Recent content by DaveNewcastle

That's correct. There is a strict time limit to making the Declaration and you should NOT delay. Yes, the Declaration doesn't have to be made in a Court - you can do it in any local solicitor's office, so no long journey is required, but you do have to do it soon. Please don't wait. As she told...

There has been a policy on TfL busses for a few years now, to permit 'one more journey' on an Oyster Card which has insufficient funds. I haven't seen much said about that policy recently, but perhaps it remains applicable - to busses. The same does not apply to TfL rail, and certainly does not...

It is correct to advise that there is no point in phoning (which can be a frustratingly slow process, only to learn that it has been fruitless!). There are hundreds of incidents like this every day, and while some are trivial, are innocent, follow from random checks, etc., there are also many...

I don't know. Sorry. That data is not collected.

Consider Railway Byelaw 12 : "Safety instructions (1) An Operator may issue reasonable instructions relating to safety on any part of the railway by means of a notice on or near that part of the railway. No person shall, without good cause, disobey such notice. (2) An authorised person may, in...

I'm going to make an assumption here, and that is that you've misunderstood the correspondence. An 'Out-of-Court Settlement' (OOC) is a mutual agreement. Two parties to a dispute who with to reach a resolution can carry on negotiating the terms of a settlement for as long as they wish. There is...

. . . and I too urge you to do this. All too often the 2 parties to a dispute think they have reached an agreement, but forget that there is a third party: the state, in the form of the Court. If the case is still listed, then it goes ahead in your absence, and if the prosecution are there with...

Most Courts have now moved over to a faster process in which you simultaneously make the declaration, and are asked to enter a plea (Guilty or Not Guilty) of the offence for which you were previously found Guilty without your knowledge. There is no opportunity to negotiate with the Prosecution...

The difficulty faced by Justices Matthews and Kennedy in Huffam was in the wording of Railway Byelaw No 2 as it was formulated at that time. It was the construction of the Byelaw which was found to be 'bad' on its face, and not the circumstances of the incident involving Huffam. His Offence was...

The letter will specify the facts that have led to the investigation into your specific incident, in plain English (such as "that you boarded a train without a ticket authorising travel and with the intention of travelling without paying" or whatever the Inspector's report says about supplying a...

Just to be clear, a person who travels by train in the UK without a ticket, and with the intention of travelling without a ticket, is at risk of being found Guilty of a Crime, with the potential for long-lasting implications for you for years to come. There are exceptions and circumstances that...

This is a good question. Unfortunately, there has been some replies to your request which are factually incorrect and some which are are simply opinion based on no facts at all. I'm pleased to see that the correct position in law has been given by najaB, Fare-Cop and 221129. If I correctly...

I have. It appears to me that you and I have drawn a differing understanding of how the Courts are interpreting and applying the Act and its impact on existing Contract Law. So be it. I'm not sure why one would think of the Act as 'unfortunate'in this respect, nor why you consider a taxi fare...

There ARE clauses which (among a long list of conditions) require inspection access to the insides of the arches, that internal structures do not contact the arch, that the facade is sealed to the arch only within ca 200mms of the boundaries, and that essential access is assured.

This thread seems to be another opportunity for people to reply to a question with whatever pops into their head without doing any research to find the true answer. It really undermines the value of having this section of the forum, and I can't understand why people continually want to do that...