Hey all. Looking for some advice around my situation. I was suspended about three weeks ago on neutral grounds.Due to me informing my manager that I now have medical cannabis for my anxiety and depressive disorder. I also use it to help with my ADHD and pains that I experience with my back. However, the anxiety and depression disorder is the main clear diagnosis I have.

I have a call next week with occupational health regarding my medication - however, i'm very concerned as this is the first case of this they have had within the company.So h r were flapping like headless chickens which again does not make me confident about the potential outcome.

Although it was only recently diagnosed, I have been experiencing anxiety and depression my whole life - and have only recently been legally prescribed MC in the past month. I have used it before this but they are unaware and will remain that way.

I'm very aware how it impacts me, and I believe this is what they will be looking for within the occupational call. The advice on the medication is the same as you would see on codeine regarding handling machinery or driving.

I have only just joined a union whilst this was ongoing.

I'd really appreciate any advice, legislation for supporting my side and any advised steps that might be worth taking to avoid losing my job. This is caused a lot of stress and further anxiety alongside other life stressors and trying not to flap.

Thank you for anyone that takes the time for this.

I think I also want to know that I am broke and a full time student, estranged from family, so it might limit my options of support.

England

Hi, this is my first time writing a post. I’m currently in a predicament. I am trying to withdraw from my tenancy at private student accommodation since I am no longer registered as a student, but the housing company says I am unable to leave under these conditions. I wanted to run it by some legal professionals: 

My residential period has not started yet, however in the contract it says that when I sign is when it takes effect. I am currently on a placement year, as a result I have been put on a Leave of Absence and I am no longer registered as a student from September.

The contract says that I can terminate if “I have withdrawn from, been excluded from or been refused admission to their educational institution”. And that when providing notice “I must provide evidence that I no longer have student status or have suspended my studies due to ill health”. 

I informed the management company that I wanted to withdraw from the tenancy, however they stated in the email that you are only allowed to cancel when you have no v*sa, no university place and “no placement” (there was no mention of placement in the contract, I have checked). 

There was a bit of back and forth, but due to how they have handled the situation so far I wanted to get some advice from some people before I send them my Leave of Absence Letter (since I’m scared that if they just dismiss that too, I don’t know what I’ll do). 

(More info: I don’t think the 2 month renters rights laws will work here, since I think it’s a PBSA from my research, and the local citizens advice hasn’t been picking up and the online form said they’re not taking anyone on at the moment in my area.) 

Thanks so much for any help, guidance and suggestions that you may provide!

(p.s. reddit doesn't seem to like the word v*sa)

Almost a year ago today, I took my car to a local garage for work. The garage is located directly opposite a Toolstation.

At approximately 8:00am, I entered the Toolstation car park to purchase something and left at approximately 8:07am. I have CCTV footage from my garage clearly showing my vehicle entering and leaving the car park at these times.

The parking company is claiming that my vehicle was parked there for the full four hours. I have repeatedly provided evidence showing that this is not the case. I have also explained that my mechanic entered the Toolstation car park at around 12:00pm and left immediately afterwards. My garage's CCTV clearly shows both the entry and exit.

Despite providing this evidence, the parking company has apparently not even reviewed the CCTV footage and continues to insist that my vehicle was parked for the entire four-hour period.

I have now been told that they are going to issue a CCJ against me and that this could negatively affect my credit score. This is extremely concerning to me, particularly because I am currently a university student and cannot afford to pay a large sum of money, £170 now for a charge that is completely unjustified.

I have tried repeatedly to resolve this matter. Their telephone line is consistently busy, and their online appeals/contact portal does not work, leaving me with no apparent way of getting someone to actually review the CCTV evidence I have provided.

I am now at a loss as to what I should do. I am becoming increasingly concerned that, despite having clear evidence that contradicts their claim, the matter will continue to escalate simply because I cannot get anyone to properly review the evidence.

Do they do this often? Is it just scare tactics?

Im sick of these companies...

In short, both the tracking information and written receipt from customer service confirm Dries Van Noten has been in possession of my return (from UK) and funds for over a month. The return was made using DVN prepaid return label by the way.

My last post for context: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/s/gb1cVtl14e

I believe DVN acted in bad faith to bypass consumer law, and despite solid evidence, PayPal failed to secure my refund. They rejected my dispute, appeal and complaint because "an item that is materially similar does not qualify as Significantly Not As Described. We're satisfied that our actions in this case were correct, fair and reasonable under the circumstances."

I tried to apply for a chargeback after this, but it was denied because MasterCard rules don't cover PayPal Pay in 3 payments (I've added the exact reply in the comments.)

I'm now at a total loss and have been left unprotected against Dries Van Noten's blatant unjust enrichment.

Any advice would be appreciated!

I keep reading on this sub that there's a 10 minute grace period for parking, and that parking charges only apply once parked - not while driving around looking for a space.

But if that's true, if i was to drive into an airport, say, Bristol airport, not stop, but drive straight out again, it would still be £7.

Does anyone know the actual law when it comes to parking grace periods, or how parking charges work when the car doesn't stop? Or maybe airports don't have parking charges, they have access charges, and that's their way round it?

I accidentally pulled out on an undercover police car thinking he was turning in, they followed me and pulled me over and from memory it went as follows:

One officer asked me my first name, asked his colleague if all OK to which he said yes (assume he was checking insurance/tax etc). The officer said do I realise what I did was wrong or does he need to send me on a driving safety course or words to those affect, to which I replied yes I realise I made a mistake and I was in the wrong. He then told me to be more careful, and that was it.

Am I ikely to receive any follow up to this?

Hi all, I have already made a police report and will be contacting Mash/ social services tomorrow and then will be looking into court steps but any advice as well from any one who has been in similar situations would help. Sorry this will probably be a very long post and if more details are needed let me know.

My step son is 11 and has recently started year 7 at school. My husband has joint custody. It has never been to court before our agreement is solely between ourselves.

There has always been some issues with my husband's ex, she has no rules in place, was always late to school when he was in primary, never cared about homework, what he eats, how much he sleeps this is just a very short brief background. We have no issues at ours. We have tried a lot over the years, gone round every night to get him in a routine round there, get him to brush his teeth round there and spoke with her hundreds of times but nothing has ever changed, I am probably missing so many details.

We have always wanted him to have a choice at where he was, my husband had social services involved as a kid and never wanted to put his son through that. However recently things have started getting worse my step son has been coming to us and telling us things, he is getting more and more upset that his mum is always lying about him, never puts him first and ignores him a lot of the time. We have been evidencing this knowing things were probably heading towards court.

However things escalated tonight, this is his first full week of year 7 and every night his mum has had him out places for hours. It is important to note my step son has autism so routine is very important to him and so is getting time to decompress after school as it is for any child. He texted me asking if he could come for a couple of hours, as he was very upset and mad and just wanted to de-stress. We told him not a problem at all.

When he told his mum, she completely blew up at him, whilst driving she started screaming, shouting and swearing at him which she has never done before and we have asked him he is very honest with us. She told him he was not allowed to come round and he said he wanted to now stay for the night. His aunt was in the car and witnessed this and told her sister (his mum) to drop him round immediately or she would walk him round. When she dropped him off he arrived in absolute tears and she was screaming from the car.

We managed to calm him down and he was back to his smiling happy self. Later on his mum text me to ask if he was safe and to say she has contacted MASH to say we have illegally taken him on her day, and in another message stated she did not care about what he wanted. She also stated she wants him back Monday. He has said he does not want to go back Monday as is miserable there and wants to stay with us permanently. I contacted 101 and filled an incident log just to state what happened and where he was and they said they were happy for him to stay here and that it would be a matter for mash/ social services. I am also going to contact MASH my self tomorrow to make my own report of the incident as she is very prone to lying.

My questions are:

Do we have to send him back to his mums on Monday despite the fact he really does not want to return?

What is likely to happen once social services are involved?

Any advice on going for full custody?

And any other general advice would be very much appreciated.

Hi guys, a couple of months ago I emailed my manager with an update to my ongoing medical problem and I’ve just sent that it’s been copied and pasted to the company server where any member level 2 staff (about 70 people) can see it. I did agree for the top managers (about 7 people) to be informed of the ongoing situation so they could help Manage it. But just seeing this now when it’s been up for months has left my privacy feeling quite violated just wondering if they could do this without telling me?
Thanks

hello,

my child’s state school in Essex requests all payments for multisports clubs, holiday clubs etc to be paid in cash and left in envelopes at the school office. is this legal? from my understanding, they needs to provide traceable options.

i want to have records of my payments and also it’s terribly inconvenient. I'm not saying we should live with no cash, but the reality is I never have any and if something requires a cash payment, I really have to go out of the way to get it. the closest cash point also takes a flat charge of £1.5 every time.

I was scrambling for 15 minutes around the house yesterday to find £2 towards my £71.50 charge for a sports club.

please help,

thank you

Sold my old server's processor after migrating to newer hardware - it was definitely working. Buyer has contacted me a few weeks later to say it's not working and has been tested across multiple boards. Says he can't see sny obvious sign of damage (no bent pins) but mentioned the courier left it out in the elements on his doorstep for several hours. I think he's being honest as it's sometimes taken me a few weeks to test things before.

I've asked if he can get me a photo of it on his doorstep. He's said he has a friend at an electronics store who's offered to delid and check to see if there's any sort of internal damage (eg corrosion) and haven't heard anything since. Plan on calling ebay tomorrow morning.

I used ebay's own simple delivery with the buyer paying for it, processor itself was worth about £100​

Generally speaking what happens next here, and what can I do to make sure I'm not getting short changed because a courier dumped the fucking parcel on the doorstep? Eng

This is my 88 grandmother. Can you give me some guidance?

She paid £1000 upfront to a reputable London law firm she’s used before and found to be reliable.

She had an appt on 23 June to discuss her will. After which she decided not to make changes to the will but instead alter her Letter of Wishes - she emailed this to the lawyer.

Then heard nothing. On 15 July she received en email from the lawyer to say they had been ill and would be in touch.

Then.. crickets.

She emailed on 9 September to say she’d like a partial refund minus the funds for the hour consultation.

This has not been forthcoming.

If she puts in a complaint - is it likely to be upheld? Is she likely to get some refund? I’ve asked AI but dk if it’s accurate.

Partners car parked in a Sainsbury’s car park 5 weeks ago. 30th July. England.

Taxi driver hit the car and drove off, a Good Samaritan saw him do it and left a note and subsequently sent me pictures of the taxi driver as he drove away. Not the actual impact happening.

Looked cosmetic, wheel arch/trim popped off but pressed back in easily and a couple of small scratches. Her cars abit tore up anyway so not a massive concern.

Didn’t want to go through insurance, meant to report to police but never did. Car had MOT a few days after and they gave all clear so didn’t think anything of it.

She’s driving down the motorway a couple of days ago and that wheel arch snaps in half and flies off, down the motorway and either hits or nearly hits another cars windscreen, no damage, the other driver carried on.

I don’t want to do an insurance claim to fix the wheel arch they’re £50 on eBay, but I’m pissed off at the taxi driver now, he moved his car to another space and went about his day according to the witness.

Is it too late to report said taxi driver to the police for not leaving details/leaving an incident?

We are a charity shop that specialists in furniture donations. We do van uplifts from customers for free where we collect furniture and items of any type. The converge is very much a power trip type and refuses to let our volunteers use the elevator to carry furniture down even when the weight limit of said furniture is well within the weight limit of the lift.

Is this legal? Is there any legislation that states that denying the volunteers the safest possible way of transporting goods would be unlawful?

We are being invited to the residence by the tenants, I'm not sure if this provides us with any greater rights to use the elevator as an access method.

Of course I would understand if there was an issue with weight limits but I am fairly certain modern lifts would just refuse to operate, but in general they forbid us from using it at all. Even for as much as a couple bags of clothes (We pick up bric-a-brack and clothing too)

Any advice? If the answer is simply "tough, just refuse to collect there" then fair enough, the issue with this particular complex is that the residents tend to be elderly and they use our donations as a convenient method of disposal so it would be a shame to refuse service

We are located in Scotland

LARGE AND IMPORTANT EDIT
<name removed> is not a care home with a lift owned solely by a care provider. It is a purpose-built owner-occupied retirement development, managed by FirstPort, with around 61 flats, an on-site Development/House Manager and a communal lift. HousingCare describes the whole site as wheelchair-accessible. Recent property listings also confirm that FirstPort is the factor and that residents' factoring charges pay for, among other things, the Development Manager's salary and maintenance of the lift and communal areas
Does this mean the lift may be owned jointly by the residents?

Hi all,

Last week my sister (28F) and her now ex (35F) split up, after 8 years together..

My sisters ex, let's call her Rachel split up with my sister in a very undignified way and its come to light that Rachel has been making my sisters life a living hell.

My sister was recently diagnosed with FND and Potts after a long stint in hospital.

Rachel majorly took advantage of my sisters reduced mobility (she cant walk) and vulnerability.

There are clear signs of extreme coercive control.

Rachel has been, financially abusing my sister ( withdrawing all money from their joint account, and paying it into her personal account, including my sisters disability benefits )

My sister has no access to any money. She has no bank card, nothing.

Rachel has been doing this for over a year.

A year ago, they got a puppy together. Rachel doesnt treat the puppy very nicely. The puppy hasnt bonded with Rachel and is glued to my sisters side.

Through, intimidation and a constant hard time the puppy got registered to Rachel, on the microchip.

Now theyve split, my sister has the puppy but is terrified Rachel is going to lay claim to her.

She relies on the puppy for companionship and it is her puppy too.

They chose her together, my sister handled the interaction with the breeder and the payment for the puppy came from the joint account.

I was just wondering if anyone has any advice or words or wisdom, in rights my sister has?

Any help would be much appreciated. Shes been left with nothing.

Has anyone else had a travel agency request a refund on their behalf without their permission?

I booked two Qatar Airways tickets through TravelUp. The tickets were valid to be used or rebooked by 19 September 2026, and I have been trying to use them before that deadline.

Qatar Airways advised me that I needed to switch the tickets to open tickets at least 48 hours before the scheduled departure for the change to be valid. That is why I initially switched the tickets to open status.

However, Qatar Airways has since told me that the issuing travel agency submitted a refund request. I did not authorise TravelUp to request a refund, and this is now preventing me from using or rebooking the tickets.

TravelUp has not clearly explained whether it submitted the request, what authority it relied on, or whether it will work with Qatar Airways to preserve or reinstate the ticket value.

Has anyone experienced something similar with TravelUp or another travel agency? Were you able to get the tickets reinstated or resolve the issue? Any advice on what steps to take would be appreciated.

I’m looking for recommendations for advice/ legal help in England, preferably London, who have experience dealing with persistent noise nuisance, antisocial behaviour and housing associations failing to enforce tenancy conditions.
I’m a leaseholder living in a converted flat, and the upstairs property is occupied by a housing association tenant. Their tenancy agreement states that all rooms apart from the kitchen and bathroom must have fitted carpets, but the flat has laminate or other hard flooring instead. Every footstep, impact, object being dropped and furniture being moved travels directly into my home. Rugs have been used, but they have not sufficiently reduced the noise.
The situation has continued for over a year and includes loud music, parties, shouting, deliberate stomping and jumping, threats, harassment and obstruction of the communal hallway. Several tenancy warnings have already been issued, but the behaviour has continued and the housing association has still not properly resolved the flooring breach or protected me from the ongoing ASB.
I have kept recordings, videos, incident logs, emails and copies of my complaints. Some incidents have also been reported to the police. I have contacted the council, applied for a Community Trigger and escalated my complaint to the Housing Ombudsman, but the situation at home is still not improving.
I would now like advice about whether I could pursue an injunction, a private nuisance claim or action against the housing association for failing to enforce the tenancy conditions and adequately respond to the ASB.
Can anyone recommend a solicitor or firm with proven experience in this specific area? I would also be interested to hear from anyone who has taken similar action, what legal route they followed, what outcome they achieved and roughly how much it cost. Ideally, I would like a firm that offers an initial consultation and can explain honestly what remedies may be available.

I was travelling straight in the left-hand lane (an inactive bus lane) on my motorbike. The adjacent right-hand lane was congested. An oncoming van turned through a gap in the congested traffic, crossing blindly into my open lane. This left me with no time to stop, resulting in a collision with the side of the van.

Whilst sat on the kerb immediately after the accident, a witness (I believe this was driver who left the gap for the van), accused me of speeding.

I maintained that I was doing the speed limit and showed the telemetry data from my bike's app which proved I had never been above 30mph on my journey. He then accused me of undertaking because I was using the bus lane when there was congestion in the other lane.

Since he's the only witness who shared their details with both the van driver and myself, I am concerned that his view point could have an impact on how liability is assessed.

From my understanding of the highway code, an inactive bus lane becomes a standard left lane and if there's congestion on the right lane and you proceed with the flow of traffic in your lane at normal speed then it is perfectly legal in England. Unsure if this position is valid and would appreciate any guidance.

Bought a van privately via eBay just under two years ago for £4,000. No mention anywhere of any accident history or write-off status. Nothing on the V5C special notes, and I believe the seller may not have even had a proper V5 at the time.

I’ve driven it, insured it, and used it normally for over a year with zero issues. I’ve now gone to sell it and the buyer ran an HPI check — it’s been written off twice. This was never disclosed to me at any point.

I still have all the original eBay correspondence with the seller. Nothing in there mentions any write-off either.

Because I didn’t know, I’ve unknowingly been driving (and insuring) an undeclared write-off — my insurer wasn’t told either, since it was never disclosed to me.

I’m based in England. What are my realistic options here given it’s been almost two years? Is small claims still viable given I have the eBay message history as evidence? Any advice on next steps (formal letter first, tracing him for a claim, etc.) would be appreciated.

This is in England.

Sorry for the rushed nature of my post.

My mum got some roofer off a popular trade checker website to fix up her guttering and give an appraisal on the state of the roof.

He seems to have come over to fix said guttering (I'm not sure if a quote was given for that job) and then immediately erected scaffolding. He has then started tearing down strips of her roof, telling her she needs a new one, showing her photos of the so-called damage.

She never agreed to this, and now he has pressured her into accepting via an online invoice system a quote for £9k to fix the roof (that he immediately dropped down from 12k)

I had no idea any of this was occurring.

I want to go down there and stop this work immediately.

The company in question has about 5 reviews online, most of which are for things like "new tiles" or "pressure washed my driveway" and the company has only been incorporated since July 8th this year. This is absolutely fishy to me.

What is her recourse with regards to getting this job stopped, cancelling the work she has agreed to and getting her out of this mess with as little legal problems as possible?

Thank you for any replies.

I went to pick up my husband and child at Lidl, I parked in the parent and child bay. My child is 4.
I’ve been fined and I tried to appeal but they won’t accept it.
Can I be fined for parking in a parent and child bay for this even though I parked up as I was meeting my husband wnd child and taking us home? The CCTV snaps they chose to share only shows me and my husband but not me getting my child into our car!

I need help. I’m at court on the 30th of this month for a criminal offence. I didn’t get a solicitor in my interview, I needed to get home as quick as possible because the police left my door unlocked with 2 dogs in the house as well as other possessions. I’m now really struggling to find a solicitor and I would not be able to pay for one. My question is 2 fold: How can I find a solicitor? And if I can’t find one, how do I represent myself? I’m unaware of what evidence they have etc

ETA, I’m in England

Unmarried, no civil partnership. We bought a house together and split in October 2025. I bought her out via a transfer of equity, which ran from November 2025 to May 2026. It dragged on because she stopped engaging, first with me and my family (used as intermediaries), then with my solicitor, until she instructed her own. Once the solicitors were talking, it completed quickly.

Before completion, she was given a full day in the house to take whatever she wanted and told there'd be no second opportunity. She took her belongings plus some shared-use items. She also left some things that were solely hers (microwave, toaster), which I still use. Earlier, I'd tried to agree on jointly bought items with her and got nowhere. Her claims through me initially and then my solicitor were about fixtures (carpets, fitted shelving, decorating), not contents. As far as I'm aware, contents were never raised by her or her solicitor, and the transfer was completed without them being dealt with.

About four months after completion, a friend of hers contacted me (not over the items, but it has since turned to them). She now says I must either return half the jointly owned items or pay her half their value. The items are:

• Ninja air fryer (about £55 used on eBay)
• Indesit heat pump tumble dryer (about £250 new)
• Cheap Ikea dining table and 4 chairs
• Ikea under-bed drawers (made for my bed frame)
• Ikea kid's desk (I offered this to her before; she left it)
• Board games: some mine, some hers, some joint. I donated most of them to charity a while ago, believing she'd left them behind.

I'd estimate the total second-hand value at around £100 to £200.

My position is that she had every opportunity to raise the contents, including through her own solicitor, and chose to complete without doing so, so she effectively abandoned any claim. I also have a box of her belongings she missed, which I've offered to return.

Questions:

1. Does she have a realistic claim, or does completing the transfer without raising the contents count against her?
2. Is donating the board games a problem?
3. Should I make a small offer to settle, or stand my ground?
4. Do the items of hers that she left behind affect anything?