crazy lady driving her car.

both!

listening to the pet shop boys - se a vida é (that's the way life is)

the numbers wouldnt add up, millions of children would need to rehomed. the mistreatment horror stories would be a mile high

Thanks so much for the warnings!

it has its positives and negatives, it can be anoyying at times!

Many thanks for flagging that, shall watch

excellent idea I have been meaning to do this! for ages!

looks good. hope the stuff doesnt rot me insides!

thanks will have a look, I need to get to cardiff! amazing find!

tesco own brand is also cheap!

What form is it? that will enable people to help more. Are you dissolving the company?

Nice one thanks Ill definately have a read. Interesting.

Hi Che the company is in london where I am. where are you based? hopefully in london too!? The turnover of the company was about £30m. Yes! with all those resources they should be able to do a watertight contract. If they cant be bothered they should feel the full force of the consequences of their laziness. The company is a sneaky company! Thanks!

Ah I see where you are coming from, yes I did sign it and I sent it back to them. What you note is definately what I am arguing. The offer letter prevails, and it says after the probation period ends the notice period is two months. My contract was terminated nearly a week after the extended probabtion period ended. Also the letter advising of the extention of the probabtion period says notice is a week *during* the probabtion period. Do you think this + the contra proferentem advantage you mentioned would be enought to argue it sucessfully at tribunal? Especially taking account of point 19.3 in the SMT? Thanks so much for the help Che!

Hi Che (oh and hi all) Here’s a rough but pretty accurate Chronology: Offer letter - Dec 2011 Job start - Jan 2012 Extension of probation - April 2012 Delivery of SMT - May 2012 Termination - July 2012 (For minor pointless reasons, some reasons given were inaccurate as well! Another breach of contract?) Che, what are you thinking? Many thanks and very kindest regards,

Hi elche, thanks so much for responding! Che, I would have thought 21.2 would only kick in if there was a dispute between the handbook and SMT and then, the offer letter or SMT would prevail over the Handbook. I guess I will need to get a copy of the handbook if I can, just to see what it says! Hmm, I am not sure how many this firm employ in total, but in my department there were about 20 people. Che Thankyou! Further comments very much appreciated!

Hi guys Thanks for your advice honeybee13, calling Acas is very high up on my to do list. Hi assisted blonde, I was provided with a revised date from the original meeting date, I just went. I'm not sure if they were up to something! Many thanks

Hi all, A bit of a long post below so apologies! Please do bear with me! Basically, I think my employer might be trying to get out of giving me my full contractual notice entitlement, however I am not sure. The bottom line is, I think if am entitled to something, then they should be fair and pay it. I think I could be entitled to 2 months payment in lieu of notice rather than a week’s payment in lieu of notice based on the following: - My initial employment offer letter stated that my probation period was 3 months long and that the required notice in regard to termination of employment was 2 months, after the probation period expired. During the probation period the required notice was one week. (Please see picture LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-A ). - Page 12 of the principal terms and conditions of my employment dispute this ( please see LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P12 ), saying that confirmation of employment from the HR director is necessary for the 2 months notice period to apply, but on page 2 of my principal terms and conditions it says the offer letter prevails in a dispute between the offer letter and the terms ( http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P2 ). - My probation was extended to roughly 6 months ending on 5 July 2012. The letter at B below ( http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-B ) says that during this period (not after) notice period on employment termination remains at one week. - My employment was terminated on 11 July 2012, after the extended probation period had ended. I think it was due to be terminated on the 6 July 2012 but was delayed. Per the initial offer letter ( http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-A ) which states that after the initial probation period the applicable notice period is 2 months, I think the notice my employer should have given me, in regard to the termination of my contract would be 2 months, and that I should get 2 months notice pay, as my termination was after the extended probation period had ended. What do you think? Relevant document images are included as links below. It’s a long post thanks so much for reading and your time, any help is very much appreciated! Am pulling my hair out here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links / Appendices: A: Extract from my initial offer letter detailing notice periods. Employment began on 9-Jan 2012. LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-A B: Letter extending probation period to 5-July of this year. LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-B My employment was terminated on 11-July, after the probation period had ended. It was due to be terminated on the 6-July but was delayed. C: Please find below links to images of the terms and conditions of my employment. (The first linked page states that offer letter will prevail in the event there is a discrepancy between it and the terms and conditions). Further image links: LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P2 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P3 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P4 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P5 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P6 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P7 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P8 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P9 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P10 T+C’s page 10 says notice only 2m after confirmation, however I would dispute this based on offer letter, which says notice changes without mentioning any confirmations required. T+C’s state offer letter prevails over T+C’s in a dispute. LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P11 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P12 LINK: http://tinyurl.com/termnotice-P13

Thank youuuuuu, I will try this. How logical! 8)

Hi all, I know this sounds DAFT, but....here goes. This morning my water went off. As I was turning the tap round and checking things, I forgot the which way to turn the tap to turn it off, and had to go to work. In the mean time the water company restore the water and the tap has been running all day. I fear a really big bill! Is there any way out of this and getting the water company to waive todays extra usage? If only the supply hadnt gone off in the first place! Thank you!

Right right i see hmmm Martin thankyou. Thankyou again for the help!

Hi all hope you are well. Sooooo... after all of the above happened. A while ago in mid October or so I received a letter from the court saying: Now I want to apply for further directions, is this the correct thing to do and is it worth proceeding with this now that the banks have won their case? I don't want to just do nothing and let abbey win by having my case struck out by default! Is getting further directions, as referred to in the letter, as simple as writing a letter to the court saying "please can I have further directions"? Any help is really greatly appreciated! Not sure what to do and time is running out! Thank you!

Martin Thank you! Will await

Aha! So I shouldn't try to get an abuse of process strike out as I will have no post OFT judgement cases to cite? I should just leave out the chunk of text "1" in the sample "Section G" given here >>> http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/abbey-bank/87766-abbey-abuse-orders-keeping.html And just leave in chunk of text "2"? And in terms of the Draft Order for Directions Does it matter if I use A or B as they do seem pretty similar? A: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/general/57708-draft-order-allocation-questionnaires.html#post482148 B: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/general/53570-new-strategy-allocation-questionnaires.html#post482191 Really want to get it right, I dont want to help Abbey AT ALL Thank you! Really hoping I get that magic letter through the post saying settlement in full before I have to go to court!