Nov 6, 2015
Have you ever parked in a free car park without realising that if you overstay you could be landed with a large penalty charge? This happened to me at a motorway service station and I appealed and the company reduced the charge. It is misleading to...
Nov 6, 2015
The Office for Legal Complaints has appointed a police regulator and former justice charity boss to the new standalone post of chief ombudsman. Kathryn Stone will join the organisation in January from her current post as a commissioner for the Independent Police...
Nov 6, 2015
It was announced today that in the UK we are approaching “full employment.” which seems to be great news although it might result in inflation. The Bank of England’s Deputy Governor said: “We are over time seeing a situation where there are...
Nov 6, 2015
At long last, BIS has published ODR guidance for businesses. It has been added as an annex to the existing detailed ADR guidance for business that was previously published on the Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s Business Companion website. As the ODR platform...
Nov 6, 2015
People may have forgotten the Small Business Commissioner proposal which was launched following the election. In the meantime though there has been work going on behind the scenes and the legislation has been drafted and put before parliament. Time for an update: The...
Nov 3, 2015
A Court Users’ Survey has found that most Court users would like to avoid using the Courts! This is not really surprising as who if asked would say that they really look forward to Court, or the dentist or hospital? It is a distressed purchase. This is why the...
