A few days ago a vitally important judgment was released concerning (once again) the matter of Liability Order 'costs'. This particular case was an appeal and was heard in the High Court but unlike in the recent case of the Reverend Nicolson, this particular local authority (East Northamptonshire District Council) had prepared a schedule of standardised costs of the type encouraged by Judge Andrews in the Reverend's case (paragraph 46). The claimant; Edward Williams represented himself and his appeal concerned (amongst other points) the following: One: That the summons served was an abuse of process because within it, it included an amount of costs (£75). He contended that the Regulations make no provision for the summons to include an amount by way of costs and that costs could only become due once, and if, a liability order were made Two: That including the amount of costs on the face of the summons was an abuse because it was an unlawful demand for money which the local authority had no right to make at that time. He contended that the costs were not due and owing at the date of the summons . He pointed out that the complaint on which the summons was based made no reference to the costs of £75. He submitted that it was an unfair manipulation of the Court process to include an amount for costs on the face of the summons, particularly when the only real summons cost was £3. He suggested that the recipient of a summons would be misled into believing that the costs of £75 were fixed and could not be debated or challenged. Three: He wanted to appeal the earlier decision regarding the sum of £75 and whether the costs had been 'reasonably incurred'. Most importantly; (and this is of significance to all local authorities who had been waiting for this case to be heard), Mr Williams considered that when compiling a schedule of costs, East Northamptonshire Council were wrong to include figures for: Information and Technology costs. Chip and Pin costs. Pension deficit funding.

While I was withdrawing money from ATM, Suddenly two persons came from my back side and one of them cancelled my transaction and I asked why you are cancelling my transaction. He replied that This ATM is not working and the other guy also said the same. I thought ATM is not working and my card has been stuck in the machine. Immediately I have called bank and got to know from customer care representative that some dispute transactions worth 2500£ (300£ refunded by bank as they withdrawn this amount at ATM) were made on my card and I have cancelled my card. I went to Local police station and suggested to report in actionafraud.police.uk and suggested to wait till the bank response. I am really worrying whether the bank will refund my money for these disputed transactions? OR do I need to go for Police/Court?

Hello! I would be really grateful if I could get some advice please! I had a tenancy inspection 28days ago and there were a few issues that they kicked off about (hairdye on the toilet seat etc!) One of them was that some of the lightbulbs needed replacing - however the light fittings in the property are 3 pin energy saving which cost between £10-£13 each and 5 of them all went over the Christmas period. We simply can not afford to replace them all - more like 1 a month at the moment!! Can we be evicted for something like this? I though I had read something a while ago about 'non'standard fittings' and gave these lightbulbs as an example, but I can't be sure. Any advice would be much appreciated

When you purchase an item via chip & pin is authorisation sought immediately? I have been told today that on occasion the retailer can process the payment without authorisation. Is this the case? I'd appreciate any advice on this, thanks in advance.

I have recently bought a new LG Tv 47LM620T-ZE but I am concerned. There is no PIN number option to prevent children from accessing the internet on the TV via LG wi-fi dongle or from theVirgin Media Superhub plugged into the back of the tv. The LG tv company are absolutely refusing to do anything about this even though I have written to them on numerous times. Where do I stand on this and what does the law say about this?