Hi there, just a short note to bring good news of another failure to notify case won. We successfully defended ourselves (I say we, it was my wife who was being charged) against a failure to notify charge on 31st May 2012 at Brighton Magistrates court. A big thanks to all on here who gave advice. I will write up a full report and extra advice in good time, for now though, anyone who is thinking of representing themeselves please get in touch and I can email you our case notes. We didn't post before the trial (DVLA rumoured to read the threads) but lurked a lot. Cheers.

G'day. I have just entered the ET fray, self representing, and I am struggling to find any relevant case history. I believe myself discriminated against during recruitment i.e. I have not been offered positions I believe I would have been offered but for my age. I am 54 and a software developer so I tend to compete in a cohort of applicants in their mid 30's. I am competent at composing advanced searches but I am finding virtually nothing except for a couple of 'big' cases that have attracted press attention. Can anyone point me at some public available databases? I have already tried BAILLII. many thanks.

I hope some one can help - here's a bit of the background to my dilemma I let my council flat to a council tenant via Councils the Private Letting Scheme in 2007 In 2009, it occurred to me that I had not received a Service Charge bill – I went onto their website to see if I could check what was due – and was unable to do so I had no invoice number. I was ill from January 2010 , diagnosed with Cancer Feb/Mar 2010 and admitted to hospital until June 2010. I spoke to the Tenant in June 2010 and was told I had mail from the Council, asked her to let me know the contents – she said it was with regards to Service Charge – I took the contact details from the letter and called the Council to query why the mail had been sent to tenant. The person identified on the letter not available so I gave the person on the phone my current address and phone number …for the person to contact me. I started Chemo in August 2010– until December 2010… Then out of the blue I received letter from the Council in January 2011 threatening Court Action if the outstanding Service Charge was not paid in full…called on the day I got letter – just before 17:00 to query why this action as no bill/ invoice had been received by myself and the amount owed was not stated in letter ….told council was not aware of my address to send information to me to …asked how they had then managed to send this letter to me …was told they had looked for me ….asked how much I owed was told £6000.00.. I was told there was no evidence that I had informed them of my tenant and as such I had let the place out illegally. I found it strange as the tenant had been insitu since 1997 on a 3 year tenancy and her rent was being paid by the council…to the best of my knowledge I had submitted all I was meant to at the time and so did not understand how they could not have contacted me – as they had just done… The person I spoke to was very unhelpful and kept repeating the threat of legal action to which I said okay I’d see them in court….if that was they only way to resolve this 3 things have happened since then 1. I received documentation to obtain an under lease – which I have sent a cheque for £140.00 to obtain 2. My tenants rent has been suspended – without any notification as to why – chasing that tomorrow 3. I have been sent the Court Papers - I would like to go to court to defend myself on this as I never received an invoice/bill. From the papers I see they have also included major works of about £2500.00. I honestly don’t have the emotional strength to argue with the Council and as such would rather an independent person resolves the issues for us . Can someone please advise me on my rights before I send back the relevant documentation to the courts. Thanks Mikita