My daughter has a zero hours contract. She's been told that once she turns 18 she'll be expected to clean the premises for free & this usually takes about 1.5 hours. Is this illegal?

Edit :She sent a message via WhatsApp asking if she'd be expected to work extra hours cleaning, unpaid. Her supervisor has said they won't ask her to do that!

I've received a job offer that starts in five months. I've been in my current position for over two years, and my notice period is eight weeks. My employer is a family friend, and they also employ my mother and sister, so I want to provide them with as much notice as possible since I'm a senior member of the team. This will allow me to train someone to take my place.

However, my boss can be hot-headed and has previously told employees to leave and offered to pay them their notice period without requiring them to work it. I cannot afford to be out of work for three months, so my question is:

Would it be considered unfair dismissal if my boss treated my significantly earlier notice period as the start of my formal notice period, leaving me without a job?

Thank you in advance for your help!

This is in Glasgow, Scotland

My ex-husband was responsible for paying utility bills, the account is in his name only and bills were addressed to him. He's moved out and I've just had a visit from the utility company saying that there's almost £10,000 in unpaid utility bills for 3 years that he owes.

I work as a nurse and can’t afford because I’m making mortgage payments all by myself now and have 2 young kids in primary school. (Please only give advice about the utility bills as I will make a separate post about other issues).

Can I open up a new account with the utility company in my name and pay the bills myself going forwards without them coming after me for the £10,000 in arrears?

I rent, whilst doing a friend’s hair my floor boards collapsed in i’ve fell through down a 1m drop. Im pretty bruised but nothing more serious. Theres a-lot of history of neglect with the house that i wont get into here. Thing is I couldn’t sue even if I wanted to do a law suit now because I cant afford to live anywhere else. What do I need to do now to make my life easier if I do want to sue in the future.

*edit: I’m in a rented house

Long story short this girl laughed about repeatedly showing her younger sibling (8 years old) explicit content in the form of Hentai animes and comics and it genuinely creeped me out as I realised she wasn't just sickly joking and that she seriously does that and thinks it's normal even when her sibling is creeped out by it. Idk if the police can do anything about this or I can report her based on only that. The girl is 17 nearly 18 and lives full time with her sister who she repeatedly says she is a big source of authority in her life.

I am in England and like the title says, I was TUPE'd over back in late January, I work on simple retail, since then the new owners have tried to sell out of date stock, put the wrong price on the shelf and charge people extra without them knowing and even trying to get us to work without ANY breaks as well as work extra ours without pay. I work part time because I have another part time job that is a carers job so it was added in my old contract that they CANNOT just move my hours around incase I am working my other job but guess what they have done?.... Anyway I can't turn up for what they have written down and I am expecting them to ring me up, what can I say or do to not only protect myself from repercussions (like being fired) as well as makeing sure they obey my contract?

Summary- I (m17) recently sent them a polite letter telling them to stop their children from scratching and denting my car the father decided he would come on to my property and move a camera facing my car and only my car without consulting me we made a report to the police about this as he had only come on to my property with malicious intent. The police just told them to watch their children and not come on to our property. They took this the wrong way and decided to send me a letter accusing me of keeping videos of their child and fliming over their property. This is all incorrect as I do not save videos or encroach on property boundaries. Earlier in the day they decided to harass me and question me about the situation cornering me in-between my car and themselves This all happened on my property they also harassed my father about how we were apparently breaching GRPR and videoing their child again we are not he offered to show them what the cameras can see, they declined. Any ideas on what to do?

I broke up with my partner last year due to his coercive controlling behaviour and blocked and deleted his number. I then had to contact him a few days back as a letter had been sent to his house (my previous address). After our conversation, I blocked and deleted him again and the next morning I got a call from a random number with an odd message saying 'You called this number?'

I knew it was my ex asking his colleague to check to see if he could get through to my number as he has done this in the past. When I called the number back, I could tell it was a police work environment which just confirmed my suspicions.

I rang my ex (foolishly) and asked him to stop getting his colleague to phone me (which he obviously denied) but I want to know if there is anything I can do legally. I have the following information:

1. The phone number of the prank call

2. The name of the person who answered the number (also the name of one of my ex's colleagues)

Would I be able to get an injunction? Thanks in advance.

Hello,

I have recently purchased an end of terrace house in London, and during the purchasing process our neighbour had building works ongoing.

They have built out and up and converted a what was a 3 bedroom end of terrace, to a 6 bedroom HMO.

I have looked on the council website and there has been no planning permission permitted for this. I’ve reached out to the council a couple of months ago and they have confirmed this and stated they would be investigating this. I’ve had no further update and they do not reply to any of my follow ups.

What are my options here? And what is most likely to happen?

Thank you!

Answered, thank you

Based in England.

I bought a Hugo Boss watch online in early 2022 for £200 from Very.co.uk. The battery ran out a few weeks ago so I bought the appropriate tool to open it (the odd wrench clamp type thing). However it wouldn't work - the back panel covering the battery is stuck fast, and I ended up scratching the back of it with the tool. Not a big deal to me as that part is always covered.

I took it to a local jeweller who tried to remove it and also couldn't. They said the back panel likely got glued on by mistake and advised me to contact Very (and let them know what happens as they hadn't seen this before).

I tried to log into my Very account, but it wouldn't register my details (I have the purchase email, thankfully) and no way of speaking to a customer service rep. In the end I decided to write a letter to them explaining the situation and asking them to tell me what to do next.

This was 4 weeks ago and I haven't heard back yet so I'm wondering what I should do.

Does this warrant a cashback on my credit card? It seems overkill and I just want it fixing or replacing, not a refund.

(I'm writing this on behalf of a friend who doesn't use Reddit.)

This is in England.

People involved in this situation are:

• Father: "John"
• Mother: "Sharon"
• John & Sharon's daughters: "Amelia" (10), "Olivia" (8) and "Ava" (6).

John and Sharon were in a relationship but never married. They separated when Amelia was 3 and Olivia was 1, due to Sharon being verbally abusive and severely neglectful of the children, to the point that social services got involved.

After John and Sharon split up, Sharon found out she was pregnant.

Soon after that, social services took the case to court. Sharon's parental rights were terminated and John was awarded full custody of Olivia and Amelia.

The unborn child was not included in this arrangement. So when Ava was born, Sharon was allowed to keep her.

Sharon did not name John on Ava's birth cerficiate. She left the "father" box empty. However, the social workers arranged a DNA test which confirmed that John is Ava's biological father.

With support from the social workers, John decided to allow Olivia and Amelia weekly supervised visits with Sharon and Ava.

However, last year, Sharon entered into a new romantic relationship with "Chris". Then, Sharon gradually stopped turning up to the scheduled visits. John still takes the girls to the meeting place, but Sharon and Ava have now not attended a single visit for the past 6 months.

Sharon will not respond to any messages or answer calls, except to tell John to "f*** off".

Obviously, the girls are upset that they no longer get to see their mum and sister; but more importantly, John now has no opportunity to spend time with Ava.

Here are our questions.

• What rights does John have to see Ava, given that he's not on her birth certificate but has DNA test results proving he's her father?

• If he has the right to see her: what can he do, legally, to enforce his right?

• If he has no right to see her currently, what does he have to do to get himself added to Ava's birth certificate, given that Sharon will likely not consent to this?

• How much would this all cost - and is there any financial help available? John has no savings and does not have a job. He is on Universal Credit which barely covers his essential expenses and does not leave anything left over to hire a solicitor.

Thanks for your help.

I’m in England. I have worked with this company for 10 months now and I’m working part time 20 hours per week on minimum wage. The first time I noticed my missing pay was last December, when my Employer forgot to pay me for 3 holidays I took in November. I reported it to my manager who then sorted it out to be paid in the following months wage. So far, I had 2 holidays in February. One holiday to be paid at the end of February , the other one should’ve been paid at the end of March. Both holidays my Employer has not paid me for. I noticed my first holiday was missing at the end of February, reported it to my manager who “sorted” it out. I was meant to get it last week, but I still have not, which means it’s 2 months late now. And the other holiday I have not received in this months pay either. So far all holidays I can recall have been “forgotten “. Where do I stand legally with this? And do I have right for it to be paid right away? And would this be enough to get a solicitor involved? TIA

Location: england

Hi everyone. Please can I get some advice. I placed an online harrods order for a 130 pound perfume for a gift.

I filled out the details went to pay on paypal, and then confirmed pay and then it took me back to the retailer site ( harrods) for last step. However it went blank like it didnt work (all my pre filled details gone). So I input the details again and had to do this process 3 times for it to finally work. However what actually happened was it went through 3 times even though the website didnt show this at the time (there was no order placed screen).

A bit annoying as I now have 3 perfumes being delivered but No biggie right because I can always return the other 2 perfumes. Wrong! They apparenty dont allow returns unless item is faulty, so now am I totally screwed. I have contaced customer service and Im waiting for a response. Could I have a chance here considering it was thier website that was glitchy and causes me to do it three times. Any advice please ? I have emailed customer service and not heard back but legally do I have any grounds here for a refund?

Edit: they do accept returns but perfume is listed as one of the items that they dont accept returns for unless faulty EDIT: after soeaking to them on the phone they have emailed me back and said I can return by Royal Mail (at your own cost) with a cover note explaining the situation but it will be down to the brand to accept the items back as they are non returnable items. How is this fair?!? The items were delivered today and I havent even opened them out of the dekivery box

In March 2023, I was involved in an RTC. A motorbike allegedly safely filtering collided into me whilst I was in a protected right turn. I was on the main road turning into a side road.

The police officer that attended post collision failed to note that I had a witness. Only took the side of the rider and his witness.

It's been over 2 years since the collision and the trial is now set In July.

Due to financial issues, I'll be representing myself.

I have evidence that proves my innocence. It's highly frustrating that the rider knowingly is taking it this far. He didn't even have a cbt. Had a collision of a similar nature a few months prior. Main focus was on insurance. A witness statement filled with contradictions and a possible link between the rider and witness suggesting colusion. There's alot more evidence of similar nature.

Does anyone have any tips for a litigant in person on the day of trial?

Hi everyone

I run a pet care business I’ve worked hard for. Someone is refusing to pay for services rendered because they “thought it would be cheaper” despite my pricing being clear and publicly available on my website which they had access to. They’ve also referenced an outdated quote I gave them over 2 years ago for a different service to the one they actually had and are trying to use this to say I’ve deceived them. I have proof that they initially agreed to pay the service rendered in cash, but I don’t accept cash and allowed them a week to bank transfer me the payment, to which they agreed. They then messaged me a week later haggling at my prices and only paid me half of the outstanding bill.

I have drafted my own LBA stating the facts, the amount owed and 30 days to pay it. Do I need to pay a solicitor to send this for me to make it more formal or is it worth just sending it myself? Do small claims court prefer seeing you sent an LBA via a solicitor or is it just as good to send it myself?

Edit: typo.

Edit: this person is also someone I had a friendship with for years. This is why I didn’t charge them upfront like I usually do, and trusted them to pay me after. They’ve also referenced favours they’ve done for me during our friendship outside of my business to justify not paying me.

Thanks in advance

Hi all,
My brother recently clicked on a Facebook ad promoting a "get rich" course. He ended up on a sales call where a rep heavily coached him into buying the course. He paid ~£1,000 from his savings and was also guided step-by-step through applying for PayPal Credit, adding another £1,200 in debt.

They promised he’d be making £50k/month within six months and claimed he’d get a refund if he didn’t see a return. Looking at the course content it's just all about onward selling courses to people - classic scam/pyramid scheme vibes.

The main guy behind it is British, runs a UK company but is based in Dubai. The refund policy only applies after 6 months and comes with a bunch of conditions—clearly designed to run out the clock and avoid refunds.

My questions:

• Is this money just gone now?
• The way they guided him through the PayPal Credit process feels shady—can that be challenged?
• Can I report this person/company somewhere?

Appreciate any advice.

Hello

I moved to a flat in London on October 1st and within the month (cant remember exact day) I switched electricity suppliers to Fuse Energy. I was not entirely sure who my supplier was but I figured Fuse would handle the swap and I would get a bill for the amount used during these first weeks. Indeed, I soon received confirmation from Fuse that the swap was successful and I have been paying Fuse ever since.

I never received a bill for the original supplier/usage (who I now know was Scottish Power) and as it was a busy month I then forgot all about it. It is now 6 months later, and suddenly my credit report with Equifax/Clearscore shows a debt for £140 and my credit score has tanked.

What can I do? Paying the amount is not the issue, my issue is that my credit score has been demolished by an account in arrears that I was never informed of. I understand I should have assumed there would be a charge and I was not proactive, fair enough, but are they not required to contact me with a bill? I received no letters, no texts, no calls, nothing. To this day I still have had no contact, I just found out because it suddenly appeared on my credit report.

So my question is, if I call them tomorrow to pay the amount, what can I do regarding the blemish on my credit? Can I request they revise their report to credit agencies as they never contacted me about the debt? I mean, I live in the same address, they could have at least sent a letter with a bill, right? Never mind the whole " your bill is now overdue" letters that they should have sent as well.

Any help would be greatly welcome

Thank you

my company wants to change all the employees' contracts, for the worse. Of course, the employees do not agree. I have worked there for more than 15 years. The company wants to fire everyone and rehire with new contracts. If I do not sign a new contract, will I be entitled to severance pay when I am made redundant?

Kind of not that serious to be fair but I just wondered about legal guidelines. I’m giving my notice in to work and thought it would be funny to write I’ll be ending my employment on XXXX date, and will be available for work until then if there is any last mote of sanity you would like to eke out of me.

would they have to accept that as a notice note? or would it be invalid

(england)

The old tenants have permission from the landlord to remove an outhouse off the property in order to sell it. Ive asked them if i could give them a few hundred pounds for the structure, but they suggested its worth £2000 and they will collect it when they have a buyer. We have been using the structure in the meantime however we have returned home today to it completely decimated mindlessly, no attempt to salvage or sell any part of it. The only aim was mess and destruction and im now left with it all. These people still have permission to enter the garden from the landlord. Theyve told the landlord their old key didnt work… my kids and me moved here from abusive relationship and it feels like my lifes actually going to get worse not better 😩 there is cables and glass everywhere yet technically its legal as the landlord gives permission.

Hi!

Earlier today I narrowly avoided a collision with an unmarked police car.

The officer pushed their door open into my lane, they were in the opposing lane with a vehicle stopped in front of them.

I couldn’t see their lights only the car in front.

They opened their door when I was level with the car in front, I slammed on and tried to swerve out of the way. Narrow road so not anyway to really go, where it went down from a 50 to 40, so I was already slowing down and proceeding to slow a bit more because of that car.

I spotted the car, thinking they were waiting to turn in, no hazards or indicators.

After they opened their door and slamming on I was using the horn but because I had pictures in my head of someone starting to get out, if I didn’t move or they opened the door more I’d hit them and crush the door into them.

After coming to a stop, my window open I said one word of profanity. F word. Not at the officer but in shock of the incident.

The officer proceeded to yell at myself saying he would “have you” for a section 5 public order. I tried to calmly explain that I didn’t see his lights, instead he walked off. Not acknowledging that him opening his door so quickly in front of me could have caused an accident.

I turned the car around and asked for his collar number. Where by he stated that if I wanted an apology he would, but if I wanted to make a complaint on the issue he would issue me a ticket for the section 5 offence. Saying he has it all on body camera and that individual he pulled over would be a whiteness. But he also repeated the word I said back to me, causing my autistic passenger to become overwhelmed, leaving them in tears.

I’ve submitted a complaint to my local constabulary, just conscious if there is anything more I should do?

I don’t have a dash camera unfortunately, he didn’t caution me or give me a warning. No details of mine were provided. Vehicle is a company car so not directly linked to me.

Any advice is welcome! Thank you!

TL;DR:

Police driver opened his door as OP was passing.

OP stopped. Said "fuck". 

Police officer threatened OP with public order offence after being asked for number.

OP has subsequently submitted a complaint.

Credit: Greedy-Mechanic-4932

Urgent help. LL doubling rent.

So to make a long story shorter ... I was renting a 3 bedroom property in the UK (Nottingham / Derby area) from a family member. I paid £650 each month which is very cheap. I have been here 3 years but 6 months ago my family member passed away. His wife now owns the property. She came to me 4 months ago and asked me to sign a new tenancy agreement. The tenancy agreement was a month by month rolling agreement with the rent unchanged. I signed and thought all was well.

Today I have received a letter stating that I am having a rent increase from £650 to £1250 a month. I can in no way afford this. Is this legal? I understand a rent increase is necessary but this seems a little too much. Does anyone know if this is an acceptable increase? Or recommend anything I can do to fight it?

Any advice would be appreciated

Hi everyone

I own the ground floor and my neighbour owns the first and second floor of our building. We get on well and she is usually very reasonable.

She requires scaffolding to do works on her windows/roof ideally via both gardens, on our flat roof as well as from our sunwell. Permission has been asked for in writing and I was initially inclined to grant this. However today she tells me the decorators/scaffolders have asked us to confirm in writing that we aren't liable for any damage caused by the works and that this is standard practice. I don't feel comfortable with this - surely it allows the scaffolders to proceed without any due care or attention? My neighbour has offered to pay in the event of any damage but it still does not feel right to me.

I'd like to check if this is standard practice, as well as any other questions I should be clarifying with the scaffolders (eg insurance they should have) prior to confirming anything in writing.

Is there anything I should be checking in terms of allowing scaffolding on top of my flat roof?

Clearly I am not an expert in this so would appreciate any advice!