Do not worry, they have more than likely received an allegation, they have to investigate all allegations they receive even if someone is just trying to cause trouble, if its not under caution it basically means that they don't have much....

Hi Thanks for the reply,... Just to clarify, I did not know I was driving without insurance until I telephoned insurance Co after getting pulled up.. So yes it has to be admitted

Hi All Last November I was stopped by a traffic officer and told that I had no Insurance which took me completely by surprise as I pay monthly, I phoned my insurance company from the side of the road while the officer waited!! only to be told that my insurance had been cancelled due to non payment! they explained that they sent a letter to me to get payment - but did not get an answer so they cancelled my insurance in SEPTEMBER!!!. . Obviously I was horrified and demanded to know why they did not let me know, to which they said they sent a letter etc etc etc. I understand that I'm partly to blame as I should have been checking my account to ensure that the money was being paid (it wasn't my main account which everything else goes from, hence why I never checked much).. What really got my goat is the fact that the insurance company have both my contact numbers and email address, surely if you send someone three letters as they claim and you do not get a reply a telephone call should follow, so I was driving for almost 7 weeks with no insurance. after the usual pain of getting car towed away, queuing up to get it, paying the fine etc, I have now received a court summons, to which I was going to plead guilty via post, (because like I said earlier, I do take the responsibility somewhat for not checking payments, as much as It kills me ) I have checked the summons and they have my car registration wrong!!.. All I want to know (If there is a tiny bit of justice in the world!) can the case be kicked out due to the fact that it is not my registration! any help greatly appreciated

Hi Andydd thanks for your information. As far as I know we are the leaseholders and freeholders, Yes..we have decided to give them the boot. and I totally understand about someone tripping on items etc, but my point was that there is no way anyone could have tripped over, they would have smashed their head on underside of stairs before getting to the items!!! does that mean the open stairs need to be closed off, because in the event of no lighting and a fire... (god forbid!) someone leaving the bottom flat would more than likely collide into the underside of the stairs and cause themselves an injury!! (...and still would not crash into the items!) As residents we all understand our responsibilities not to put anyone in danger, as I mentioned we have all been there quite a while but we are all not happy at the way things have been taken Do we also have to have a fire/smoke alarm in the passage then, we have them in our individual flats but not in the 'communal area'? Going back to original post, Is it possible to get back the items that were removed? appreciating the help/advice.

Hi I live in a block of flats which is currently under the management of a Property company, they are not landlords as ALL flats are privately owned by the tenants. The reason we got them in is because one of the flats was sold and the person who sold her flat used to look after the running of the property, i.e. arranging a gardener to do the lawn, window cleaners to do windows etc. after she left we all decided that due to work commitments it would be best to hire a property company to manage our block, We are all Directors as we have a residents association for the block and pay a monthly service charges into our residents bank account, which is also used for repairs etc The problems started when we started receiving letters from the management company informing us that all items in the hallway need to be removed, potted plants for instance. We were told that due to H&S fire rules etc that they need to be removed as it invalidates our insurance, bearing in mind that most of us within the block have been her over 15 years and never had a problem in the past with getting public liability insurance. Just recently a contractor came into the block at the behest of the management company and removed a couple of items under the stairs, stating that its an obstruction in the event of a fire!.. which is fair enough, except that said items were completely not in the way of the exit as they were literally un-seeable and the flat owner who lives at the bottom of the stairs said that they are not in the way at all. Apparently, they wrote to all tenants informing everyone that items would be removed if we did not move them. All I want to know is can they do this? no date was given on the letter as to when we should move the item and can we get them back. We have had nothing but problems since they took over, emails have been sent to them to repair a light bulb, which took 3 weeks!! We have have structural work done on the block and they were reluctant to use the building company we as tenants wanted, because their quote from their building contractors were astronomical, We are having a meeting this week without the management company present to vote on if we should dispose of their services, which judging by all the feed back, we will not use them any longer. any help would be appreciated regards Nik