My neighbour has just been served with a notice of eviction under section 8 for rent arears. She had fallen 2 months behind with the rent but had come to a formal agreement with the landlord to pay off the outstanding amount which she has been doing - she has not defaulted on this agreement. She has, however had various issues with the property which she has asked the landlord to sort, but so far he has failed to do so, one thing being unable to open any windows as they are stuck fast. In desperation she contacted the enviromental health department to inspect the property along with the landlord. After the inspection she was served with the notice, it would seem, purely out of spite. Now although she has been paying off the outstanding dept, the landlords have been adding interest to the arrears so although the outstanding amount is below 2 months worth of rent with the interest it amounts to over 2 months. How does she stand ?

Well, cant find anything online and a trip back to Yarmouth will cost more than the ticket, so I have fired of a pleasant email requesting said information. I will see what happens.

How do I go about this ?

Thanks again guys for taking the time. Here are the scans of the ticket and the photo of the sign. I noticed at the top of the ticket "Road Traffic Regulations 1984" does this mean it doesnt need to have the appeals information on it? As mentioned, there are clearly defined disabled bays, but no notice by these bays notifying of the need to pay nor any change in regulations

Thanks for the quick replies. I will get the ticket and post it up tommorrow.

Hi Guys, Just got back from a pleasant week in Yarmouth, Norfolk with my parents. Whilst there my Dad picked up a ticket from, one of the council run car parks on the sea front. He parked in a disabled bay, and displayed his blue badge, but on return to the car had a penalty charge. It turns out that the council no longer allow free parking in the car parks for disabled drivers and although there are clearly defined disabled bays, you still have to buy a ticket. This was brought in in August of this year. We have been regular visitors to Yarmouth for many years and always use this car park so didnt think to check the board. There is a small section on the board that states you have to pay, but no further notices anywhere. Do we have any defence? I noticed on the ticket (that they payed) there was no information on how to appeal against the charge. Isnt this required under Part 6 of The Traffic Management Act 2004? and can we use this to get a refund ? Thanks in advance.

We are going to start with a letter to the General Manager requesting clarification of his position, and then go from there. We have contacated the Minimum wage people and they are going to visit the company in a couple of weeks. I am in the mind to persue through the small claims court if we dont get any satisfaction otherwise, I think we have a strong case.

Some background first.. My son managed to get employ a a local main dealer garage on their apprenticeship scheme as a mechanic. He had already attended college for two years previous to this on a motor vehicle course, so you can imagine he was thrilled to be offered this post after all his hard work he had put in at college. He started work Sep 2007. He attended the companys technical centre on several occasions for training and was thoroughly enjoying the work even though the pay was a dire £3.00 hour. The question was raised at the time about minimum wage, but this was explained as being an apprentice they could pay what they liked. As he was greatfull for such a good job this was accepted. After 2 months though, he was hit with the bombshell that he was to be made redundant as they just couldnt afford him !!!. All was not lost though as on hearing this another main dealer next to his company heard the news and offered him a place on the same terms as he had allready enjoyed. Please note that both companies concerned are owned by the same group. He started work at company 2 Nov 08. all was well appart from the fact that he thought it odd that he was not attending the technical centre for training as the other apprentice was. Under the terms of his contract at company 1, he was promised a pay rise on his 19th birthday (june this year) so when June came and went he asked the General manager about this rise and why he was not being trained. This was met with a rather curt reply that he was not an apprentice,and that he was there as a general worker. This was followed in the next few day with talk of cuttbacks needing to be made and that how he and the "other" apprentice where on borrowed time and one of them had to go. It was obvious that he a stirred the hornets nest by asking for his rise and they wanted him gone. Its also worth noteing that all through his time at either company he was a model employee, showed good apptitude for the work and indeed was carrying out many jobs that the fully trained technitions would have done. Now as you can guess, two weeks ago he was indeed made redundant. Now, what I am thinking is that if he was indeed classed as an apprentice, then why was he not given the training the other apprentice was and therfore the company are in breach of contract. Or if indeed he was just an employee as he was told,then he should have been payed minimum wage for the time he was at company 2 and not the £3ph he was on. I welcome any thoughts or advice anyone has.

Oops my mistake. Re-checked with the court and they have recieved a dis-continuation notice from RW. Surely that means I`ve won ?

I dont know. The lovely lady just said "its been barred" which I thought meant they can no longer persue the case unless they apply to de-bar (if that is a word ?).

Well, its been several weeks now since I presented my defence and I havn`t heard anything from the court nor RW so I rang the court, and they tell me RW didnt bother contacting them at all and the case is now Barred ! Thanks to all the posters for your much needed and appreciated help. Chalk another one upto the consumer forum ! Can I ask that a Mod change the title please ? Thanks again Rewmer

Hi, My dear old brother in law has just picked up a ticket for not wearing his seatbelt. Closer inspection of the ticket reveals that the place of the incident is incorrect by about 15 miles. Is the ticket valid.?

Spurned on by my recent re-claim of bank charges (£2500) and an ongoing battle with Robinson way re an old credit agreement, its time to tackle BG. This has been ongoing for about 3 years now. I keep getting estimated bills despite giving them many readings and they seem to be unable to set up a Direct debit as I have requested many times, and the upshot of this is that I now have an estimated bill for £3000 and no sign of anyend to this farce. Unfortunatly I havnt kept any records of my arguments or times I have been on hold for 45 minutes and then been cut off. Question is, how is the best way to proceed ? Do I start with OFWATCH or someone up hignh in BG. Skimming the forums, am I right in thinking they can only chase me for 1 years debt? Thanks in advance.

Hi, Well my defence has been received and acknowledged by the court, I just wondered what is the process now? What sort of timescale are we looking at until a judgment is made ? Again thanks fo all your help.

Anyone ?