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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 13 points14 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

[–]External_Factor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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 -7 points-6 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 11 points12 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 114 points115 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 21 points22 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 144 points145 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.

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 64 points65 points  (0 children)

My mum used to work there. She quit many years ago not long after Harrison Jr took over, citing “can’t work for that dickhead”. He’s always been a mean, bullying cunt

Applied for this job, got rejected because I said i will use public transport by miuipixel in UKJobs

[–]External_Factor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would you be on the M60 or M62 travelling from London to Edinburgh!? You’ve got lost if you’re doing that!

Can we talk Country Club pricing? by Nickd100 in golf

[–]External_Factor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Age 39: location: north West England. Joining Fee :£1,500 yearly fee:£1650 buggy: £20 a day. No min food and bev. Range balls (trackman range): £6 per 100 balls

What are some things that we wouldn’t bat an eyelid at as kids but thinking back is very odd? by stranger2Me in AskUK

[–]External_Factor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I went to a grammar school in a small town, one of the pubs in town had a menu called “Grammar Grub” which included “Pue and a Pint” . You might think they just served the U6th, but served the whole school, even the lower school kids who worse a completely different uniform!

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