If you dont reply you will most likely get a court summons for travelling without a valid ticket. Your conversation with the revenue officer on the train will be sufficient enough for a prosecution. I presume that you purchased a ticket on the train from the inspector, or did he give you the thin slip of paper which allowed you to continue your journey? You need to respond to the letter, I would suggest writing something asking for leniency, offer to pay them the rail fare direct (or give them a copy of your ticket if you have it). There's no point going to court over this. They will not be interested in any story that you have, they will only be interested in the fact that you got on a train without a valid ticket, for which their are no excuses in thier view.

For many years i used to claim mileage allowance, and the rules were that I could not claim any mileage from home to permanent place of work. But could claim for trips from Home/permanant place of work to other sites. Like all benefits the tax man had his piece of the cake. You should be able to claim mileage from you employer if they direct you to other sites. if they dont give you mileage how do they expect you to get there? they cannot enforce you to pay for your own travelling costs when on company busines, and you can only have 1 permanant place of work.

It looks like your company have failed to follow correct proceedures. Anyone suffering a major accident preventing them from working, is in no position to fill out the accident book. The person/manager whom the accident was reported to should have filled out the preliminary accident deatails. You should then be able to complete additional information at a later date should you return to work. I would ask for a copy of the companies policy on reporting accidents. They should have one, otherwise they are not fullfilling their duties under the health and safety at work at. The blame does not lie with you, and I expect that your company has never really informed their staff of what to do in the event of an accident. How you pursue this is upto you as it will affect your relationship with your employer. But I would personally contact the local branch of the HSE and inform that your employer is failing in its statutory duties. Also has the fault been rectified? 8 weeks is plenty of time for the risks to staff to have been removed. Your employer is on dangerous ground if they allow you to return to your old duties with the same risks still in place.

Yes your accident on the vehicle is still company property, and you were injured whilst carrying out your duties. It should be recorded and reported. As for the verbal confirmation of the problem, that will vanish very quickly. Everything must be recorded properly. Im no expert on claiming compensation, you should go speak with a solicitor and use the 30min free consultation. Of course if you seek this i guess your relationship with your employer will deteriorate. Which in this recession may not be good. But they should at least give you your sick pay entiltlement and fix the health and safety issue. If you feel that you have sustained an injury that will have long term effects then compensation may be a good idea.

here is a list of reportable major injuries Reportable major injuries are: Fracture, other than to fingers, thumbs and toes; Amputation; Dislocation of the shoulder, hip, knee or spine; Loss of sight (temporary or permanent); Chemical or hot metal burn to the eye or any penetrating injury to the eye; Injury resulting from an electric shock or electrical burn leading to unconsciousness, or requiring resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours; Any other injury: leading to hypothermia, heat-induced illness or unconsciousness; or requiring resuscitation; or requiring admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours; Unconsciousness caused by asphyxia or exposure to harmful substance or biological agent; Acute illness requiring medical treatment, or loss of consciousness arising from absorption of any substance by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin; Acute illness requiring medical treatment where there is reason to believe that this resulted from exposure to a biological agent or its toxins or infected material.

"I reported the accident to my manager and was told this happened two weeks prior to another driver and that he was supposed to get some antislip matting for the van." Your company should hold an accident/incident book. You need to check that your injury has been recorded in the book, and also check about the previous incident. Your company is now aware of a health and safety issue and should be taking steps to remove the hazard. You could also ask for a risk assessment of your activities. Also plead read the following legal requirement of your employer "If there is an accident connected with work (including an act of physical violence) and your employee, or a self-employed person working on your premises, suffers an over-three-day injury you must report it to the enforcing authority within ten days. An over-3-day injury is one which is not "major" but results in the injured person being away from work OR unable to do their full range of their normal duties for more than three days. You can notify the enforcing authority by telephoning the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 99 23 or completing the appropriate online form (F2508)[3]. " I doubt that your employer has done this. you should let them know of their responsibilities to notify the HSE. you will get their attention with this a better treatment.

I hope that I am posting in the right section. I have recently booked a holiday with First Choice valued at £1900 and they want to charge me a 2.5% fee for payment via credit card. This amounts to nearly £50 which I think is bloody ridiculous. I want the security of credit card booking but im not paying that much for the privelage. Do First Choice have a right to charge this much or are they taking the p1ss.

I submitted a claim around the 20th January, so it was pretty good really, considering that your dealing with a government agency.

A road may be unadopted, but if it has had public access/right of way on it for over 20 years then it becomes a public highway, and therefore cannot be shut/closed or have access denied in any way. And as a public highway the council will have certain rights/byelaws. The only way a road can be truly private if it has been physically shut to the public for at least 1 day a year, evidence is required.

Highways Authorities have a statutory duty to maintain their network. This will be undertaken via monthly/quartley/6 monthly inspections depending on the classification of the Road. they will use this inspection regime as their Section 58 Highways Act defense in court and they will provide copies of their inspections to prove that. Once they have identified a defect they have 4 weeks in which to carry out the repair unless the defect is dangerour then it must be repaired in 24 hours. With repect to a pothole it must be at least 80mm deep and over 300mm wide to be classed as dangerous. The best defence is to photograph the area and take measurements. And then wait several months and hope that the defect is not picked up on the next inspection. It is very hard to beat a Section 58 defense and even harder with potholes as they can often suddenly appear in the winter. By all means make your claim it wont cost you anything, but at least wait six months.

What ever happens next week, it looks like your current job is at risk. You should consider spending time this week, creating a new C.V and looking at the job market (or whats left of it) and recruitment companies. Where I work Consultants/contractors get paid twice as much as me. Which is fine as they do not get holiday/sick pay or pension. So maybe have a laugh and say that to go contract you will need x 3 your current salary. This will be no doubt be refused, but at least you offered.

Just wanted to say a big thank you to the forum for posting the information relating to the claims for childrens tax credits for 2002/2003, which had a claim deadline of 30th January. I put in a claim and received a cheque for £1049. It has been used to completely clear my overdraft.

Hi, I just thought that I would let everyone know that Southern Rail have created a form for people wanting to claim compensation for the 2 days that no trains were running on the south coast when we had the snow. You can pick one up from the station. I am able to claim for 2 days as there was no direct service into London on either day.

I used to work for a local authority in the highways department. And we used to find it impossible to sucessfully issue tickts for parking on the verges, so post you ticket for comment, it may well be possible to challenge it. Ill be surprised if it is for obstructing the highway. On a side note, the highways maintenance budget each year is insufficient to cover all the works that need repairing, and it really anoyed us having to waste money reparing verges due to parking because drivers cannot walk more than 200 yards. And then when we have had enough and place wooden stakes in the verge to prevent further damage, you all complain that i looks horrible. I have also been to court over a person who broke their ankle tripping in a tyre rut left in a soft verge. Its not very nice being accused of negligence when its the car driver.

take an online look at TSRGD 1032 and 1033, these are the drawings for parking bay dimensions.

I had a similar experience a year ago, I turned up at the station and realised that I have left my Annual ticket at home. Not wanting to miss the train the guard gave me a slip of paper to travel with. 1 month later I received a letter from the prosecautions dept requesting a copy of my ticket. so i posted the information and thought no more of it. Well 2 months after that I received a court summons. I immediately phoned the department and explained that I had sent a copy of my ticket (they did not recieve it). They asked me to immediately fax another copy of my ticket, which I did. They then called me back and said everything was ok and the court action would be cancelled. so give them a call, you should be ok.

I agree there is definately no drop kerb construction there. This should be easy to refute. You can even request a copy of their works order to install the drop kerb, which they cannot produce.

I would fight this. What is code 27? from what legal document does this come? were there any signs in the street displaying restrictions? Drop kerbs are not generally enforceable unless your restricting access to somebodys property. Yours sounds like a drop kerb for easy access across the junction. I am not sure about penalties for parking on junction, I will investigate myself.

Failing to properly display the badge is an offence. The only thing you may try, is to ask the council for a copy of the Traffic Regulation Order for that bay. In my experience (I used to write them for a council) local authorities quite often have disabled bays with no legal orders. Which means anyone can park there. I would suggest you pay the fine to avoid additional costs, and then request a copy of the order. If they cannot provide one then ask for you money back.

I am still going to complete my original complaint in the hope that they may improve the customer service of the Fraud Department.

They have finally refunded the money yesterday. hooray.

Now im really mad. Every time i call they tell me another 2 days and it will be completed. Today i call them and they say that my case has only been accepted by the investigations team today. This is the worst customer service i had ever seen. Shall i ask for copies of all of my telephone conversations and use this to get compensation for what is becoming a stressfull experience

Still no money. In fact I have now been told that the case is still being investigated and another 2 days required. So I have now gone from being told on Wednesday that i will receive a refund on Friday, to investigation not complete and no guarantee that i will receive any money at all. I have logged a complaint about the poor customer service, and asked for a copy of the transcripted phone call on wednesday. Which I can only get by writing to another department in Brighton. And they do not have an email address, so the matter will be delayed further by our efficient postal service. What should I do in the event that the claim is refused and I dont get any monies back. This event has cost me nearly £2000.

Hello, Last week my wallet was stolen in London, and my debit card was used with the chip and pin. Im not sure how but i suspect that after using my card in the morning someone was watching me and then stole my wallet. Anyway the bank are refusing to refund my money. My question is what is the best avenue for me to proceed. Im happy to make a small claims court, but what chance of success do i have? Whats really annoying is that i have telephoned them several times asking about the claim and was told that everything was ok. On my last call on Wednesday I asked them to confirm that it is ok, and they said it would be refunded on Friday. So today arrives and no money. Too say that im angry at being miss-led is an understatement. It is worth asking for a copy of the telephone recording of Wednesday which they must have?