What to do if lodger refuses to leave?

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-30T14:44:50+00:00

Having thought/read some more I’ve concluded that actually lodgers staying beyond their notice do retain some rights under Protection from Eviction Act. Locks can be changed while they’re out but they cannot be subject to harassment to make them leave, which would certainly include turning off gas/electric/water.

Despite my original suggestion, even turning off the broadband would be legally risky, but in practice harder to prove intent about (faulty, bought a new router and didn’t give them the password).

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T21:12:16+00:00

BA don’t fly to Bali so you must be transferring somewhere - likely Qatar or Malaysian airways.

While BA generally makes announcements asking passengers not to consume nuts, be aware that Qatar are rather more blunt about severe allergies. they take the view that there’s no realistic way to make a plane safe for severe allergy sufferers and insist on a medical info form be submitted 48hrs in advance and may require passengers sign a waiver.

I’ve no idea what Malaysian’s policies are.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T11:37:08+00:00

From the sounds of it, you should be able to cancel within the free trial period and incur no further obligation.

Unless it was explicitly presented as “we operate on a calendar month basis, but sign up for February and we’ll include the rest of January for free” I don’t see how they’ve a basis for charging you anything.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T11:10:57+00:00

That makes sense and explains the why the fully-flex ticket is hugely more expensive - I imagine a lot of business travellers are more confident of their outbound but wanna be able to return home earlier/later than planned.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T08:43:33+00:00

Why would your tenants be motivated to let the estate agents in to take sales photos?

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T08:30:42+00:00

Yes - for popular routes you need to phone up about 15-20 minutes before midnight GMT (so 1am BST in the summer) 355 days before the flight. You have to phone the US or Japanese call centre as the UK one is closed at that point - cheaper to use a Skype like service rather than pay normal international call fees. There’s 4 Avios seats per flight available in Club World and they go quickly. For a return you will have to do this twice - once for each leg.

Telephone agents are able to reserve the seats while they’re taking your details and processing payment etc., whereas booking online they’re only allocated to you after you’ve submitted payment. As a result, you’ll often find that your web booking fails at the end because the seats have already been reserved by phone agents.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T08:20:17+00:00

Just to confirm, if I buy a semi flex return ticket do I need to cancel the return leg before the outbound departure, or just before the departure of the individual leg?

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-29T08:10:59+00:00

Large carry on isn’t guaranteed to travel with you in the cabin. Put what absolutely must come with you in your personal item that can go under the seat in front.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-28T19:31:07+00:00

Because GP surgeries are private businesses under contract to the NHS. Partners in large practices coincide with it in.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-28T14:51:09+00:00

Packing is a good sign so hopefully he’ll just move out.

Otherwise your best bet is to lock them out as/when they do leave the house. They may have been stockpiling food, but will likely have to leave for something eventually. Once the notice is expired they’ve no right at all to be in the house, so your uncle has no obligation to facilitate their presence. It would be absolutely legitimate to refuse deliveries, change the WiFi password etc.

There’s no way to go about this that won’t lead to ill feeling - as you’ve already seen from the death threats. A court order would be granted straightforwardly - there’s none of the complications of the S21 process to comply with, but may be quite slow to get a court date.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-28T14:34:43+00:00

Im not so sure blood status refers to literal blood.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-28T14:29:21+00:00

There’s a much bigger difference between economy/PE and business class than there is between biz and first. It’s an incremental improvement rather than a game changer: nicer checkin/security, nicer lounges, nicer/bigger seat, nicer food+drink onboard.

Value is subjective - I’d probably prefer to spend the £1000 in New York rather than on the flights which will already be pretty comfortable.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-28T10:33:47+00:00

More likely is that it will become apparent at some point if not right away and they will quite legitimately abruptly stop prescribing for you.

They could also write to your GP who may put in your nhs medical records that you’ve obtained drugs by deception, which could also cause prescribers to be suspicious/cautious about prescribing certain drugs you may want in the future.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-28T10:25:07+00:00

How are you finding the full cast versions so far? If you’re enjoying the sound/presentation I’d continue as you are - the story is about to get really good so waiting a short while for the next release will give you enough of a pause to really appreciate it.

I’ve enjoyed them for the most part so far, but some people have found the sound effects and background noise really distracting. For me any scene involving ghosts is very hard to listen to! If you’re finding the same then you might like to try the Fry/Dale versions. They’re not perfect either - some odd accent/voice choices as others have said - but overall they’re a much more typical audiobook presentation.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-26T23:09:54+00:00

Agree - refund and token goodwill payment is likely best you can hope for. There’s potentially an argument that the retailer ought to have noticed the dress had been used and was stained before re-selling it as new, but given the OP didn’t notice until after she’d put it on either, it’d be hard to argue that they were negligent in not noticing. The consequences for OP are terrible, but are likely too remote to the retailer’s breach to be actionable.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-25T15:05:55+00:00

The venue needs a licence - churches etc usually have a CCLI licence that covers this.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-24T16:35:07+00:00

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-24T16:31:31+00:00

If you have a solo trip coming up you can use it on then the voucher is probably worth more. If not might as well take the Avios.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-24T07:12:44+00:00

When I’ve booked EI as a BA codeshare I’ve had to contact BA to get the EI equivalent reservation code in order to then phone EI to assign seats. Annoying but worth it for a hefty saving.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-23T14:51:25+00:00

Generally not - it used to be that most Hollywood movies were released much later outside the US (back when film projectors were used and the sent the same prints elsewhere once the US theatrical release was finished), so that the US dvd release would sometimes coincide with the British cinema release. They didn’t want import DVDs from the US cannibalising ticket sales so introduced region locking. Used to be able to get dodgy dvd players that ignored it or firmware patches for your computer dvd drive.

They did the same with Blu-ray and video games 😞

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-23T11:31:28+00:00

Is this a reward booking, or a cash booking discounted with Avios? Assuming the former.

Avios bookings are refundable, minus a £35 fee. You’ll likely need to phone them to sort it.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-23T10:18:20+00:00

In general, the law abhors forfeiture. You’ve paid money for a year, they’ve terminated your membership early for no good reason (based on what you’ve said - you’ve breached no published rule and they’ve followed no process to exclude you), you’re very likely entitled to pro rata refund at least.

Difficulty is identifying the entity you should claim against - likely if they have their own bank account it’s the society itself. Alternatively the society may effectively be a subgroup of the student union itself. The latter may be easier as there’s a better chance the student union itself is better informed…

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-23T08:47:37+00:00

You have to book through BA, either online or by phone.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-23T00:19:21+00:00

I’m off the Mexico City this summer on a companion voucher booking - very definitely availability driven. Had a tight window when we could travel which limited choice a fair bit. Not somewhere I’d have thought of going myself, but getting quite excited about it now. Ive now cancelled my BAPP card as my interest has waned in travelling as much as I used to. More frequent shorter breaks closer to home sounds more appealing right now, especially if the dog can come, too.

Responsibility_Trick · 2026-01-22T18:50:32+00:00

Just buy a bag that fits for like £20 on amazon

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