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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...
Please can you help me? l would like to query the DVLA breaching the Data Protection Act by giving my personal details to a parking enforcement company, but the DVLA says it has done nothing wrong. Any...
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...
I was very interested to read your reply "Tied up in Notts" regarding the release of personal info by the DVLA. Look on the website www.dvla.gov.uk/foi/relinfo.aspx and you will see that the DVLA can more...
I saw the letter and reply in last Saturday’s Telegraph regarding the way DVLA sells our details to car park owners and their lackeys. I want a bit more advice if you can please. Your advice is to sue...
On Sunday February 1st 2009 my third-party insured Suzuki Baleno was written off by a Mercedes taxi sliding down a snow-covered hill out of control. The driver told me he was late to pick up his fare due...
I’m writing on behalf of my girlfriend. She purchased a car 10 days ago from a garage in Leicestershire. It’s a 2004 SEAT Ibiza with 56,000 miles. It was listed with climate control (air-conditioning),...
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