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    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

      I’m not happy to do this, drive the car or with the after care experience (a sign of further stresses to come) so want a refund and to return the car asap.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

      Many thanks 
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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From what I've read, she was chosen precisely because she was a new lawyer with very little experience.

 

It seems to be part of Trump's tactic to delay things, maybe in the hope that in a couple of years he could be president again and then he's immune from prosecution like last time.

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The lawyers won't want to declare something in court that they think isn't true - it could affect their careers.

 

I've said before, I think it's mostly a delaying tactic. But that article in the Washington Post that I linked to yesterday says the view is tending to them having messed up their tactics and put themselves in a bit of a Catch 22.

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Elon Musk has a poll about whether Trump should be reinstated on Twitter. At the moment, Yes is winning. People have short memories about the disruption he caused and I imagine moderating his account could be very difficult with reduced numbers of staff.

 

This assumes that Twitter survives.

 

 

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The legal tide is turning against Trump.

 

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The ex-president’s supporters will no longer be able to avoid testifying before grand juries in Washington DC and Georgia

 

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Oops. This won't help his case.

 

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Discovery appears to confirm DoJ’s suspicions that former president possessed additional government records, sources say

 

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This is a good summary of Trump's legal problems this week. I like Jack Smith being compated to Elliot Ness.

 

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The committee referred Trump for possible criminal prosecution. And politically he looks like a loser

 

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It's worse than I thought. Trump doesn't drink so maybe he has cognitive problems.

 

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Excerpts show former president was corrected by lawyer when shown picture of himself with Carroll in the 1990s

 

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Another court setback.

 

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In scathing ruling, US district court judge writes, ‘misuse of the courts by Mr Trump and his lawyers undermines the rule of law’

 

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The Guardian says there's another lawsuit for defamation from a different company that was involved in monitoring the election.

 

Meanwhile the man himself says the insurrection on 6th January was Mike Pence's fault. That's a new one.

 

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Ex-president’s remarks come after his former vice-president said that history will hold Trump accountable for the violence

 

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Trump's rally in Iowa. He mainly talked about how good he's been to farmers there but there was this gem.

 

“Standing before you today, I am the only candidate who can make this promise: I will prevent World War Three.”   Hell, he'd probably start it...

 

https://archive.is/zFcTa

 

 

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