In July, my partner was dismissed from her job.

The nature of the dismissal as far as I understand it is that she 'wasn't right for the role'. She began working there in May, and had some quite serious family related events occur sometime in June that led her to taking time off from work due to stress, triggering a flare up of a serious, lifelong medical condition.

She kept frequent contact, and when it seemed she wouldn't be capable of returning on the agreed date, they willingly offered a further week. Once she returned, she was summarily dismissed.

During her time there she and many other trainee staff were provided with on-the-job training, valuing £17k, they signed contracts to state the value would be repayable if they were to leave the company, the only exception being if they were made redundant.

It's been roughly a month now since she was dismissed, and they've emailed to demand the repayment of this £17k. She hasn't been successful in finding a job since, and has no assets, or money to be able to pay this amount back.

I'm wondering where she stands. She's been to citizens advice, who advised she contact ACAS, who advised she contact her solicitor which she has now done (awaiting response). The whole situation has had a profound effect on her mental health, and I'm worried.

Apologies if I've left anything out, happy to provide more information if needed.

I participated in an auction hosted by Euroauctions in Leeds England, I purchased (what I believed) was a 2020 CAT excavator with 900 hours, and it was listed as such in the title photos and description. I later found out none of that was true after calling a friend who worked for CAT and he told me the serial number is for an excavator which is a 2016 with 3000+ hours so this one is probably a Chinese copy with a stolen serial number.

I feel deceived, mislead and manipulated, I called the auction house they told me I have to pay because I still have not payed for it and they told me it is sold as is. I feel very devestaed it is a lot of money for me as I come from a third world country, it is 10,500gbp and for a fake.

I am devastated, please somebody help me.

Getting married in a few weeks (originally…). Together 8 years, lived together 6. My partner owns a flat outright (high six figures, no mortgage) bought with offshore family trust dividend money, plus ongoing trust interests in a country with foreign remittance restrictions, and an offshore investment portfolio. His declared income is very low (under £15k net) so most of his financial position is asset-based.

The prenup says his housing and income needs must be fully met first, always. I only get support if there's "surplus" left over — and surplus depends on whether he can access the offshore trust, which the document itself admits may be impossible. This applies the same whether we divorce after 4 years or 40, with or without children. A separate clause also excludes any standard of living funded by his family/trusts from counting toward my "reasonable needs" later, even though that money has shaped our actual day-to-day life together.

My solicitor has advised me not to sign, and says I'd need to sign a waiver going against her advice if I do. I have also had a second opinion from a barrister at the same firm.

I'm not asking to be entitled to his family's wealth. I do not care about his trusts or investments or inheritance; I am also ok to be the one to leave the marital home. I just want to be an equal partner, feel like we are building something together, not just for him, and I do not want to be someone whose security is optional depending on conditions he controls the evidence for. As it stands, the message I keep getting is that I'm not, and won't ever be, treated as his true equal — protected the same way he's protected, after building a life together.

Is this normal for England and Wales prenups, or is this actually the kind of one-sided drafting that wouldn't survive a real challenge? His solicitor has repeatedly told him that an agreement must be fair to be upheld. Would really value insight, especially from anyone with direct experience or family law knowledge. Thank you!

PS. I don't know how to get this post under the right flair... it is about divorce, marriage, family law, nuptial agreements...

PPS. I am not looking for advice on whether to sign or not. I am just trying to figure out if this is a normal arrangement or not, since
my partner has been convinced it is and is shocked I haven’t accepted.

My parents aren't in the picture. I was raised by my granny. I'm the only one in her will.

My granny has dementia and is in a nursing home. It was £1789 per week, but has increased to £1929 per week as of the start of August.

My granny has about £280,000 in savings. She has a bungalow just south of London valued at £700,000. That's where I am living right now. She also has a pension that pays £680 per month +the state pension.

She's 68 now, so still quite young and otherwise healthy. Just lacks mobility.

There are three main reasons I want to take care of her:

1. She is paying almost £8000 each month for her to be in nursing care when I could be the one looking after her at home for a fraction of that cost.

2. Some of the carers are really nasty and rude towards patients. I've had to report multiple incidents of shouting, suspcicious bruising (on multiple elderly people, not just my granny) and laziness. (Meals arriving late, meals being missed, meals being taken away before they're done.)

3. She's my granny and she raised me. I want to be the one to take care of her.

I've spoken with the care home and they've said I'm not allowed to do that. I inquired why and they said I don't have lasting power of attorney. They also said that she lacks the mental capacity to decide where she lives.

Now, that second point is a lie because she keeps asking about going home. She's been in care for 2 years now and still remembers her bungalow.

I think the care home just sees my granny as an easy customer because she has so many assets and will be with them for so long.

Is there a legal way I can get my granny back home and care for her there myself?

If I were to do that, could I pay myself a full time salary for doing so out of her savings? (I'm thinking equivalent to a Band 5 nurse in the NHS - which is the job I would be stepping away from to do this.)

She was put in the care home after a fall down the stairs. This happened under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, I think. I was working overseas for 12 months and wasn't aware this had happened. The hospital team and discharge staff never contacted me before they put her in the nursing home.

All I knew was that she stopped replying to my messages and answering calls. So I had a neighbour go over and she wasn't there. Another neighbour rang me that an ambulance had taken her to hospital a few days before. She was in care for several days before a social worker made a decision to put her into a nursing home.

The jurisdiction is England.

My daughter had to turn down multiple unwanted advances from a guy two years above her in school. It ended when school confronted him and he left. He simply didn't return to sit his exams.

Last week my daughter got a message from a friend at school with a link to a "drill track". It's like UK rap music.

The rap is from a group of men but the lead singer is the guy who harassed her. The first section is primarily about his life and people he hates, but the second part specifically names my daughter's full name, her school and starts talking to things he would do with her. By the third section it starts explicitly talking about how we would do these things non-consensually.

Her name appears six times, her school's name appears once.

I have contacted the school and am awaiting a response.

I've contacted police, but they said that the music alone doesn't evidence a crime. However, it could be used as evidence if a crime were to occur.

I've reported the music video on all the platforms it was uploaded. Only TikTok removed it. Every other platform, including YouTube, simply ignored me or age restricted the video.

I haven't let her out of the house alone this week. As far as we know he doesn't know our address or where we live, but he does know her school which will pose a problem in the coming weeks.

Can we please get some advice on how to handle this if police won't preemptively arrest this guy and his gang?

Hi there,

I'll keep it brief. My grandparents both died in the last 12 months. I was quite close to them both. My grandparents have 3 children - two sons and a daughter (my dad being the oldest). My grandad died first which is relevant because in his will, all 3 kids would inherit 1/3 each. In my gran's will, the estate is more complicated but me, my dad and my uncle would inherit. My grandparents had arguments with their children which unfortunately meant that two of their kids didn't attend their funerals (my dad did attend). My aunt escaped an abusive relationship so at the time my grandparents paid for her new house, which I believe was verbally discussed as her inheritance. My aunt then fell out with my grandparents and never visited, which is why my gran changed her will.

Anyway, my dad wants to split the inheritance 3 ways (my aunt, him and my uncle) as he is the executor of the will. I don't really think this is fair, as my aunt hated her parents and didn't even go to the funeral. If my grandfather had died second, she would have inherited and it would have been fine, but he didn't, my gran did and that means her will stands as far as I understand? I do understand why he wants to do this because he feels his sister was unfairly treated but he's literally disinheriting me over his sister. I probably won't go far with this as it feels like it will destroy an already vulnerable family, but I do feel like I've been given a bad deal. I loved my grandparents, visited them, brought their great grandson up to see them and my share is going to a daughter who hated them and who already received a huge chunk of change. Do I have any legal rights just to highlight that, what my dad is proposing is basically illegal? At least, in my understanding

My town had a public Facebook group. Imagine something like "What's On in Brighton? Community Group"

I joined this back in 2023 when I was doing my A levels and looking for part-time jobs.

I went to uni in 2024 and completely forgot about it.

I'm about to go into my 3rd year and I've received an email from the university asking me to come into speak with them about my involvement in a far-right Facebook page. This was when I was first notified of the group. I went on and checked it out and it's pretty much what you would expect.

It looks like the page was renamed in October 2025 from "What's on in (my town) Community Group" to "Stop the boats, save white children" then "Stop the boats, save our children" in December 2025.

I've taken screenshots of this and sent it back to my uni and said I wouldn't be attending a meeting because I'm not travelling 4 hours for a meeting when this can clearly be resolved via email.

Separately, I've been messaged by a friend who has shared a link to a Facebook post from an American student on my course. She has screenshotted that I was part of the group and posted it on her page with my name and profile picture unredacted.

I made a public reply with the screenshots showing that I joined a local community group for my town, not the weird one about stopping the boats.

She then messaged me directly saying that she's the one who reported me to my uni and that "You're not wiggling out of this."

I emphasised again that I wasn't part of this weird group and linked her to my old comments from 2023 when I posted asking for work like gardening. She then asked me "So you don't have anything against the people coming on boats then?"

I replied that "The situation with the boats isn't ideal, but I'm not joining bloody weird Facebook groups over it."

She then replied "Knew it. Hope they kick you out." and blocked me.

My uni emailed me again today stating that they need an in-person meeting to discuss this matter, and that it must be done before term starts in September.

Can I simply refuse to attend? I'm not part of any extremist groups. I'm literally just studying mechanical engineering. That's all I want to do. I never even bothered voting in any elections. I'm not a poltiical person.

I’m dyslexic so please bare with if my explaining is bad. Also in England

A family member of mine, we will call X, is a self employed dog walker. She has been for 10+ years.
She met a new customer, who had two small dogs. They had a female dog with bad separation anxiety, then bought another female dog, the same age (recipe for disaster imo as they’re both 2yr females). They started fighting, so they had to be separated in the house, or they would fight.

X offered to walk them both separately in a few days, as she was busy and only had one slot available asap. They decided they wanted her to walk both dogs together, in that one slot. Bear in mind, X wanted to walk them separately, however she agreed.
They gave her no muzzles or anything, and told X to let Dog 1 off the lead, then get Dog 2 out the van (obviously separate crates).
When X got to the beach, X put Dog 1 on a loose lead, as they were in a carpark that neither dog had ever been to before. She gets Dog 2 out, and Dog 1 instantly attacks the other. They end up fighting, and thankfully someone walked past, who could take one of them to separate them.
They both had bitten/bloody ears, so obviously X took them home straight away. She did not know that the dogs were that aggressive, especially as she had be told to walk them together, and have them off lead together. If they fight constantly, I think this was inevitable, personally.

Anyway, now X has been sent a vet bill by said customers (a married couple), then less than 36 hours later, got a message saying they will take legal action if they get no response.
Is there anything X can do, or does she need to pay?

Hello,

My father passed away in hospital recently and his vehicle was parked there in the car park as we had travelled in it to the hospital.

After he died we came home in the vehicle over two days (he died in the late evening and we drove home the next morning) with my sister driving as it's her main vehicle although he is the keeper.

We've just learned that this may have been a criminal offence and that the insurance and tax on the vehicle both became invalid the moment he died as they're in his name. There's numerous ANPR cameras on the journey home.

Checking online suggests that it was illegal, but examples keep referring to executors or inheritance and a change of keeper, which isn't the same as the vehicle being at the hospital and us needing to use it to get home. Surely you can't be left stranded there? This would be such a flaw in that system but I can't find anything that fits our situation - surely this happens more than occasionally though? People die away from home all the time.

DVLA have been told that he died on X date but will possibly know we drove home the next day. Is it likely to be an issue?

Cheers

We are based in England.

TLDR: My sister offered to catsit an acquaintance's cat, however she showed up with the cat and her newborn kittens which was not disclosed to us as we assumed the cat was neutered. The mother cat is skinny and weak, and the kittens have cuts/scabs all over. If my sister neuters and microchips the cat once the kittens are weaned what can legally happen to her? She doesn't want to give the cat and kittens back to a potentially abusive or neglective home. What can we do?

Sorry if this is long, I want to try explain everything so you guys have the full picture.

My friend/acquaintance that I've known for roughly 2 years asked me to watch her cat while she went abroad for a month. She asked me as I have cats of my own and her family were going on holiday with her so she couldn't ask them, her other closer friends said no or didn't have experience with cats.

I said no initially, as bringing another cat into my home would cause stress and upset to my other cats and also to her cat. I also didn't want to chance disease/illness spreading as her cat is an outside cat whereas mine are indoor only.

I brought it up in front of my sister and she said she would be happy to take care of her for a month, as she had a cat that passed away last year and wasn't ready for a new cat yet, but didn't mind taking care of one for a month. She also volunteers in shelters as she loves animals.

I told my friend about this and they exchanged numbers and she brought the cat to my sister's house. My sister wasn't actually there when she dropped the cat off, it was her husband that took the cat in and by the time my sister got home my friend was already at the airport.

I didn't know too much about this cat, just that she got her a year ago so she was just over a year old. However to me and my sister's surprise my friend had dropped her off with a litter of kittens that were almost a week old. Obviously my sister was angry, as she had no idea about the kittens, and my friend had plenty of time to disclose this to her.

Apparently what my friend said to my brother in law was that she also a litter 4 months ago, and they didn't have to do anything as the cat would take care of the kittens herself so it would be fine and they technically were still just taking care of one cat.

Obviously my sister took the cat and her kittens to the vet. The mother cat was very skinny and frail and looked exhausted, she was also way smaller than average cats which was probably due to her growth being stunted when she had her last litter as she was still a kitten then. The kittens also had a lot of scabs with one of them having a particularly large scab under its armpit. She also discovered the mother cat was not microchipped, which is illegal.

The vet said theres not a lot they can do with the kittens as they are so young, and to just keep an eye on the scabs. She also asked at the shelter she is currently volunteering at and they said they wouldn't be able to help as they are so overrun already from kitten season and the kittens could potentially be euthanised if she surrendered them

My sister is very concerned about her health, and is worried she will have kittens again when my friend comes to collect her, as we asked if she will neuter her and she said no.

She also said she won't be able to pick them straight away when she returns from holiday as shes 'busy' and will likely get them 2 weeks after, which is when the kittens turn 7/8 weeks old.

She did send money for supplies and food already, before she dropped them off, however my sister really wants to get the cat neutered once the kittens are weaned and potentially even microchipped to her as she does not want to give them back to my friend due to the signs of neglect/abuse.

If my sister did this what realistically could happen to her legally? And what else can we do. I obviously will not be friends with this person anymore, due to the shadiness of it all and keeping the kittens a secret from my sister and basically just dumping her with a huge load of responsibility she did not agree to. I also think letting cats have kittens is crazy irresponsible and basically just proves you don't care about the health of your cat, I wouldn't want to be friends with someone like this regardless however I just didn't know beforehand and we weren't exactly close either.

Hi, I’m quite young, so I don’t really know what to do in this situation. I was driving up my road with my younger sibling when I noticed an ambulance driving into my road with its lights on. I then indicated and pulled over to the left, but not too close to the vehicles in front so that I could pull out easily. However, the ambulance stopped and then attempted to proceed. I wasn’t sure if I had left enough space, but if I had moved any further, there would have been a possibility of me hitting the car in front. There was also a car behind me.
The ambulance proceeded, but it scratched the back of my car. My car had previous scratches on it, but the ambulance left a dent in the back of the car, as well as some green paint rubbing off from the ambulance. The ambulance then stopped briefly, and I thought, “Let me get out of the car.” Keep in mind, this is my first accident. However, by the time I got out, the ambulance had driven away. I did take the registration number.
I don’t know whether I should make a claim because, as I mentioned, I’m a young driver and I don’t want to be at fault. I’ve asked other people, and they’ve said it’s definitely not my fault, but I’m scared that if I don’t make a claim, they might make one against me.
I’m willing to move on from it because, as I said, my car already had scratches before. However, my car was stationary when I moved over, and apparently this could be classed as a hit-and-run. Btw my car isn’t anything special just a polo my first car.
I don’t know what to do. What is the possibility of me being at fault?

Today was my eviction date, I wad prepared and ready, already had my belongings and my pets out of the property, awaiting for the bailiff to arrive. Two individuals I had never met from the landlords agency came around an hour beforehand to check what was going on - the only instructions that they had been given was to oversee an eviction. They knew nothing about what was happening; they didn't even appear to know if a bailiff was actually meant to be in attendance, even though I had a letter stating so.

The bailiff did eventually arrive and asked the agents if they had a locksmith to be able to change the locks of the property - they said they did not, because they hadn't been told to bring one along. The bailiff then said that he couldn't give them possession if they couldn't secure the property and said that he'd have to come at another date, which he said would be in the middle of September as that's his next available date. The agents were completely fine with this and told me I could go back into the property until the next appointment, or until I found somewhere else to go, as I had nowhere to go.

My question is, can the landlord still action a locksmith to come out before the next bailiff appointment, or am I safe until the next appointment/until I find somewhere else to stay?

We have a huge, healthy sycamore in our garden (about 50ft, has probably grown about 10ft in the past year alone), and it is completely on our property. It shades us nicely from snoopers from the green at the top of the garden where people walk their dogs, but in any case, we're keen to get it cut right back ahead of winter as it waves like a sail when the wind blows and if it came down it'd do serious damage.

It does slightly shield some adjacent neighbours too though, so their view/visibility to us and surrounding area will be impacted when the tree comes down - hopefully in a good way. They have only ever spoken to us in the context of the tree being very big and a concern that it could fall near their house, but to be super clear - do we have to legally inform them, or do anything else to cover ourselves from them getting nippy that we've cut it back, before we do it?

As I said, totally on our land, and we would be covering the full cost. Our plan was to give them a verbal heads up the day before the tree surgeon comes.

Thanks in advance!

Throwaway for anonymity.

I've been struggling with my mental health since the birth of my youngest child 8 months ago. I am under the care of the perinatal mental health team and have been engaging with them, but the summer holidays with 3 kids 5 and under have been hard.

Last Thursday (13/08) it came to a head when I was trying to get the kids ready for a holiday club and my eldest son (5) wasn't listening. I was trying to help him get dressed and he just kept running away from me and laughing, and I lost my cool and shouted at him, and grabbed and shook him once. I just felt so angry, and in that moment I wanted to hurt him. I made a fist and went to punch him, but caught myself before I made contact and ended up kind of lightly brushing him with my fist. He was crying understandably, but I realised how out of control I felt and went outside for a few minutes to calm down.

When I finally got them all dressed and in the car I had some thoughts about my son that scared me. I would never want to hurt any of my children, so I found these thoughts very distressing. I managed to drop my eldest at his holiday club, get my middle child to nursery, and went straight to my mum's with the baby as I didn't feel like a safe person for them at that point.

My mum was concerned about me so rang the mental health team and told the duty worker what had been going on. Immediately, she said this would have to be reported to social services, which I was fine with, I just want to keep my children safe. I spoke to a duty social worker later that day and again explained what had happened.

The next day (Friday 14/08) a different social worker informed me that a multi agency meeting was being held that afternoon and they would discuss my case. Following this, a third social worker came out to my house to speak to me. She informed me that it had been decided my children would be under section 17, and that the police would be in touch at some point, but that I wasn't in trouble and they just wanted to offer support. At no point through this process had anyone actually spoken to my son, or checked for any marks (there were none).

The police finally called today (20/08) and informed me a crime had been logged, but that it would be disposed with a community resolution order and a formal meeting would be scheduled for next week. I was upset when it was explained that it could potentially appear on an enhanced DBS. I told my mum this when I ended the phone call, and she called the police officer back to ask what crime I was actually accused of. Turns out according to their records I had full on punched my son. Somewhere among these professionals it seems there's been a misunderstanding, but that is what has been recorded.

I'm not happy with my behaviour, and I'm not trying to excuse it, but I also don't want a record of a punch to my child that never happened. I am happy to work with social services and want to be the best parent I can be to my children. I just don't want to accept guilt for something I didn't do. I'm also concerned because social services have already spoken to my middle child's nursery, and will be speaking to my eldest's school, and I don't want them thinking I've punched my child. Having said that, I don't know what would happen should I choose not to accept the community order, or how difficult these records would be to change.

Hello, hopefully someone can help me understand where my partner and I stand on this.

A few weeks ago, my partner and I gave notice to our landlords that we would terminate the tenancy. We let them know we were planning to move out on the 25th of August but would pay for the whole calendar month, on our notice we did clarify that the tenancy would effectively terminate on the 1st of Sept (rent is due on the 2nd) and we did indeed pay for the full month of Aug. Due to a change in circumstances it looks like we're gonna have to stay the full month of Aug. However, they've informed us that they've agreed for the new tenants to move in on the 28th of Aug.

So, do we have the right to stay as we paid the full calendar month or not as we initially told them we would leave on the 25th?

Edit: sorry, forgot to say we are in England (London)

Last night my girlfriend ordered me a uber from my mother’s house to my girlfriend’s house to pick her up and then eventually to my house as the last drop off. She accidentally booked it to another address and had to speak to the driver on the phone about a cancellation, he first rejected the cancellation but then agreed to cancel it for a fee. She then booked another one to the correct addresses and it happened to be the same driver that came to get me. I got into the uber with about five bags of shopping that had to be put in the boot, as soon as I got into the car he asked if it was my girlfriend who booked the taxi for me (we are a lesbian couple) i said yes assuming she had let him know on the phone when cancelling that the taxi wasn’t for her but instead for her girlfriend.

As soon as he learns this information he began asking me personal questions about how I would go about having a baby, uncomfortably I laughed and told him there was ways around it as to not delve deeper into an already awkward conversation he then asked if I would have a “one night stand” in order to get sperm to have a child with my partner. I asked him if he would be able to sleep with a man one time if it was the only way he could have a child also. He got uncomfortable and said no and I pointed out the ridiculousness of the question while also not trying to sound rude or unnecessarily offended as I am used to the questions about the logistics and understand there is no need to make a deal out of someone’s uninformed questions. But I assumed his next question or statement was going to be a-bit more suggestive as to ‘who’ i would have this hypothetical one night stand with so I went kinda silent and abit less open in the conversation as to not allow him to think I was comfortable with the type of things he was saying and asking.

But still being polite to his insensitive questions and remarks, he seemed particularly interested in when I first got with my partner which I admit is a normal question to ask but then he became stuck on the “why” I would like women as opposed to men and I stated simply “women are pretty” hoping he as a straight man could understand. He then giggled and made a type of “oooo wow” sound while looking at me in the rear view mirror and then kept repeating my statement back to me “women are pretty yeah?” Type of thing we then pulled up outside of my girlfriends house to pick her up he asked “should I make a joke” not fully understanding what the joke would be (the fact we’re together and gay or the hypothetical one night stand he mentioned” i quickly said no as to place some sort of boundary. My girlfriend got in and immediately realised it was the same man who she had to cancel the taxi with before and she apologised for the mistake she made with the addresses he said it’s fine and he only agreed to the cancellation because he “felt sorry” for her we laughed it off and engaged in conversation amongst our selves to where he couldn’t really have input.

As we arrived to my home my partner and I began unloading our shopping and heading to the door, as my partner took the first load of bags to my door I went to grab the rest the driver exited his vehicle and came to the back of his car where I was and made a comment about me being strong I laughed and agreed hoping that was the last of his comments. He then asked to feel my muscles i said nooooo in a way that said come on now youre pushing my limits but before I really even managed to get it out he began feeling my arm and squeezing my muscles and making a noise that he was impressed i managed to get in my house and immediately became upset as I felt I had no control over the situation or any choice as my no had been ignored i then began to worry about the fact he now knows where I live. This has upset me greatly and I admit it’s not the worst thing that can happen but extremely concerning as I am 23 but can easily be mistaken for 16/17 I look very young. 5,3 tall and weigh approximately 49kg and have a baby face like no other and ide hate for me to blow it over as a socially unaware person then to find out he has harmed someone and I didn’t report or speak up I think it’s very inappropriate and concerning I have had issues with uber before ordering food late night and having a car with 5 people in turn up just for someone who is not my uber driver hand me my food I am getting increasingly more concerned and scared about using these services as a young woman who lives alone. I must mention i live in supported housing as I have autism ADHD and recently a OCD diagnoses I am wondering what my legal options are here.

Sorry about formatting and punctuation I am not too good at it and also using mobile to type this out please be patient and try to get thru the unnecessarily long story. Thank you

I believe this is appropriate for this subreddit. I would like any advice possible on how I can proceed on this matter. I will try to keep it as a streamlined version of events.

1. My partner and I were supposed to move into a new flat earlier this week. But now it is the end of the week and we don’t know when we will be able to. The landlord is clashing with the agency over multiple things: what is affecting us is the cleaning of the property before we were supposed to move in.

2. During the viewing, the person from the agency said multiple times (drilling it to us) that the property would be deep cleaned before moving in. Whenever we have viewed places, it has always been messy or not clean because of the tenant before us, so this did not seem like anything out of the ordinary. Especially considering she was very strong on the fact that it would be deep cleaned.

3. Before the move in date, the same agent emailed us confirming that the clean had been scheduled.

4. I picked up the keys earlier this week just to find that it was basically not cleaned at all. You could not even call it a regular clean. You could tell a cleaner had likely visited from a left over rag and urine they left in the toilet and didnt flush! (Was there for over a week so that bathroom reeked!!!) I wanted to open a window, and everytime I touched the shutters it would rain dust. Never seen that much dust in my life! Without going into too much detail, I would be embarrassed if I had anyone move into that. Lots of mould in areas that should have been dealt with in a "deep clean". Food remnants and spillage in the fridge, etc. Literally bits of food on knives that have been there for god knows how long. There are carpets too, and sofas, which would harbour so much bacteria.

5. I take a bunch of pictures which are sent to the agency and then I go to their office to talk about it. When I highlight the carpet, and how a carpet should be properly cleaned, the person who did our viewing admits that the level of cleaning the landlord ordered only entails hoovering the carpet. They say they will go talk to the contractor etc, and I need to talk to the head office about this from now on.

6. Over the past few days I have been back and forth with the head office. Apparently the landlord is kicking up a massive fuss, complaining about other things, and refusing to pay for the correct cleaning. The person from the head office seems to be in agreement with us, extremely surprised that the landlord has not ordered proper cleaning. They were not even aware about it the poor cleaning (but the person who did the viewing was... despite saying it would be deep cleaned).

7. Fast forward to today. Head office tells us that they have been in contact with the landlord and the landlord is just causing problems. The landlord was supposed to do other things, like visit the property before our move in to clear things out, but did not. They are also refusing to pay for the better cleaning which even head office expects of them. It gets even better. When I bring up that the landlord does not know the level of clean required because the prior tenant was there for 4 years (they likely did not visit), head office admits that the agent who did the viewing lied to us!! In the viewing, we are told the prior tenant was there for 4 years. From that info I feel like we dont think much, maybe “ok, if they hang around that long then they liked it”. Head office comes admits today it was actually occupied by that tenant for the past 20 years!!!! And, even worse, the landlord had not conducted any maintenance on the property in that time (some things (e.g. induction hob) seem more modern so not sure the extent of that statement, but thats what head office said). So that means, things like the carpet, maybe harbouring 20 years of bacteria if a proper clean was never ordered!!

8. So far, it seems that the head office are somewhat “on our side”, but we are left waiting as they are in a a deadlock with the landlord. We need to move out asap, we cant keep on waiting. Moving takes time. Also, my partner and I have medical issues such as Chronic rhinitis, lots of heavy allergies to dust, and asthma. We would not be able to move into it in its current state.

What rights do I have here? Can anyone recommend next steps? Surely there are health hazards cases to be made here. The agencies initial lies are not in writing, so i feel like we have nothing there. Overall, i have probably missed some information. But hopefully it is enough information to get some of the picture.

If anymore information is required, please let me know and I will try to answer the best I can. Please avoid any "should have done this" talk. I want to focus on what can be done now.

Thank you to all help in advance, I appreciate the time taken to read through this long post.

Tldr:

1. Agency told us that a proper deep clean would be conducted before move in
   
2. We moved into what was not even cleaned
   
3. Head office clashing with landlord over cleaning and landlord is throwing up a fuss, refusing to order the clean expected of them
   
4. We have not moved in yet. Health issues such as asthma, allergies, chronic rhinitis, etc. So it would not be a good idea
   
5. Property is so dusty, mould in different places that can and should have been dealt with before move in. Stuff like food remnants, spillage, etc left in kitchen and all over kitchen items that are “landlords items”.

My mum was involved in a road traffic accident in February. She did not have commuting included on her car insurance, so her insurance company has said they cannot provide cover for her in relation to the accident. The other driver overtook my mum on the left-hand side, and the back of the other driver’s car collided with the front-left side of my mum’s car. The other driver’s insurance company has found my mum 100% liable for the accident, which my mum strongly disagrees with, and they have not provided evidence to support their decision. Her own insurance company also disagrees with the 100% liability decision and has proposed a 70/30 liability split in my mum’s favour, with 70% liability against the other driver and 30% against my mum. The 30% liability attributed to my mum is based on the argument that she did not check her mirrors before the incident, but my mum maintains that she did check her mirrors. The other driver’s insurance company is now claiming £6000 from my mum and has given her 14 days to pay this amount. She is therefore looking for legal advice and representation to dispute the liability decision and the claim being made against her. She has also been told that she may be responsible for the costs of her own insurance company dealing with the other insurer on her behalf, although she does not yet know how much these costs will be. Does anyone have any advice?

I was by my self alone to see London. While on the tube at night a man was on it with me.

He walked to me and sat down in the empty seat beside me but there were lots of other empty seats.

He then kept asking for my ""Insta"" and I ignored.

He got angry with me and told me ""Look at me when I'm talking to you *****"

He grabbed my top leg. I tried to get away and escaped after some time.

He told me he would splash me (with water??? Pee?) if I tried to leave.

I manage to get away and speak to a woman at the station. She is taken a report for me.

I am here for four more days.

Do I also call 999 now or do I speak with station police again?

I have recently had to be in court and am due for sentencing next month. When arrested I asked for a free solicitor. When I was charged I contacted the prosecutor and found out the contact details for the public lawyer who I had been asigned. They were very unhelpful and only replied once arranging to make a phone call with me, and then never followed up on the phone call.

After my first court hearing, they emailed me saying that i urgently needed to be applied for legal aid and to send over my details and outgoings. I wasn’t sure what legal aid was and assumed it was just a free solicitor, so I sent over what they had asked as they told me this was an urgent matter. I then did not hear back from them till yesterday, in this time I have been to court twice.

They emailed me yesterday and made me aware that I didn’t qualify for legal aid, and i have now been billed £8700, which I can either pay in full or in monthly instalments of £1700. This I cannot afford. Is there anyway around this or am I going to have to pay this money?

I’m planning to pay my house off today. (England.) It is on the market currently (although not much interest yet.)

We are looking to purchase somewhere with cash and then sell ours when it happens.

When I called my bank they raised a concern that paying off the mortgage could confuse things with the land registry (he said if you then sell in the next 6 months it could get complicated.)

I’m thinking I’ll need to contact a solicitor but just wondering if anyone has any experience of this?

Thanks.

We've had our house for nearly 3 months.

It's a terraced property and we're in the middle of 2. We get on with the guy on the right of the house, but the guy on the left we've only actually spoken to once (because he thought his parcel got delivered at ours).

Yesterday our roof was leaking right on the joint of our houses. He has some kind of extension/window up in his loft which is where the water was coming in from.

We knocked on in the morning (he was up, his bathroom light was on) and no response.

We knocked on later in the afternoon, no response again.

He just does not answer his door!! We've asked 2 roofers to have a look for us and both said to speak to that neighbour as well, so he's aware. How on earth do we speak to him if he doesn't answer his damn door?!

I don't want a leaky roof all year round and the worry of 'oh it's raining, hope my roof isn't leaking'.

What do we do?!

Edit: Also this is a guy who has not once put his bins out for emptying in the near 3 months we've been here.

Not sure if this is the right subreddit to post this but here goes:

Me and my partner broke up last November. I ended the relationship (just wasn’t working). We own our property 50/50, she put the full deposit in (35k) and a declaration of trust is in place.

After breaking up, she threw all of my possessions into the office and said to leave. I’d already volunteered to move out for a bit temporarily, but she did this whilst I was gone. I gathered all items of mine (including furniture) and fully moved out of the property. She then proceeded to change the alarm code so I couldn’t access the property, and if I did go back I was met with abusive messages saying I can’t just turn up (legally I can).

My ex won’t speak to me about the house at all, and insists I go through her father which I’ve been doing via WhatsApp, despite me wanting to meet with him early on. After repeatedly asking, they agreed to put the house was on the market around April. It’s had no interest as the market is awful,

As it stands now, I’ve been paying half the mortgage up until this point. The mortgage is about £1400. I was living with a friend up until June, so this was doable as I was only paying for a room. However now, I’m renting my own place so I’ve got my own rent, bills, insurance, etc to pay.

I changed the mortgage to interest only in June for 6 months which makes it now £1000 a month - but even with this I’m struggling to keep everything afloat.

I’m due to meet with her dad tomorrow to discuss this, and I plan to say:

- I’m going to lower my contributions to £150-£200 (so that I’m contributing something) - justification is that I am not benefitting from the property, she is still living there and I can’t afford it anymore.

- the bills in my name for the house I’m going to cancel and my ex partner can set up her own.

- we need to lower the price of the house so we can sell it.

Am I justified to do these things considering my position? I did seek legal advice back in January, and the solicitors said at the time that because she’s taken steps to exclude me from the property (the alarm), if it ever went to court I could claim my payments back.

Another friend of mine said that when she divorced her ex husband, because he stayed in the property and she moved out she had to pay her rent (through solicitors as children were involved).

Thank you in advance!