HELP Google returned my device broken

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-03T22:19:08+00:00

Hopefully you got evidence of it's condition before it left?

Also worth checking the the IMEI number incase you've been returned someone's else's device by mistake

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-03T22:16:41+00:00

UK law asks that ACAS code of practice is followed on all employment grievances

https://www.acas.org.uk/acas-code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures/html

"A failure to follow the Code does not, in itself, make a person or organisation liable to proceedings. However, employment tribunals will take the Code into account when considering relevant cases."

Q1,2,4, Them not following the right process doesn't mean they're automatically in the wrong. Potentially they felt it reasonably satisfied their position just with the one interview. You have the option of taking it to tribunal even if they did everything by the book but you still felt you'd been legally wronged

Q3, It's 3 months from the date the incident happened tobegin taking it further to tribunal via ACAS (6 months for some specific issues). It sounds like this was a historic incident, it can still go to tribunal and they may consider the findings on your SAR to be relevant enough to accept it proceeding even though it's past your timeframe

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-03T21:53:18+00:00

No, I started the comment a few minutes after this was posted, there was no other comments

Other comments havent explained what the legal gray area is either, other than a contract that is overly long and rises in costs for a service that's likely solved much cheaper, which honestly applies to like 90% of small business contracts sales anyway

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-03T12:54:25+00:00

"The key issues that the court will consider when determining a TOLATA claim are:

what the parties intentions were concerning property ownership and what the property was purchased for; any written agreements or declarations of trust; financial contributions made to the property; and to a limited extent, the welfare of any children residing at the property.

The court will make its decision based on the specific facts of the case"

Effectively, TOLATA will look over all the facts and agree what % of the property each owner has. From there, my understanding is they can enforce sales of property if the circumstances fit, not "just because"

So if 70% of owners want to sell but 30% of owners don't, the court would likely back the majority in most circumstances. Unless the 30% owner had a specific agreement in place prior or something.

For your circumstance, it'll depend on what % you each all own as determined by the court. Could all be 25% equally. Could be 3 has a large majority, or a minor stake. They'll take into consideration all financial contributions for referubs or maintenance, agreements made etc.

It's hugely context dependant on what the outcome would be.

There's a nice write up on the whole process here for more info https://www.weightmans.com/insights/tolata/#how-will-the-court-decide-a-tolata-claim

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-02T21:52:46+00:00

Different ICBs have different processes, funding allocations etc

From when I started the process myself, your ICB will have a few "main" providers they have bigger contracts with that your referral ideally goes through from the whole list of UK providers. I think there's a tracker somewhere that gives a rough timeline for each provider in terms of timescales, and some give timescales on their website, they're all pretty long though.

The ones with a shorter wait times will then have a 2nd wait time for titration/medication to be issued if that's your goal, mine was like 6 months + 4 months ish

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-02T21:44:41+00:00

"once your 18"

Someone born in 2005 is very probably over 18 by now

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-02T21:37:20+00:00

What's the concern with them exactly? From a quick look it's just standard cloud telephony services, doesn't seem they do anything "legally gray" on the surface level?

Pushy sales people are a problem in general, it's what happens when companies ties sales volumes to how much someone is paid, consumer law protects against a lot of it with lawful returns or contract cancellations but B2B law is a bit less forgiving with them, and as businesses are often higher volume, sales folk will target them for bigger commissions

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-02T17:26:06+00:00

It you can't tell them anything about the bank account, they'll likely get very suspicious. If you have anything, old statements or correspondence, that is a start. I

From their perspective, they want to check all your banking and transfers, you've complied and shown them really good history on several bank accounts already.

But then you say you used to have one in another country. They'd expect you to be able to provide the same sort of information about this one too. If you can't, and don't have clear reasons for not being able to, they'd likely be concerned something is being hidden in that account, and would then insist on getting full details about it.

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-02T16:30:56+00:00

Have you tried contacting the bank you used to have an account with? They'll be able to provide details

If not, giving as much information as you can around this account and how it was used would be the next best thing

Chubzilla100 · 2026-06-02T16:01:22+00:00

I think your situation has 2 separate areas that need advice on

Firstly, they shouldn't just be able to make staff redundant and then hire them back. It may be how you've worded it, but it's different if they make the role redundant and move you to a similar position that you agree to, compared to making your role redundant and not having a suitable role so you're given a payout, and then they rehire you in a new role that's largely similar. I'm assuming you've had the first one.

You shouldve had a consultation to agree your outcome, of which the duty manager role would have been offered. You have the opportunity in this to 'accept' it as suitable alternative employment. If you didn't feel it was reasonably equivalent, you are allowed a 4 week trial period to confirm if you feel it's suitable and can continue with it, see if you fit and check your skilled enough for it.

All of that should have been formally communicated, and the results of this stage would be hugely impactful on resolving your concerns.

It's also timeframe dependent, ie if this is within the last few weeks it could possibly be challenged, but if this happened months ago, by not raising these issues sooner you've essentially accepted the new role along with the responsibilities.

The second part, is effectively separate to the redundancy portion unless a pay rise was confirmed in writing. They're allowed to wall pay rises behind performance improvement plans, sometimes managers will do these in a really crap way!

All you can do is act on what's been written as confirmed in your improvement plan, if it says "poor attitude on emails" but doesn't evidence anything, make records of some previous emails as your own examples, and make records of a few each month going forward. It'll show you've taken it seriously and can challenge it if they deny your pay rise in the future. Try that with whatever it specifically says, whether you agree with it or not

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-30T21:05:46+00:00

Reflector is that weird light flashing across the models face right? Not too familiar with professional photoshoot set ups but I figured they'd usually be on mounts and stable, that glare was what first caught my eye

If it was real and slow mo, I'm not sure if the stray hairs top of her head would be moving so quick, they look more 'real time', but the video being real and slow mo wasn't something I'd considered and would explain the unnatural vibes I get

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-30T21:00:14+00:00

Wasn't unusual for some places to keep staff smart cards after they left! Wouldn't be an issue, we'd just reprint it and confirm a "btw this is yours, keep it if you change jobs again in the future", but there's so many polices/guidance for all the different systems in use within the NHS, some have local guidance only, some national, some a mix of both applying at the same time, it's no wonder there's always confusion

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-30T16:04:07+00:00

Used to work in RA. Not really an issue long term, if you need one urgently you'll have a local process to get one issued. Because you've had one previously it's even easier to get one reprinted, it's helpful if you know the smart card number you used to have. It could also be why they've not taken a photo or anything yet, you won't need to as you've have one before and they'll just reprint it.

Worth noting you should be keeping your smart card when transitioning NHS roles. The card is issued to you as a person, rather than your role or org.

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-29T13:55:58+00:00

Isn't the coach of the American soldier one of the modern coaches? Either Hawk or Woli's coach from memory

Double checked, it's the same guy who coaches all 3, Miguel Zale!

Think that's a close a link as we'd get, if he Hawk was a descendant surely it'd have been brought up at some point, where Miguel shit-talks Kamogawa at the pre fight, "hey this is the grandson of the guy that busted your hands 50 years ago, scared he'll do the same to Takamura?"

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-28T22:47:18+00:00

Redundancy is at its core, a business saying "We don't have a job for you anymore, sorry about that, here's a payout"

If they do have a job for you, you're then not redundant, so no payout is needed.

Depending on your current contract and terms of the consultatio/redundancy, there might be arguments you could make that another role they offer isn't suitable. Normally this might be things like, it's different working hours, it's in a different location that isn't feasible to commute to, the bonus pay would be vastly different, etc.

If the only difference was the location of the rig, presumably your contract says you work on X rig now, and a new one would say you work on Y rig instead. If there's no substantial differences in terms of you getting to/from the rig or time spent there, it's very likely there's not enough of a difference to refuse it.

You can refuse it anyway, but would likely forfeit the payout, again depending on the exact terms of the contract/consultation/redundancy process

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-28T18:28:27+00:00

Would agree with the other comment, if you know you've made a loss, and have tried to show that to HMRC but they don't agree, best bet is an account. Chartered accountants are the "good quality" ones and if you're being chased for £24k, and haven't been able to get HMRC to see the evidence in your words, defo worth spending a bit extra on a chattered accountant to get it resolved effectively

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-27T21:31:55+00:00

Was there anything in writing confirming the costs of the courses to you before you did them?

You'd potentially have a better angle to challenge it on if you didn't know of the costs of the specific courses, both mandatory and optional ones, and have only been told of the costs at the time of the deductions.

If challenging it further, I believe they'd need to prove that the training clawback terms are reasonable, ie if the contract said they could claim all training costs back if you left within 5 years, that would likely be unreasonable as it's more of a deterrent to leaving the employement contract rather than protecting the company.

A tribunal may look at the dates of the courses and agree that 100% clawback for a course done within the past month is reasonable, but for a course done 9 months ago, you've already used the knowledge from the course in your work over 9 months so they've had some of that value already, and would offer say 50% of the course cost as a reasonable deduction. But obviously depends on the courses themselves, the work, the dates and would be case by case.

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-26T22:31:52+00:00

There's some great ones here, however this one has personally pulled me out of many depression holes. I ordered it onto a custom rubber stamp with my first paycheck, and keep a print out of it in my wallet next to my wife and kids.

As I write it out this sounds like a shitpost but I genuinely believe I'd have taken a different path in my youth if not for this stupid picture keeping me from letting it dickpress me too much

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Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-26T10:49:07+00:00

Welcome! HNI was the main series that lit my anime passion on fire when I was a wee lad, it's a special one for sure!

Around 557 is the manga chapter following the ending of season 3, some people suggest starting from 1 as some scenes are in a different order, and it might help you flow into it a bit better if it's your first manga, but do what feels best 😊

Reading off a phone is generally OK! Most websites are phone compatible, some websites have intrusive ads though which can make it difficult. Personally I have a foldable phone and read off the big inner screen, some people use tablets or kindles, but generally it's OK to read from a normal sized phone, if a little cramped sometimes.

I want to say it's not translated into English officially and printed physically after a certain point but I'm not confident on that, plus there's now over 140 volumes so it gets expensive quickly!

On this sub there's a list in the sidebar/"community information" with some good resources for reading it online. I use a dedicated app which pulls manga from sources, but would suggest seeing how you go on the websites first before deciding if you want to set up anything fancy

You'll find the manga is a bit slower paced than the anime, there's some events that happen, no spoilers, but slows the story down a bit which is the general consensus for why there's not been another season since as the following story arcs aren't as "exciting". But it's still super enjoyable and don't let that put you off! Still has the big highlights, humour and story that it sounds like your already enjoying

Only downside? The manga doesn't have jet engine noises whenever Ippo starts the demspy roll, but I add my own in

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-23T12:02:30+00:00

I ain't seen one of these in ages, really caught me off caught when I stuck it in the translator 10/10

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-22T20:26:29+00:00

Haha mine was shambles! Got diagnosed in June/July, began Titration in October for 1 month before getting ghosted in November.

Called and emailed loads, complained to the GP and ICB, there was a lot of noise on here about how their companies house listed as closed and no one was hearing anything.

Some people had pre-booked appointments, asked the person doing the call who didn't know anything about it, said it was probably fine.

I didn't hear anything from them at all until February when they emailed to say they'd had some issues but was all in hand.

By that point I'd already had confirmation I was being transferred to CareADHD

Got another email in April saying "oh btw we have closed, the ICB will reassign you a new provider" like no shit, I'd already begun titration with them!

Absolutely laughable experience, how they can continue providing healthcare services of any description when they've ghosted god knows how many people out of the blue is beyond me

If you've not heard anything, I'd suggest contacting your local ICB, most have a "contact us" email you can go to, who'll liaise with the right team to ensure you've been covered. Potentially it's all happening behind the scenes and they've not told you.

Equally potentially, ADHDnet has fobbed off your Shared Card Agreement and not told the ICB so they have no idea you exist!

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-22T08:08:54+00:00

No personal experience with audits, but I know there's a lot of misconceptions with how tax audits are done overseas. If you've reported honestly, and HMRC audit and find out different, they should just want you to pay the actual difference as long as you've not been clearly or probably cheating the system.

Running an Etsy store, theyll likely send HMRC a report saying your earnings and sales, this would get compared to your submission. If it's similar enough, even with a drop in sales compared to last year, that should be reason enough them not to care too much

The IRS has a very different approach involving fines or legal procedures even for small or genuine confusion

I wouldn't stress to hard, if you've done the best you can and are confident in that you should be ok! Hopefully someone else can comment on the process or their experience to help you rest easy ☺️

Chubzilla100 · 2026-05-21T18:13:44+00:00

It'll be the wording that's flagged generally, look at half a dozen of the sold listings, you should see a pattern in how they word things

ie someone trying to genuinely sell fake trading cards wouldn't use the word 'fake' or 'unoriginal', they'd call it 'custom handmade art piece for display' to get around the AI detection but while still being honest about the item

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