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    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

      I’m not happy to do this, drive the car or with the after care experience (a sign of further stresses to come) so want a refund and to return the car asap.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

      Many thanks 
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    • Housing Association property flooding. https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/438641-housing-association-property-flooding/&do=findComment&comment=5124299
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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Durham police have carried out a very speedy enquiry and decided that Demonic did nothing serious enough to take further action.

 

What is this going to do to compliance with lockdown restrictions by normal people?

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/28/dominic-cummings-did-breach-coronavirus-guidelines-durham-police/

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35 minutes ago, tobyjugg2 said:

 

 

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Doesn't that actually define that all the lockdown fines for being away from home were and are unlawful?

or at least put all the fines validity into question/doubt?

 

I'd have thought so and even Matt Hancock said he'd get someone to look at that yesterday, I think it was. Then Robert Jenrick came along shortly afterwards and said they wouldn't be reversing the fines.

 

It does seem to be dual standards.

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That's a tricky one, BN. If someone was in their second home when lockdown started and stayed there throughout, I'd have thought there could be some leniency.

 

Here's an article about Demonic co-owning his parents' farm with another person. Does that mean he went to his second home?

 

Also interesting comments about the farm receiving EU subsidies, after everything he's said about the EU.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/10/dominic-cummings-owns-farm-got-eu-subsidy

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It seems that Track and Trace has been released without the mandatory DP impact assessment.

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-test-trace-privacy-data-impact-assessement/

 

ETA: more on this from Matrix Chambers.

https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/legal-advice-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-published/

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7 minutes ago, brassnecked said:

If people have a Feature Phone, Hancock is stuffed can't install, as won't be Android or IOS, so all those cheapo Alctel, Nokia and other candybar phones. can't use app.

He better as Data Loss Dido, she will probably suggest a  Bill Gates UID Chip be implanted.

 

Could you expand on this a bit please for phone technophobes? What's a feature phone?

 

 

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hightail isn't the only one to think that. From this article:

 

It is not yet known whether use of the app would be mandatory or voluntary. “A mandatory smartphone app would be a significant measure, both legally and culturally,” the lawyers said. “Our view is that there would need to be a clear and detailed legal basis for a mandatory system, set out in specific legislation.”

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/covid-19-tracking-app-must-satisfy-human-rights-and-data-laws

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HMG have signed various contracts with IT firms without tendering them or putting them to scrutiny, under special Covid powers. They've refused to release information from FOI requests but OpenDemocracy and Foxglove mounted a court case. Shortly before it was due to start, the details have been released of contracts with AI firms Faculty and Palantir,  plus Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

 

Palantir is run by Peter Thiel, a mate of Trump's. Faculty used to be called ASI from memory and were involved with Vote Leave and possibly Cambridge Analytica. The head honcho of Faculty is Marc Warner whose brother is special assistant to Demonic at no 10. I'm not clear whether Ben Warner still works for Faculty as well.

 

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/under-pressure-uk-government-releases-nhs-covid-data-deals-big-tech/

 

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/22/palantir-coronavirus-contract-did-not-go-to-competitive-tender/

 

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One concern for me is that Palantir and Faculty are specialist data miners and have access to a lot of NHS patients' personal information. Also, why is Palantir doing this for £1 when its US contracts have cost millions? What do they plan to do with the data?

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Services are one option, I agree.

 

I've also read that NHS data is so complete on virtually every individual in the country that it's a goldmine for IT firms for medical research. If they're being sold and especially on the cheap, I think we should know.

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Being a bit more optimistic, I wonder if local government led initiatives could make people feel a bit more involved.

 

HMG seem to be trying to hand more and more of the management of this over to local authorities with very little warning or funding. Local public health should have been there at the beginning.

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