Hi everyone, looking for advice on what a tribunal might award for constructive dismissal. Without going into too much detail I have a pretty solid case, but my employer has asked if I’d consider a compromise agreement - they’ve offered three months pay initially but it has been suggested to me that a Tribunal might consider up to 12 months pay as compensation for loss of earnings as well as other potential compensations, this being on top of the standard 3 months pay (I’ve been with the company just over 12 years so 12 weeks/3 months would be the standard severance pay. Is it true that there’s potential for a year’s salary to be awarded? (In truth while i’m obvs interested in maximising what I can get, I also kinda want to go through the process so it gets put on record that they’ve failed in their duties as similar things have happened in the past and staff have taken offers. I feel like behaviours won’t change if nobody sees the process through and they will just continue to screw people!)

(For info, I have spoken to Citizens Advice and ACAS. Tried contacting solicitor for a free advice session but waiting to hear back and time is slightly limited hence asking here too!)

Diagnosed with depression and psychosis. CPN said if I am having bad days, they are considering to increase my medication. What are my rights?

Question is in the title. Can solicitors submit evidence on your behalf? Also, can solicitors submit a police report on your behalf?

I’ve been badly burned by the police in the past and so obviously don’t trust them, although I do need to report something serious, and crime stoppers isn’t enough bc this is so bad it needs to have my name as the complainant on the police report (it can’t be an anonymous report).

TIA.

Hi all,

My mum works full-time for a company that refuses to properly pay her holiday entitlement.

In August, the company declared it a "peak period" where no holidays were allowed. My mum asked if she could take unpaid time off instead, as she had plans, and they agreed. She took 7 days off in August and didn’t get paid, as it was understood to be unpaid leave.

Now in November, she booked 2 days of paid holiday, but she wasn’t paid for those days either. When she asked why, they claimed that the 7 days she took in August were actually counted as her paid holiday entitlement—even though they were unpaid due to their peak period policy so she don't have any holiday days left.

My mum doesn’t speak much English, so she asked someone to help translate. The company even wrote down for her that the August leave was considered “paid holiday,” but they didn’t pay her because of their “no holidays during peak period” rule.

This isn’t the first issue she’s had with them. In the past, they underpaid her for 2 months, leaving her below the minimum wage. When I noticed her payslip and called them out, they eventually corrected it and paid her the difference.

What can I do in this situation? Is it legal for them to handle holidays like this? To me, it feels like they’re taking advantage of her language barrier and lack of knowledge. It’s unfair and feels exploitative. I know it's not huge amount of money but for her to be honest it is.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I’ve never had an account with E.ON Energy, yet they sent bills in my name for an address I never lived at. Things escalated when they sent debt collection notices to the address I actually live at. Despite spending hours trying to fix this and being assured my name was wiped from their system, I later received a letter saying the case had gone to court, and the judge had ruled against me. Now, I have two missed payments and a county court judgment (CCJ) against my name— my credit score has halved.

I contacted E.ON repeatedly, trying to clear my name, and initially, they claimed the issue was resolved. But when I received the CCJ, I turned to the Energy Ombudsman for help. The Ombudsman ruled in my favour, recommending £400 compensation and that E.ON should wipe my CCJ.

However, a lawyer advised me not to accept this offer, as it was pitiful compared to what I could potentially achieve in court. The problem now is that E.ON has taken the position that, because I rejected the Ombudsman’s offer, they will continue to pursue the debt.

This ordeal has been a nightmare. I’ve spent countless hours on phone calls and emails trying to resolve this. The CCJ has damaged my credit score, and the stress of dealing with debt collectors and legal threats has been overwhelming.

I’m struggling to find a solicitor willing to take on this case, which leaves me in limbo. E.ON continues to pursue the debt, and I feel like I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place—either accept their pitiful offer or try to fight back without legal support.

I’m sharing this to warn others about what can happen, even if you’ve never had an account with a company. Have any of you dealt with a situation like this? How did you handle it? Any advice for finding a solicitor who can take on this kind of case?

Booked to stay at a hotel in India via Booking.com ?(I’m in England) and received a message from the hotel via the platform asking for a 50% deposit via bank transfer to secure the booking - for context, the room I booked was supposedly “no payment upfront, fully refundable, pay at the property”.

The whole situation screamed “scam” so I cancelled. Is it legal for me to post the message screenshot in a review to warn others who might be thinking of booking? With only a week to go, all the hotels are now much more expensive than they would have been had I booked elsewhere from the start.

I recently started reselling on eBay and I have reached over £1000 in turnover so I registered for self assessment.

My friend wants me to sell something for him as I have good reputation on eBay and other sites.

What do I need to do to stop this from affecting my self assessment?

Do I “buy” it off him then sell it for the same amount netting 0?

This is my first self assessment and I’m not sure what it entails.

England I had to send physical documentation that included all personal information to a government department (divorce court). They’ve sent me a letter stating that they can’t continue as they’ve lost all the documentation (I was applying for decree nisi). Does this count as a GDPR breach?

When my brother (M16) was 12, our mother abandoned him and left the country without informing either of us back in England. She made this decision primarily to escape her abusive partner, who is also my brother's father.

To provide some context, I’m significantly older than my brother (M32), and I’m settled with my own home, wife, and career. When our mother left, she left my brother in the care of my older sister (F37) and her partner (M41) with the condition that it was 'just for the weekend'. However, my sister was unaware that our mother planned to leave the country, and it turned out that this would be the last time we saw our mother. After this, my brother moved in with his abusive Father, however went back to live with my older sister after feeling unsafe with his Father.

Unfortunately, my sister’s partner became abusive toward my brother which led to him reaching out to social services for help. They removed him from my sister’s home and placed him in a safe, controlled living environment. Social services then contacted our Mother, threatening to extradite her back to the country. She refused to disclose her whereabouts and has begged me not to reveal her address. Although social services haven’t asked me for her details yet, I do know her address and am seriously considering giving them the information.

If they do approach me, I’m inclined to cooperate. I’m wondering what the consequences might be if she is found. Could she be extradited? What legal ramifications might she face if she’s forced to return? Am I obliged to share all information? Thank you.

Hello all, I’m seeking advice on an employment matter involving direct discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.

I’ve worked for my council (In England) employer for 15 years and have a disability (bipolar disorder). For most of this time (for 10 years), I’ve been working from home as a reasonable adjustment, which has been successful and agreed informally. Recently, management has pressured me to return to the office, despite medical evidence from my specialist supporting homeworking as vital to my mental health. This pressure has caused significant stress and exacerbated my condition.

I formally raised a disability discrimination complaint and sent HR a disability passport. HR responded saying permanent homeworking isn’t supported by the council, even as an adjustment, and referred me to occupational health (despite my specialist already providing evidence). Meanwhile, I’ve been placed on stricter monitoring processes, which I feel are unnecessary and discriminatory.

ACAS has advised pursuing an Employment Tribunal if the council refuses adjustments. I believe this is a strong case of direct discrimination

What can I do if I don’t know the persons address for a small claims court case?

Thank you (England)

Hi there! I am a UK law student and I have covered the aspects of business law however on the side I am a game developer who is going to be publishing a game soon on steam. I am unsure if I should setup an LTD or a sole trader however I lean towards LTD more. My game will be sold on steam next year and in doing so I plan to setup an LTD but is unsure of a few things.

1. Would LTD be perfect for me. As I have it planned I will be using a virtual office which I can pay for quarterly as a way to register with companies house

2. Is their anything specific on registering the name of the company? A few company name idea's I had already had similar ones on companies house but unsure of copyright law as I have not studied this module.

3. From what I understand steam take 30% fee's on every sale, assuming my game profits less then 12,500 I would be subject to 19% corporate tax but I think I can avoid this if I pay myself a salary of 12,500 per year. The extra if it is less then £1000 it would be ideal to release it as a dividend to myself which would avoid the tax on dividends? And then I think after that the rest would be just 19% taxed on profit going forward but can also be subject to certain tax releifs such as the Video Game Relief which can cover parts of development costs.

4. How much would it cost to set up/dissolve my company if it was in the future if my game was not successful.

Any advice on helping me out here would be appreciated!

Hello, I received a parking charge notice from parallel parking limited, I wrote to them to appeal the charge that I wouldn't pay it I felt it was unreasonable and as I was there on business. I called on an industrial park in Coventry to make a purchase from one of the companies on the park . The industrieal site is only accessible by car it's on a duel carrage way with no pedestrian access, it was a bank holiday so most of the companies on the site we're closed the car park for the company I was visiting was was full, mainly with their own vehicles so I parked on the road adjacent to the companies parking area . The parking company painted yellow lines on the road but it is private site I completed my purchase and left. if I had abided by their parking signs it would have meant that I was not able to stop at all and would have had to have left the site and returned in the hope of finding a parking space and done this until I could which is your is not viable it would have been roughly 3 mile trip onto the dual carriageway down to an island at one end back to an island at the other end and then back down halfway to the site I explain this to the company but they were not interested and I've since had a solicitors letter , i would like to know how to reply regards robert

A vulnerable individual is to be evicted from a supported living placement for working-age adults with mental health needs. There is only a license to occupy (license agreement) in place, rather than any kind of assured tenancy. The individual has allegedly repeatedly breached the agreement.

The supported living placement provider is an independent housing association (registered society, non-profit) and not connected per se to a local authority.

The vulnerable individual has recently been assessed as lacking capacity to make decisions about their tenancy. It’s not clear whether they had capacity to sign the license agreement when they moved in (around 5 years ago).

Are the housing association able to evict/terminate the license agreement without going to the Court of Protection? The license agreement says they will give 14 days for the individual to vacate.

Would it just be for the relevant local authority to pick up the pieces in terms of emergency accommodation and addressing any unmet needs under the Care Act (2014)?

Thank you very much!! Really appreciate any advice.

Hi all,

I'm at my wit's end with this house purchase that I just feel was the biggest mistake of my life. In July, I completed on this house. My survey flagged some issues, but this wasn't one of them. On the day I got my keys, I walked into the conservatory to find a huge pool on the floor from a leak. It turns out the leak has always been there (my neighbour mentioned it's leaked from the day it was installed). In vain, I've hired multiple builders to repair and nearly 3k later, the conservatory is still leaking. I've had a specialist round who has confirmed the best course of action is full strip and replace, costing nearly £7k.

The seller was aware of this leak, but never disclosed it. More alarmingly, my level 2 survey didn't pick up on any issues either. I've copied all the text from my survey that mentions the conservatory below.

I know it's a few months late, but I was wondering if there's any action I can take to get some compensation/the works covered? Initially, I was lead to believe the leak was just poor flashbanding, and I was scared off using my home insurance to cover the costs so I footed the bill. Now the bill is quite scary!

Lines from report:

"Elements with no current issues

No repair is currently needed. The elements listed here must be maintained in the normal way. [...] Conservatory and porches"

"The flashband/weatherproofing at the junction of the rear extension roof and conservatory has been poorly installed and covers the rainwater gutter. This is a potential source for water ingress and improvements are required including replacing the metal tape flashbaned with a more permanent solution."

"The conservatory to this property is of predominantly of PVCu and is double glazed under a lightweight roof. The conservatory sits atop a miniature wall.

The conservatory is connected to the main heating system. This would have required local authority consents. Your legal adviser should confirm that all required consents and approvals were obtained and complied with.

The conservatory was in satisfactory condition with only normal maintenance required."

About 6 months ago I got rear ended by a car while stationary at the entrance of a roundabout. I have video footage of the other driver admitting he wasn't looking where he was going. The other driver didn't give me his insurance details, but I took a video of him and his licence plate. My insurer deemed it a no fault claim, and I thought that was that.

I have now received a legal letter from a solicitors used by my insurer, I believe saying they are trying to take it to court to recover funds. The defendant is listed as unknown, with no name or address details. There is no insurance listed for the other partys information. This is surprising as I had a friend search up the plate and he said that that plate was insured.

It's asking me if I have any losses or additional injuries, and saying if I don't respond they will assume no and have my insurer sign on my behalf.

The damages are over £5000 +8% interest.

I'm trying to think of what to make of all this. If the defendant is unknown, how do they intend to recover damages? My biggest concern is that for whatever reason they will come after me for the damages.

Has anyone dealt with anything like this before? The legal letter has alot of legalese in it, and I'm worried if I sign anything it may make me liable somehow. Is this a routine thing, or do I need to get some legal advice?

Ordered a case of drinks a few weeks ago, which never turned up, and DPD are now saying its lost. Seller is ignoring me - also seen a fair few similar reviews for his business saying theirs didn't turn up either... some even claiming scam (most reviews are positive though).

What can I do if the seller doesn't respond?

I got caught stealing from sainsbury’s in uk. will the police get involved? it was a sainsbury's sandwich i filled out a banning form. will they take it any further?

Hi, based in England.

I’ve been working for a smallish start up now for 3 and a half years, started during the major Covid lockdowns. I’ve been working remotely since I started with no issues, we have an office about 30 miles away from where I live.

I’ve just recently got a new manager who is now adamant she wants me in the office once a week, my contract states the following:

‘Your normal place of work is remote based or such other reasonable location which the Company may require from time to time for the proper performance of your role.’

I do not need to be in the office for this role. There is only 3 of us in my team, my manager based in a different office and other colleague also remote. I’m wondering if I have any push back here based on what it says on my contract or if the ‘time to time’ could constitute once a week.

It was never communicated to me when I applied for this job that it would be anything other than remote based, which is a huge factor for why I took the job.

Thanks in advance.

Hello.

I am a biker and a few days ago I came off my motorcycle on an incredibly slippery patch of road leading into a roundabout, that looks like it has concrete spilled over it. As far as I'm aware there has been recent work done to this road/roundabout and some concrete has seemingly been spilled over the road and no effort was taken to try and remove this from the road, creating an incredibly slippery surface when it's wet (which it was that day). I was taken to hospital in an ambulance and after spending all day there it was determined that I had only sustained bruising as I was wearing full gear.

I was wondering if I can make a claim against the council for the cost of the damage sustained to my motorcycle and my motorcycle gear and helmet I was wearing? Or can I only claim for injury?

I have lots of pictures from the scene and they are very damning the road looks awful and it clearly shouldn't have been left like that. I can also get witness statements as a lot of people stopped and I exchanged information with some of them and I also have the information for the police officers who also arrived on scene I could get statements from if needed, and they would also be able to confirm the damage sustained to the bike as they helped me move it.

Thank you

Hi!

I'm currently facing a gross misconduct disciplinary at my bar job (England, 3.5 years employed) (I broke a glass, in a pub...). The pub manager has taken a witness statement from two employees but the handwriting is completely illegible so in order to read it I'm having to guess what it says.

Because I (and I'm assuming the hearing manager would need to) guess what it says, should that mean it is inadmissible because we don't know what it says?

Hopefully this makes sense, TIA :)

I’ve been employed with my company for 4 years in Jan. My company previously offered no benefits. In October we each had a meeting during which we were told verbally that we’d be receiving benefits like a pay rise, paid sick days, additional holiday for each year served. We were also given a formal letter stating the benefits and their “effective from” dates. The pay rises were effective from the next pay check (end Oct) which went ahead, and that 3 days paid sick leave was effective from 1st November (this was all advised verbally and is also clearly written on the letter).

I took one day sick in November and in my end Nov paycheck have had that day docked. I checked with the office manager who went and checked this for me, and she said this was a mistake and the paid sick leave is actually from the New Year (alongside the holiday allowance change).

~£150 doesn’t break the bank for me and I’m fine without it, but I’m bothered that the entire company was given this information both verbally in a meeting and also confirmed with a letter, yet just one month after that “effective from” date, the company have backtracked. Going off our rotas, 11 of the 30-40 staff have taken sick days in the last month so it’s a good proportion of the team that will have been affected by this. Honestly, it’s the principle of it that concerns me most.

We’re a small, private company with no unions etc. The company (not staff) have an external HR company who offer free HR/legal advice but I also know that they rarely utilise this advice - I’m confident the office manager has not checked the legality on the company’s side.

Where do we stand?

I share a studio/ workshop with my mum. She has been there for about 20 years. A couple of years ago the manager of the property died and the management was passed to his son. There was never a written contract. My mum got a message a couple of days ago saying that the owner wants to sell the property and she has a month to get out. Obviously over Christmas this is a bit of a nightmare. Does anyone have any relevant information regarding whether a month is acceptable after all this time (she has always paid her rent on time, not that it probably makes any difference) and if the lack of a written contract makes any difference?

The message is as follows:

Hi (my mum). I'm sorry to do this. But I am giving you 4 weeks notice to vacate your studio, the owner is going to sell the building and wants vacant possession.

Cheers in advance.

Apologies if this isn’t the correct forum but I believe I have just been scammed out of £900 by a rogue trader. Classic high-pressure demand for “deposit” straight into his bank to buy materials before he “comes back” later this week. Now I have his details I did some research to discover he is a scam artist.

The bank is going to call me later, but do I have any recourse to get my money back? There is a chance he might come back later as I made myself seem an easy mark. If he does return, what do I do? I don’t trust him to do the work, but if I ask for a refund I think he might get aggressive.

I’m in higher education in England and the company has issued a new students handbook which prohibits long hair for men. Is there anything I can do to fight this. Thanks

Hi.

My 2 flatmates have left and the agency has been conducting viewings. They tend to just turn up with potential viewers whenever they want. Of course, this is only for the unoccupied rooms though they do show the shared kitchen, toilet and bathroom.

Should they notify me of their visit or can they just turn up whenever they decide? I understand that they have to rent the rooms but I find that there is very little feelings of privacy that way. I have always been/ am trying to be very accommodating as I work from home but strangers coming to your place every few days is stressful.

Thank you.

Some of my working colleagues are getting extra 5 days holiday after 5 years of work.

I’ve been with the same company for 7 years but left for 3 weeks after 4 years. Formal resignation… I wanted to try something else.

That didn’t workout so I came back on slightly different role. I came back in the same payroll month.

It’s been 3.5 years since I came back.

My question is:

Would I be able to get extra 5 days of holiday or I need to wait 1.5 year before applying?

Anyone able to help ?

Thanks in advance

I have a significant amount of indirect evidence that was recorded at the time of various incidents. I can remember a fair amount but my memory is damaged due to a neurological condition and I have to increasingly rely on those text messages and witness statements as my memory becomes foggier with each month passing. I’m also worried that this will be used against me to say that I misremember things or must be leaving things out because I can’t remember them. How do people represent themselves with memory loss? I am taking my employer to tribunal, and am awaiting their ET3.

(London, England) own my property but next door is council owned. Next door have been having an issue with damp and mould, our neighbour says she has contacted the council and they’ve been no help (note she also has a small child so the conditions are worrisome).

We have decided to get our floors tiled and our builder has just ripped up the old flooring to find that whatever damp/ leak issue is ongoing in her property, has completely rotted out floors. We’re going to have to pay to have this all resolved obviously on top of the cost of our initial quote and we’re quite frustrated.

We’ve tried calling the council ourselves and because we don’t live at the council owned property they won’t speak to us about it. The lady next door seems lovely, but we’ve been nudging her to call the council every week or so to no avail and we just don’t know what to do.

We don’t want to get these new floors laid just for them to rot again because the problem isn’t fixed and we just don’t know what our next steps are

Hello all, first post I've made on Reddit so I'll try my best to not write like a dum dum, I'm not good with words so apologies in advance.

So me (m27) and my partner (f22) are in an awkward position. About 5 months ago my mother's partner (now her fiance) suggested we leave our jobs that we didn't like, and move down to a tiny village in the middle of nowhere, to take on jobs at a pub. I was hesitant to do this as my previous job I worked at for 10 years as a sous chef, and although I was not happy with the conduct of managers there and found it repetitive, it was stable and I knew what I was doing, had strong relationships with everyone there and had made a name for myself. My partner had moved up here from down south, worked at my place for 2 years as FOH, managers treat her like shit so she left to work somewhere a few miles away.

My mothers partner continued to suggest we come to this tiny village to work in the pub, and really buttered it up saying how good it was, and that we were perfect for the roles (roles being me as head chef, and partner as trainee manager, with the plan for us to basically take over the pub completely), they even went as far as to say that they'd put a deposit down on a house here (as I was reluctant to go there with no stable living arrangements). After enough butter to kill a small horse we decided to say fuck it and took the chance, after the chairman of the pub at the time offered me 39k a year and partner 29k for 50hrs a week each. This was a considerable step up in pay for both of us, so with the high pay and potential of proxy owning a house we said fuck it and took the chance.

Fast forward 2 months and as I felt in my gut things went pear shaped. Basically from the day I left my last job, the house thing fell through, and they wouldn't put a deposit on a house (which is fair enough, not our money so can't argue with that), so we were offered to rent a neighbours house till April while there are out of the country (this is directly next door to my mother and her fiance). From the first day I started at the pub I managed to pick up whooping cough, and have been horrendously ill with it and still am, it even caused me to break a couple ribs from coughing so hard, but every day I still turned in and did the job. My partner started fine, although after the first month the rest of the FOH started to show their true colours and were starting to be arseholes.

In the first month and a half we were doing probably 100+ hours, we were told every week that a contract was coming and that it'd be sorted, I had also slipped in the kitchen and broke another rib (they did not provide PPE in the form of non slip shoes). Fast forward again to now, and we are both unemployed. Last Thursday my partners grandparent took very ill and was in hospital, she decided that she needed to go down south to see them (just in case the worst happened, which it was looking like), and wanted me to go with for morale support. We let people know we were going, I asked the previous chef to come and cover me till I got back, so we were both covered. I got back early to a message from the ops manager saying not to go to work till we had spoke, spoke to her on Saturday and she said they were terminating my employment because apparently I hadn't filled in any of the food safety books (I had, she also didn't mention this and only found the reasoning for termination today after my partners meeting with gen ops manager), partner got back today and spoke to ops manager aswell, where she was told she was being given a weeks notice of being let go as she was 'inexperienced' and they wanted someone older in, but primarily because I had left, and they "didn't need her"

Also, my mothers fiance had actually became the chairman about 2 months ago, where he proceeded to treat my partner like shit, and even told her to "not mention her double hip impingement because they would get rid of her". So now things are extremely awkward with my family, especially living directly next door.

TL:DR we've been shafted by employer, were given no contract or letter of particulars, I was made to work with food while extremely ill, slipped and broke ribs (no one gave a shit), now we've been let go for dumb reasons. Should I speak to a solicitor or am I pissing in the wind?

Again I apologise for it being long winded and probably written like an idiot. We're just unsure what to do now, if anyone has advice it would be greatly appreciated.

Also for note this is in the UK, total time of working at this place was about 3/3 and a half months