Openreach is a subdivision of BT which runs the UK’s broadband infrastructure. All broadband providers (Sky, Talk-Talk) are charged by Openreach for access to the infrastructure which they claim to be too expense and are not responsive to their demands. Ofcom has been concerned over BT’s ability to favour its retail business when making investment…
In the Autumn Statement, the Government has announced its plans to ban Letting Agents from charging up-front administrative fees to tenants, which are often charged for obtaining references, preparing agreements and agreeing any changes to those agreements. Cathy Sandbach, a Litigation specialist at leading and award-winning regional law firm Pictons says “It is likely that…
A BBC article released today states that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed VW should pay £2.5m for missed congestion charge payments. Julian Ireland, a Dispute Resolution solicitor at leading regional award winning law firm Pictons explains his verdict so far: The fall out from the VW emissions scandal does not appear to be going away….
We’ve all been there. Waiting hours at the airport for your delayed flight to take off, your train is late or cancelled or the ferry is hit by a strike in the destination port. The experience of the contemporary traveler is neither relaxing nor gracious. Sometimes we’re just glad to get on a train home…
When customers of Lowcostholidays discovered the shocking truth that the travel firm had unexpectedly gone bust, they not only lost their holidays but in many cases had to pay for it again with little or no prospect of recovering their original payments. Unfortunately this is not an isolated case and following a number of high…
At the time of writing there are currently 137,000 very unhappy holidaymakers whose cherished once a year summer holiday has been ruined by the collapse of holiday firm Lowcostholidays, which ceased trading on July 15th when the administrators were called in. It was said that in the days before the firm went bust, its representatives…
Easyjet is threatening to move its HQ to another European location, 1000s of trade laws and legal regulations are about to be examined and maybe overturned- where does that leave the hapless UK traveller post Brexit? Julian Ireland, a Commercial Litigation Solicitor at leading and award winning regional law firm Pictons says “We obviously do…
In the current economic climate the bottom line for companies is ‘cash in the bank’ rather than assets, order books or goodwill. In many cases, a lot of companies have a habit of holding back on payments due or even avoid making any payment at all! A growing number of companies require debt recovery services,…
After the shopping frenzy of ‘Black Friday’, the frantic weekend shopping before Christmas to be followed by Boxing Day sales, it’s a wonder that anyone has any money or credit left for any more bargains. However, only recently there was a huge rush by bargain hunters when sellers on global giant Amazon were subject to…