Help and advice needed. TPO's/Conservation areas and prosecution!

[ukminch]

At the county court (small claims) you can only recover actual (financial) losses. You cannot even be compensated for loss of your time trying to rectify the problem before court or preparing your case!

 

Doesn't seem fair if you've wasted hours of time, but that's the way it is

 

Not strictly true as the time that you've spent preparing for your case you can't be earning. I've had a few judgements against people and never had any problems adding extra on.

 

R

[skyhuck]

ps jammy, clear your inbox mate:thumbup:

 

I would not worry about it, as Rupe says the buck stops with the Boss not you.

 

I had a similar situation many years ago, I think the LA like to throw their weight around and try to scare people.

 

In my case it turned out to be their error not mine (not that they would admit that)

 

I asked them to let me know as soon as they had decided what they were doing, but they didn't I had to ring them

[RobArb]

its definately a learning curve that i'll have gained valuable experience from haha!!

[skyhuck]

Not strictly true as the time that you've spent preparing for your case you can't be earning. I've had a few judgements against people and never had any problems adding extra on.

 

R

 

Also you can just send them a bill for your time, then take them to SCC for none payment

[Pat Ferrett]

ps jammy, clear your inbox mate:thumbup:

 

DONE!

[BenC]

No just professional curiosity

[Rupe]

Rob, was you ex boss qualified enough to put a price on the works?

 

i.e. had he taken your "report" and given the client a price for the work?

 

He sounds like a knob, how does he normally get any work if hes not qualified to decide what could/should be done to anything.

 

 

I think when he asked you to write down why you had carried out the works, a good reply would have been "because you told us to" and thats "US" not "me"

[RobArb]

i know rupe, hindsight is a wonderful thing! I told them in the interview that he was qualified enough to go and look at other jobs and organise them for us so what was different about this one:thumbup:

 

how he got work in the first place i'll never know... think he may of been a freemason and got all the backhanders:lol:

[Rupe]

Sounds like my old boss and many others I'm sure.