READ MORE HERE: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-guide-manual-of-service-law-jsp-830-volume-2

READ MORE HERE: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manual-of-service-law-your-rights-if-you-are-accused

Hello, I`m self employed, I work most of the time for a company in suffolk ( i live in london ) I drive up to suffolk to collect their van ( i get no renumeration for doing this, no fuel expenses, I dont even get paid for the day i spend driving up to suffolk) I travel the country selling their products at shows & events. The van stays with me for 75% of the year & they pay the fuel I invoice on a weekly basis per show I am considered by them to be A Sub Contractor I pay my own NI & Tax According to their Risk Assessment all employees need to have Manual Handling BUT I`m not an employee Am i obliged to do this course ?

Hi Came across this earlier today and thought it was an interesting read and may be useful to others its in PDF Format:

I've been receiving letters and phonecalls (both methods totally unanswered and ignored of course) for the past couple of months from Muck Hall who have been passed a (so-far) unenforceable alleged debt by 1st. Crud. Today I received a brown envelope marked URGENT (who are they trying to kid?) and when I got around to opening it I found it was a nice letter from 'Meritforce', who I hadn't previously heard of, concerning Muck Halls previous failure to collect. It contained all the usual 'we may' do this and 'you must' do that delusions, but having a few minutes to waste I decided to Google them. A few CAG links were amongst the search results, along with links to Muck Hall and Meritforce themselves (they appear to be owned by MH as expected). Well, I had a slightly amusing read of the MH site then went to the Meritforce one ( http://meritforce.co.uk/ if anyone's interested ) After reading some of their drivel I noticed a link on one of the pages for 'Agent Downloads' (I guess he must be their 'Top Gun' to have his own link ) so I followed it. There was a link to download the 'Meritforce Collections Manual' which members might find amusing (complete with typos). Here's the direct link; http://meritforce.co.uk/includes/downloads/MF%20COLLECTIONS%20MANUAL.pdf On the very first page there is a reference to 'DOORSTEP COLLECTION AGENTS' so it must be official, people DO actually collect doorsteps! Cheers Rob MF COLLECTIONS MANUAL.pdf