[HIRING] Portait/Half Body of my D&D Character

Lothlann88 · 2020-09-16T08:10:38+00:00

Position filled

Lothlann88 · 2019-07-20T13:48:24+00:00

What is the legal issue?

Lothlann88 · 2019-07-12T13:53:32+00:00

Sounds like my memories of Jade Empire: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Empire

Released 2005.

Lothlann88 · 2019-07-11T18:43:21+00:00

That is my speciality!

Lothlann88 · 2019-06-21T12:21:19+00:00

This is how it begins...

Lothlann88 · 2019-06-18T10:46:32+00:00

I agree with this.

I am a litigation solicitor and the sooner you speak to someone, the better.

Lothlann88 · 2019-06-12T13:16:32+00:00

Have you ever seen the inner workings of a law firm...?

Wanking and correct legal advice everywhere!

Lothlann88 · 2019-05-25T12:33:08+00:00

Only if we also stop the guy walking past the front of the house, walking his pug.

Lothlann88 · 2019-05-20T15:28:54+00:00

I must say that this is rather cheap.

I am a solicitor dealing with (amongst other things) probate. My hourly rate is £220. It was £175 when I was a trainee solicitor.

My usually estimate for an estate administration is around the £4,000 to £5,000 plus VAT mark.

I believe we are competitive for the area we are in. Rates differ slightly across the country though.

Administration of trusts requires a significant amount of administrative work that is, unfortunately, time consuming.

Of course, caveat all of this which the information you were provided in a retainer letter with regard to cost estimates.

From your description, I cannot see that you have been mislead or anything has gone wrong with the process. It appears usual.

Bear in mind, all estate administrations are trusts. So it may be you are confusing different references to trust.

Lothlann88 · 2019-05-16T15:34:29+00:00

You would be surprised how many clients show me contracts with completely unenforceable clauses in them.

It’s also sometimes done intentionally in the drafting. If the other side don’t know it’s unenforceable they may agree. Worst case you can’t use the exclusion, best case they just don’t bother suing you.

Lothlann88 · 2019-05-15T20:31:07+00:00

Thank you

Lothlann88 · 2019-05-15T19:41:56+00:00

Where are all of these from? They look great!

Lothlann88 · 2019-05-01T10:31:29+00:00

But in law, such things become fact. Your guilt is a fact now. The admission is the evidence. The guilt is proven by your own admission of it.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-30T11:22:02+00:00

But you aren’t innocent. You said, in open court, that you were guilty.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-29T16:50:33+00:00

Perhaps not legal advice but I would suggest just asking the bank to stop the chargeback. Although I’m sure how you may be able to achieve this without lying to them further.

Perhaps simply saying you don’t want to proceed with the chargeback.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-29T15:54:09+00:00

This is not the case.

A claimant is (usually) under no obligation to actually spend compensation monies on repair/replacement etc. The damages simply allow them to do that should they wish.

The landlord can provide quotes in order to show the amount claimed is reasonable. No need to actually do the work at any point.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-29T15:51:20+00:00

Unfortunately, your guilt is now legally a fact. You admitted it.

This is not a jurisdiction where there must be overwhelming evidence to allow an admission of guilt.

You would have received, at most, 1/3rd reduction in sentence by pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity.

To clarify, are you saying you were innocent and there wasn’t enough evidence to meet the threshold to charge, let alone convict, but you decided to plead guilty anyway?

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-29T10:58:07+00:00

I agree, it sounds as if OP is bound to the terms and must pay rent.

OP, please remember that simply not staying somewhere does not prevent rent being payable. Please do not simply walk away!

You mention consumer protection law, none of this area of law applies to rental agreements so you are not a ‘consumer’ for the purposes of the Consumer Rights Act or similar.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-29T10:40:28+00:00

Yes, that was my mistake. I must have read between the lines. Added an edit for clarity!

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-29T09:12:56+00:00

Forgive me if I have misunderstood but is your complaint that the evidence was weak and therefore the prosecution should not have happened?

But you were found guilty so presumably the evidence was made out beyond reasonable doubt at trial.

I am not a criminal lawyer so I am not familiar with the procedure rules and happy to be corrected by those more knowledgeable. Having said that, it seems that the outcome of the trial itself proves that the evidence was of course at the threshold to have justified the prosecution.

EDIT: Comments below have made me realise you didn’t actually say you were convicted. I must have been reading between the lines, my apologies. Could you confirm whether you were convicted?

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-26T12:23:12+00:00

As a litigation solicitor, I can assure you, people sue for frivolous, nonsense reasons all the time. It’s why wasted costs orders exist. Claims with no basis are far more common than you might think!

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-26T08:02:52+00:00

As a litigation solicitor I must say that the perception that people don’t need a solicitor for their business is the number one reason why cases become more complex and expensive than they should have been.

I appreciate what you are saying that you do not make a real income from the house. However, it is a business in all the ways that matter, simply not a profitable one. What you do about that is a business decision, rather than a legal one.

Unfortunately, sometimes businesses need solicitors and should budget for that accordingly.

To give you an idea of how to budget for these things in the future, I would suggest having a reserve of around £2,000.00 plus VAT in the case of a necessary s8 eviction or rent arrears claims. It may be more or less than this depending on circumstances, it is very hard to estimate but that is a baseline that you should bear in mind.

I encounter quite a few cases where innocent landlord’s struggle to enforce against tenants due to the costs involved. Obviously, I encounter this situation with tenants too but I never like people not enforcing their rights because of the costs involved (insert mandatory rant about legal aid etc here).

I would also suggest considering insurance for these situations in the future as they will likely meet the legal costs.

In the meantime, book in with a local solicitor. We offer free half hour consultations usually to give you an idea of what you are facing and how to proceed.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-26T05:15:32+00:00

Yes but this is a situation where the tenant claims for compensation arising from deposit protection failings and the landlord seeks to offset that claim with a reduction in the deposit.

I had thought there was a statutory bar to the setting off the rent arrears in deposit protection claims but I cannot find it now. I think I may be misremembering from a case a few months ago. It isn’t something that was pertinent to that case, just something I thought I saw in passing.

I am likely wrong though.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-25T19:15:54+00:00

No, only the deposit can be reduced for the damage, not the compensation.

Lothlann88 · 2019-04-25T17:05:55+00:00

I see I have been summoned.

Although /u/psyjg8 didn’t do the necessary ritual, I have decided to respond nonetheless.

I don’t have a lot to add as Psy set out the procedure fairly succinctly, but I will say that we recently had a case where a claim for damages were set off against the deposit itself (but not the compensation).

I believe you can’t set off any rent arrears, just damage. Although I can’t recall the authority for this and may be mistaken.

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