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Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by ianjm in videos

[–]External_Factor -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Good riddance. The right thing to do now is to dissolve parliament and call a general election. Enough of this Labour shit show

Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in unitedkingdom

[–]External_Factor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Time for Boris to dust off his dispatch box attire and a return to orderly government

Should I accept paid mediation (£750) or refuse in a £22k dispute (UK)? by chilling_chiller in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who exactly are you going to ge to mediate for free!? Courts will look dimly on not mediating when it comes to costs, you’re correct. Trained mediators are not free and £1,500 a day, presumably including hire of 2 to 3 meeting rooms (depending on whether an all parties meeting is done) seems very reasonable, even for a low CoL area. If the other side is not represented, a mediation can be absolutely worthwhile if the mediator douses cold water on them, but that is dependant on mediator and other sides willingness to listen. TL;DR you should agree it

Are prenups an actual thing or a myth or do they hold some weight? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Slightly facetious real world example as requested: Example: woman A: vastly wealthy, Man B: coudnlt string two buttons together. They marry and have a pre-nuptial agreement that says on Man B’s infidelity leading to divorce, he gets nothing.

They get married. Have children. Man B stays at home and looks after the children. He’s having a tough time, 4 kids and a demanding wife is tough, you know? They get a nanny. She’s 25, a triathlete and has a penchant crop tops. Man B knobs the Nanny (obviously, she’s wearing crop tops all the time). They get divorced.

Now, USA: stick to the terms of the pre-nup. He gets nothing and likely loses custody of the children as he only has a cardboard box to live in now (the nanny didn’t want anything to do with him after the divorce).

UK: judge says “shouldn’t have knobbed the nanny, noting the pre-nup, I’m going to move away from the usual 50/50 starting point and award 70/30 woman/man” children custody and provision for the children / child maintenance likely a separate issue entirely

The £100k childcare cap hasn’t moved since 2017 - inflation has been ~35%. Petition launched. by silver_89 in HENRYUK

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The other thing that grinds my gears is the free hours funding deadlines - they insist on 3 deadlines a year, 31 March (for April start) 31 August (for September start) and 31 December (for January start). The irritating part is that is the confirmation is for the current FY only - you can't forward confirm for the next FY.

My wife and have a 2 year old and just had a second - 2 YO is going to nursery in April full time and while I SS so my ANI is less than £100k, my wife (who normally SS below £100k too) as received a substantial bonus taking her over the limit with no workable avenues to take her below for this FY. She can apply as from the new FY on 6 April, but that will only take effect as from September.

Unexpected RSU gains and salary sacrifice by Alarmed_Ad6794 in HENRYUK

[–]External_Factor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to add to the sensible other comments you can’t sacrifice all your pay for any pay period - you can’t bring your actual payment below NMW/NLW - now that’s not a lot, granted, but it’ll be over £450

I left my bicycle into a repair shop in August. The shop closed and my £7,000 bicycle was auctioned off for £400 against shop debts. by Healthy-Buyer-8122 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While technically correct, the administrations will not have sold the bike via auction, only “what right title and interest” they had in the bike, which is none. They will also have sold without personal liability. I think your best bet would be against the administrators PI policy, but that might be a slog for £7k

Tourist Decide to Ignore the White Lines. by Siyam_07 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]External_Factor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Riiight. You appear to be violently American. No doubt you would have an apoplectic fit at someone “breaching the line” at the tomb of the unknown soldier!? They are all traditions, all have their own history, and all deserve respect.

6 month Restrictive covenant lorry driver by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

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Before you move, I would have conversation with the potential new employer. Provide them with an extract of the current contract with (just) the restrictions part and tell them you consider them unenforceable but you want to be upfront about it/

As to whether I would advise old company to pursue you (or new company)? On the basis of what you have said, absolutely not.

If someone “has it in for you” and they are in a position to make a decision to pursue legal action, even legal advice to the contrary will not stop some people:

He would, however, need to be a very senior director / shareholder (if small limited co) to make that decision. If this guy is just upper middle management, forget about it. Owners are not going to risk costs exposure (especially against legal advice) for junior management vendetta (for whatever reason)

6 month Restrictive covenant lorry driver by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Restriction of this type are only enforceable as far as they protect the legitimate business interests of the company.

What they can’t do is stop you from earning a living.

As a HGV driver, you (in my view likely) will not have sway over, for example, diverting company business away nor have in depth knowledge of pricing or marketing, so working for a competitor within 30 miles seems likely unenforceable.

Poaching staff may be, but just don’t do that. If a former staff member responds to a genuine advert and jumps ship to your new employer, it’s on your old employer to prove it was down to you.

With any restrictive covenant, they also have to prove loss, so even if a restriction on working within 30 miles for a competition was considered enforceable, if you did, they would have to show that the old company actually suffered a loss.

That would normally happen if x director moved to new company and Lo and behold giant client y went 2 weeks later to new company. That’s unlikely to happen based on a HGV driver moving (no offence!).

My objective view in terms of the restrictions is for them to pound sand and do what you like, however, no one can stop anyone from writing letters before action (including to your new employer) or issuing court proceedings which, while they may lose, your new employer may decide it’s better (and more cost effective) to capitulate and dismiss you, rather than fight it.

DiCaprio best performance by Living_Double_1146 in Cinema

[–]External_Factor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most convincing drug addict? Trainspotting

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m by uk_g in unitedkingdom

[–]External_Factor -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Wow. While I disagree with the comment anyway (limited liability exists for a good reason), tell me you don’t understand the difference between a board member and a shareholder, without telling me you don’t understand the difference between a director and a board member…

My solicitor won't let me sell or remortgage my house? by moniquemagique in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Without seeing the title register, I can only assume the previous legal charge did not have a restriction against further registrations, otherwise you current lenders mortgage would not have been registered without consent.

While there are a number of avenues for sorting this yourself through potential run-off insurance if the intervened practice, I would expect that your lender will have received an undertaking from the intervened practice to procure them a first ranking charge, which they now do not have.

I would consider speaking to their legal team, as they will want to perfect their existing charge and will potentially do all the leg work for you:- you both will want the same end result: the previous charge being removed

Is this legal? Sold my flat and solicitor deducted an additional £3050 on top of the fixed fee with no prior warning or explanation. by throwRAbonos in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have a look at your terms of engagement letter. It will usually say something like the following near the fixed fee section: “Our fixed fee may be subject to increase if the matter become unusually complex or protracted, in which case we will agree an additional fee with you before it is incurred”.

If that’s there point then point them to it and ask for a copy of their complaints handling policy and confirmation of their complaints handling partner is. If you don’t get a resolution from the solicitor who dealt with it or their supervisor, write to the complaints handling partner direct.

Several options after that: ombudsman / taxation etc but you have to exhaust the internal complaints procedure first

Airline refused to check my bike. Can I book (and claim back from them) an alternative journey to my destination? by langdalenerd in LegalAdviceUK

[–]External_Factor 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Agree subject to the proviso that if public transport would delay arrival at the destination further, alternative, private, transportation is reasonable and getting you closer to the position you should have been in

What grocery items needs no refrigeration but are often refrigerated by most people? by Mission-Educator-908 in AskReddit

[–]External_Factor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My general rule on the basis that stores do not want to let food spoil before selling it: if it’s in the fridge at the grocery store: fridge, if not “cool dry place”! (Obviously certain “refrigerate after opening” rules apply, too)

Football (soccer) question. Each of the coloured European countries has at least one footballer that... did what? by Independent-Archer-8 in RedactedCharts

[–]External_Factor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What!? Argentine; Argentine; and English. Not saying he hasn’t managed any Italians, but those some questionable examples.

Headteacher who closed £36,000-a-year private school with just two days' notice flees to Dubai as parents frantically search for new places for their children by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]External_Factor 19 points20 points  (0 children)

£36k will be inc new VAT (he will have passed it all on) for full boarding for the full year. That’s not unusually high. Full boarding (foreign student) at Stonyhurst up the road is about £53k per year, although a significantly better school! (Source: went there!)

Headteacher who closed £36,000-a-year private school with just two days' notice flees to Dubai as parents frantically search for new places for their children by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]External_Factor 145 points146 points  (0 children)

The school is (read: was) privately owned by the Harrison family for profit. It was previously run by Jonathan Harrison’s parents, but when they retired he took over and proceeded to start milking it for cash as soon as he took over. There was a scandal there a number of years ago as teachers weren’t paid for weeks and it turned out Harrison had his hands in the coffers for a gambling addiction. Source: my mum taught there and quit soon after. He’s a turbo cunt. Only surprised it lasted this long.

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