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Having lived and worked in Croydon for 6 years now the parking enforcement seems to be getting worse. I am already appealing against an invalid parking enforcement notice which stated I was parked in a...
Advice please. My daughter’s car was hit side on by an old lady driver who admitted total liability (she said she never saw her car coming). An insurance guy came to see my daughter’s car, an S reg Vauxhall Sintra,...
Recently my wife had the misfortune to park her 08 Focus Zetec near a jetwash where elderly gentleman reversed into it. Minimal damage was caused to the front spoiler, which a local garage estimated could...
A puzzling conversation with SAGA Insurance (which insured my previous Daihatsu Fourtrak) culminated in a refusal to insure my current VW Caddy Maxi on the grounds that it was a 'grey import'. Saga's...
Regarding the email from CL and his speeding offence in Cumbria. If CL is determined to pursue this, although he has asked for a court hearing, he will almost certainly be asked initially to attend a pre...
Placing objects on the highway is an offence under Highways Act 1980 s.148, and the remedy is found in s.149. The Highway Authority has a duty to assert and protect the highway under s.130. Subsection...
I share your cynicism about the value and intent of the authorities spending large sums generated from speeding fines, on "traffic calming" measures. However, I understand that these provisions are often...
My father had someone go into the back of him last week, a company car driver. He has had an estimate for repair and the insurance company have deemed the car a write off. The car is pristine except for...
I would really value your advice on the following issue: My Skoda Octavia 1.6MPI (petrol) Combi Elegance (purchased new in May 2005) has been diagnosed by my local Skoda Dealership as requiring a new air-conditioning...
I would like to become a used car dealer but I do not know what I need to do to register myself. I have bought a car from the sales recently and they automatically send the V5 away and that puts another...
 

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