tell some charity blokes what to take and what not.

My initial response as a 6'6 baltic bloke was just ok, this is incredibly stupid. and the right actions were taken by all solicitors and the agents. I find it hard to be mad because it's too stupid to not laugh at.

But no, it's not funny. Because apparently the rogue keys weren't surrender that same day.? yeah, sellers lawyers said they were, and the agent says they weren't. Sepeaately, I go over for a second check up on the property, happily dragging along painting supplies cause that's what I'm doing later, and what do you know? Between me visiting after getting keys and today.. Someone's been there. Shit's been moved around, a drawer cabinet literally "burgled" off the property.

To me this is vaguely funny and bemusing, because I can afford it to be. Of how anyone could be this stupid, because I don't feel threatened. But the more I think about it the more I realise how lucky the seller and his dumb bitch of a mum are. What if I WAS there when they decided to just enter a property they hold no claim to, when I was showering? Funny, haha, big 6'6 man scared of little old lady. What If I was the seller, and the little old lady was the buyer?

What if I wasn't showering? Serendipitously, this week, my Steyr Aug airsoft replica spent the entire week fully loaded and fully charged while I was tinkering with windage in my rented flat ahead of the move. I can pretend machismo, but fuck me if somebody just breaks into my house like it's nothing and I hear it my first response will be grabbing this realistic looking gun and screaming in the scariest language I know until they are on the ground and shitting their pants, or releasing 900 RPM of non-lethal pelets that knock out teeth at someone's eyes.

My sollicitor thinks I can get the cost of my locks changed covered by the sellers, but I shouldn't count on it,

(no hate to my solicitor, I think she is actually advising me very well given that I told her I'm not that keen on pressing any criminal charges, and would more than anything want it to be impressed on the seller and especially his mother why breaking and entering is bad).

I'm not interested in a payday at all. Would I be able to pursue a criminal case against the sellers very simply for a letter of apology and a caution, with a victim statement read out to them very simply to get them to understand why what they did was wrong?

Tl;dr - bought a place. Seller's mum thinks she's allowed inside whenever - if she did it in the US she would likely have been shot to death.

Not sure if this is strictly legal advice just looking for advice on what to do. I work with a large employer in N. Ireland. In September I went from full time to part time (2 days a week). It was my understanding that the pay period of each month ran from the 2nd last friday of the month to the 2nd last Friday of the next month (eg. 26th Aug to 20th sep). I started working part time on week of 13th September so I only missed 3 days of this period. I normally got paid £2333 per month, however this month I got £1600 - saying that they take September as a whole and have extrapolated my remaining hours for the month. Fair enough.

Today I was paid for January. I felt I had been underpaid as I had worked additional hours over Christmas (they credit additional hours the next month). I questioned them why I was missing some hours and they said that as December to Jan is a 6 week pay period (14 Dec to 24 Jan) that I needed to build up 120hrs to cover my base salary for this period, so they used my additional hours to do this. This is a complete contradiction to what they said before saying each month is it's own month. So surely I'm entitled to a reimbursement for what they deducted in September.

What is the best way to go about this?

Sorry for the long post, hope it makes sense.

Hey all,

I've worked for my previous employer for 3yrs, all staff get minimum wage and uncapped commission and managers get a monthly bonus based on KPI's. These stats are available for all staff to see on their dash boards and are live showing how much is in the pot. At the end of every shift, as a manager I would get a report on how my bonus was umlocked.

I left a couple days after the pay period cut off, I worked a couple extra weeks notice to cover this as it's a busy time and wanted to make sure the team got paid.

I received my pay slip yesterday and the bonus everyone in the company receives every month and I've collected for 3yrs was missing. I emailed HR to get a response just saying it's a discretionary bonus decided by the retail director.

Is there anyway I can make a claim to be paid what I'm owed, as I worked really hard to hit target last month.

Thanks in advance.

We are building a ground floor side return which will come up to roughly where the existing fence is between mine and my neighbours terraceis. Will actually be a couple of inches further back leaving our neighbours bay window at the side of the house just over a metre from the new extension wall. The wall will be 220 cm at its lowest point so about 40 cm higher than the existing fence. It’s a north facing garden and the space between our houses gets very little light anyway- the bay window is to his kitchen. He is a tennant of the local housing association and says he wants to get them to object to our building works. We have already been granted planning permission and engaged with the housing association on the party wall agreement so I don’t think he has any means to stop us except under right to light rule. Because the bay window juts out from the main wall I think our extension would just fail the 25 degrees rule although it would pass the 45 degrees rule. He wants to stop us building and I do feel bad for the inconvenience but we obviously want to go ahead if we can. Are we at a great risk here? Should say as well he has been a tennant for over 20 years in the property and we do have a good relationship so have been talking bout this amicably. He is mainly angry at the housing association for not informing him when we sent off planning permission. I’m not sure he is right about the light though because our three story houses are only 2 metres apart and there is no sky visible from his window anyway. Is there something I can do to reassure them?

(England,Uk) My younger sister attempted to take her life roughly 9 weeks ago. She’s unlikely to regain full capacity and her condition is currently still categorised as ‘critical’.

We finally have her phone back and have luckily for us she has passwords in her key chain. We discovered that she had received numerous texts and emails from Overdales Law regarding debt. Literally whilst I was checking her phone a text came through stating that they had recently instructed a county court bailiff to attend her address.

Naturally I called Overdales and explained the whole situation, but the lady on the phone told me she couldn’t tell me anything but she’d do what she needed to action her side as they’re not able to talk to my sister (who’s only semi-conscious with brain damage) to get approval. I understand this but I asked her what we could do moving forward as it’s unlikely my sister will ever have capacity again to give approval and she said she’d note it down and that was that.

Following this call, my dad logged into her account on the Overdales portal and it’s very confusing. On the home page it says ‘Status: Warrant of Control referred for Bailiff visit’, the Current Balance shows as £0. When we click into the details, it again says Current Balance: £0 and there’s a box that says ‘Warrant Information’ it shows a date of issue in July 2024 and a warrant number and then a status box which following the call changed from ‘Active’ to ‘F - Vulnerable Defendant’.

My sister is obviously no longer residing at the address on the warrant and is NFA and has no assets anyway but I suppose we just want to know what this information actually means given that the balance is now showing as £0, has this been written off? Can we offer to pay part on her behalf whilst she recovers?

Sorry for the long post, we’re just trying to figure out how to navigate this and it’s appears from the extremely demanding emails and texts she received over the last six months she thought her only way out was to end her life over £3k-ish of debt and we don’t want it hanging over her when she recovers, albeit not fully and she likely won’t remember or understand anyway.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

In September 2024 I was summoned to the county court for a debt relating to a joint tenancy with a guarantor. When I arrived at court I was surprised that only my name was on the paperwork, and it appeared that the claimant was attempting to claim only against me and not the other joint tenant or guarantor, however when I pointed this out to the judge he amended the paperwork and issued the CCJ against myself and the other tenant. Since then I've heard nothing more, received no correspondence, and there is no sign of the ccj with any of the credit reporting agencies. No judgement was made against the guarantor.

I'm quite confused by this, and was wondering if anyone would know why this could be.

My employer of just under 10 years decided to terminate my contract as they believed I wanted to leave (false) plus they were also unhappy with my performance. In reality, they are downsizing and can't afford to keep me in my position.

I expressed my disagreement and asked if they're going to offer me a redundancy pay - instead, I have been offered a settlement agreement, worth 8 weeks salary. It's treated as a PILON which means it's taxable so my loss already.

My employer sent me the agreement documents two days before my estimated last day of work (today). I had to find a solicitor at a last minute and was able to, everything seemed to be going well until..

The current issue. I have two documents (two pieces of agreements) because my contract was split between the two branches of the company I work for.

The documents are nearly identical, and the solicitor was able to go through them both on the same call.

Unfortunately, the solicitors now require double the fee as they treat them as two cases, and my employer refuses to pay the whole sum, saying they were only quoted a single fee. I was told by both, my solicitor and my employer, that I have to contribute towards another half.

I'm truly lost, I can't afford it. The whole situation is time pressing and very overwhelming.

Anyone had a similar experience? What can I do?

Thank you.

(Too long; didn’t read summary at the bottom! Sorry it’s so long this is the condensed version!)

Hello,

I'm looking for some advice on a tricky situation at work. Last April, I was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, leading to extensive treatment, including surgery and chemotherapy. I’m still having monthly chemo cycles (tablet form so I can take them from home.) Throughout my treatment, I've kept my employer updated with all the necessary documentation from my GP and regular occupational health reviews.

Prior to my diagnosis, I had issues with my line manager’s (Fake name Jane) behaviour, which was basically bullying (she also bullied other team members). Despite involving my union and requesting a change in management, the big boss blocked this change as she was close friends with Jane. While I was off sick Jane has been promoted into this higher position, making her responsible for the entire team including the other 2 line managers. In any case once I got the cancer diagnosis I told Jane and she called me and cried on the phone for 30 minutes telling me her dad had died of cancer. At this point I put my foot down and said I felt not comfortable with Jane managing me and I did not feel like I could be open and honest with her about how treatment is affecting me and that I did not want to upset her seeing as this was clearly an emotional topic for her. I was shuffled around from person to person but since I was on long term sick I did not mind too much.

As my sick pay ended, a plan was set for a phased return to work starting w/c 27th January, which occupational health supported. Reasonable adjustments were working from home and a long and gradual phased return. (My role is hybrid and prior to getting sick I worked from home 4 days a week already as does everyone else). Jane’s manager (Fake name Aaron), the big big boss held an absence review meeting with me over the phone and agreed in writing to my phased return with HR copied in. Last Friday morning essentially one working day before my RTW he sent me an email saying I couldn’t come back until I provided a fit note from my GP or consultant and claimed HR said they were worried about my ability to work. I provided this on very short notice and he said ok you can come back.

This week, I began my phased return, working 2 hours a day for 3 days from home. Yet, unexpectedly, I received another call from Aaron (again on a Friday afternoon) informing me I could not continue working and telling me I had take more sick leave, which contradicts my current capability and desire to work. This was due to the fact that he has found out I now require a wheelchair due to treatment complications and because my new manager had mentioned that I said to her I will occasionally work sat on the sofa for pressure relief. He is how saying he needs an updated occy health assessment and 3 assessments if my workstation at home is suitable. This has only arisen as a problem since he found out about me being paralysed / my additional disability. It’s causing me significant emotional stress and financial issues because I’ve used up all my savings during the last 4 months of being on half pay. Obviously now I’m facing forced unpaid sick leave.

ACAS advised me today that my employer can't force me to take sick leave if I'm telling him I’m able to work. I suspect my past issues with Jane might be influencing their decisions.

It’s worth noting that nobody else has been asked or told to complete any assessments to gauge their ability to work from home and this was not an issue for me before either.

I feel discriminated against and it feels like they are trying to make it so difficult for me to come back that I just give up and leave. ACAS agreed that this could be a discrimination case.

It’s a local authority and I’ve worked for them since June 2023, however I have continuous service with another local authority since March 2022 so my total time in employment is over 2 years.

I’m at the end of my rope here. Not only do I have to deal with cancer, the effects of treatment, learning how to figure out life as a paralysed person, now I also have to constantly stress about work changing their minds about allowing me to work constantly and not getting paid.

I’d be grateful for any advice. My union is aware and will support me to raise a grievance or employment tribunal but I’d rather not go nuclear straight off. I just want to work but it’s being made so difficult for me and I don’t understand why.

Sorry for the length of this post.

TLDR: employer approved my phased return after cancer, then the day before said no they need a fit note. I provided this, they let me return for a week, learnt that I have another disability and are now forcing me to take unpaid sick leave while waiting for random assessments they want to put into place despite me and several medical professionals telling them I’m fit to work.

Hi All (England). I'm in a bit of a conundrum right now. I have been working at my current job, in a fmcg big company for a few years. I am a manager leading a small team. I am happy at my role but a little bit bored. Not very challenging. I have been interviewing with one of big 5 tech companies and offered me a role I wanted for years. Amazing package. 6 digits salary. 50% more than I am currently earning. They have told me I am the preferred candidate for the role and want me above all other candidates, but my 3 month notice period is the sticking point - they won't officially offer the role to me unless I can start at the mid of March (approx. half of my notice period). I clearly told them beforehand about my notice period but they are so inflexible that is frustrating. FYI, I interviewed for that same role 3 years ago. Passed all the interviews with flying colours and back then they told me they wanted to offer the role but they couldn't because suddenly they didn't have the budget. The company was going through a significant restructure at that point of time. Back to today. I want to have a conversation with my line manager asking whether I can reduce my notice period, but I have a feeling he will say no. What happens if I then just decide to say well I am working until end middle of March and take the new offer?I'm pretty torn, because I don't want to be subsequently fired because I said I wanted to leave but not have anything lined up, but I also really want this job. I don't know what the legal ramifications will be if I do this. If anything isn't clear just lmk, any advice is so appreciated :)

Hi all,

My friend escaped an abusive partner three years ago. She never reported it, just rebuilt her life and moved on, but recently she's been thinking about telling the police what happened in case her ex has another victim who comes forward.

The statute of limitations for everything her ex did has passed, but she still has a lot of credible evidence of his violence and controlling behavior. If she goes to the police, will they let her make a historical report? And if they do, would her report be eligible for disclosure as part of a Clare's Law request?

She lives in Wales. All advice appreciated.

Based in England

Hi everyone,

New account to keep privacy.

I’m hoping for guidance on a suspected illegal eviction plus severe safety issues in Bristol, England. I have epilepsy and neurological injuries (from medication side effects), which affect my communication—apologies if my post is jumbled.

Context & Timeline:

Lived in a shared house for ~5 years, paying monthly rent. The property had serious disrepair (damp, mold, broken windows, leaking boiler, flooding). It worsened my epilepsy.

One tenant was cultivating opium, inviting a convicted murderer and other dangerous individuals without consent. Healthcare professionals advised me to minimize contact for my own safety. Raised complaint to landlord who isn’t UK based and no action or support offered.

In Oct ’24, I received a letter (from a new letting agency) giving me 3 weeks to move out. In reality, I had only 4 days’ safe access to get my things. No valid Section 21 or court order.

I’m now stuck in hotels, spending the small compensation I had set aside for medical care (rehab, complex healthcare, tooth extraction, neurological follow-up etc). I have ~6 weeks of funds left.

Tenancy Agreement Issue:

I can’t currently find my digital tenancy agreement. It’s saved on a laptop in storage, and I’m living out of a backpack with minimal access to personal belongings. I do have some old rent receipts/statements proving I was paying monthly.

Main Concerns:

1. Illegal Eviction – No proper notice/court order, plus extremely short notice period.

2. Unsafe Living Conditions – Severe mold, flooding, boiler leaks, broken windows (4 years my room had two bay windows that didn’t close) denied front door key for me.

3. Harassment – Continuous intimidation, restricting me from communal areas.

4. Financial Loss – Over £16k gone on emergency accommodation. No money left for vital medical treatments.

Questions/Help Needed:

How do I challenge what seems like an illegal eviction with limited/no documents on hand?

Is there any recourse for the severe disrepair and resulting impact on my health under UK housing laws?

Should I contact the council or other services about harassment/safety issues, or go straight to a solicitor?

Given the presence of drug-related activity and dangerous visitors, is this also a police matter? (I know that might seem obvious but I’m struggling to think clearly)

Any short-term housing help I can seek urgently, given my disability and near-exhausted funds?

I’m beyond overwhelmed. I have epilepsy, I’m not sleeping well in hotels, and my communication isn’t great because of my neurological issues.

Life has been a nightmare for the last 7 years and it’s not getting any easier.

Any advice or clear steps / plan forward would be massively appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Worked at this place for 1 year. My boss has suddenly decided to have it out for me and is making my life difficult. I’m on a 40 hour per week contract.

My boss has cut my hours so I’m working much less than the 40 stated in my contract. Can they do this, legally? I know they can terminate my employment as I haven’t been there for 2 years.

Thanks

I placed an order from Uniqlo and changed my mind so opened a return and chose the option of a Royal Mail return locker. I took my parcel, scanned the QR code, placed the parcel inside and shut the door, receiving an email confirmation from Royal Mail.

3 weeks later the tracking hadn’t updated so I rang Royal Mail and they said because of this they consider the parcel to be “lost”. I contacted Uniqlo about this and they’re refusing to refund me because I don’t have a physical paper return receipt. I’ve explained that because I used the lockers it was an email confirmation, have provided them with my email and screenshots of the tracking that confirms the parcel number but they won’t refund me. The order was over £200 and paid using a debit card.

After having 'the talk' with my elderly parents they explained that the will in place was one of the standard type where everything goes to the survivor, followed by everything goes to the children. My parents (and I) are concerned about council authorities requiring sale of the house and other assets to cover costs should there be a requirement for nursing care.

I recall reading something a while ago about wills that offer a level of protection where the bequeathed half of the assets is left to the children, but they cannot receive until the remaining spouse dies to leave the remaining.

Does anyone have further information of this type of will; what it is called, whether it is actually legal/legitimate in England, and whether any good solicitor could draft one?

I work in the EV sector, I maintain and commission new EV chargers after electricians do the actual install.

I switch parts out, MCBs, RCDs, circuit boards, DC cables etc. Most of the guys I work with come from no electrical back ground.

Electrcians have been saying that it's good as when legislation catches up, the company can't let us go, and will have to put us through courses.

How true is this?

We have recently received a letter to pay a service charge for a housing estate (in England) we live in however they are doing nothing to maintain the estate and there is photo evidence of the estate in a poor condition.

Any advice much appreciated!

I’m awaiting Crown court trial for charges which I obviously deny.

My defence statement was submitted 18months ago.

I understand the CPS have an ongoing duty to disclose, so far, we have had no response to the defence statement - nothing at all.

We know there is a huge pile of undermining material which hasn’t been disclosed, and I know this material is important for my defence. My solicitor has made repeated requests for disclosure, the judge issued directions a year ago to the affect.

At what point do the Crown have to disclose? Because the way it’s going I feel it’s going to be last minute.

The case is already 3 years old, obviously I’ve asked my solicitor who has been chasing, but we’re just being ignored.

ETA. England

Employed here for 3 months, work 14 hours a week approx, England, company wants staff and I have only ever received positive feedback and am known as reliable. Don’t want to rock the boat but also want the benefits of a zero hour contract I think I’m entitled to.

I’ve been working in a local college since November and taken the role on a zero hour contract instead of the permanent contract advertised because I wanted to be able to take holidays outside of term time. Fast forward to January and I asked to take a week off (I only work 3 days) in February for a holiday. However, I was told that I can’t as I must take holidays during the breaks. I didn’t question it as I didn’t want to sound stupid because I just assumed it was a given that I could take whenever considering it’s zero hour. Noticed my contract does state that I must take holidays outside the term period and I signed this stupidly…

Is this right or do I have a right to challenge this?

TLDR - term time zero hour contract, can I take holiday in term time even though my contract states otherwise