Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
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Right of return for already replaced goods
Around 9 months ago I purchased a product, a pair of headphones, in the UK directly from the manufacturer. After 5 months, this product became defective, and was exchanged for another identical ...
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Northern Ireland: Is Homicide an offence in common law or is it an offence in statute?
In one of the episodes of the British-Irish television series The Fall, a person is charged by PSNI, in Northern Ireland, with multiple counts of murder. The police officer reads out the charges in ...
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On the Use of a Modified Refrain from "The Orange and the Green"
I would like to use in a new song a modified version of the refrain:
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
My father, he was orange and me mother, she was green.
My refrain is not ...
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When does giving a false name online become illegal?
I asked this question about providing false information to a web site. The answer indicates that it is illegal to supply a false identification document even without an intent to commit a further ...
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What is the legal situation when legally preformative letters are returned to sender?
There is a Guardian consumer article about a case where a company has gone to court for nonpayment and is about to break down the door and install a new meter, which included a warrant. This was a ...
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In UK law, what weight does an organisation's stated keywords/values have?
I'm dealing with an organisation (a UK regulator) that claims, amongst other things to be Decent and Ethical[1]. They splash these values everywhere, their emails and website, pretty well anywhere ...
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Under what circumstances can an insurance company claim back the cost of setting up a policy?
There is a news story about a 15-year-old Citroën that was towed by the council and the owner was not informed. The owner assumed it was stolen, claimed against the insurance and was paid out. ...
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What is the legal situation if one is owed money but no longer have access to the bank account associated with the account?
There is a situation presented in The Guardian
Consumer champions that must be fairly common:
In November last year, I unexpectedly rediscovered an unused national lottery app on my mobile phone with ...
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Phone Video Footage [closed]
I'm in the UK and having a problems with my neighbour. They recorded an incident on their phone and have sent it to my landlord. I have asked the landlord for a copy of the footage as I believe it may ...
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Is there any protection for sellers with mislabelled items?
Suppose Alice buys a car from Bob. In the case the car was stated in the advert as the top of the range model but was in actuality the model below badged as the top one Alice would have some ...
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Does there exist an example of meaningful information about an automated individual decision-making algorithm?
The GDPR Article 14 includes provisions for the data subject to have meaningful information about an automated individual decision-making algorithm that which produces legal effects concerning him or ...
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Does the GDPR right to deletion in Art. 17 effectively include some "disproportionate effort" exception?
Some provisions of the GDPR have explicit exceptions about "disproportionate effort". Particularly relevant is the one in Article 19:
The controller shall communicate any rectification or ...
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Is the BBC website out of compliance with the UK cookie regulations regarding consent and nudging techniques?
The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) requires websites to make it as easy to reject non-essential cookies as to accept them and also outlaws "nudging techniques", ...
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Are sporting competition rules a form of legal contract?
This is a mostly hypothetical question.
Consider this - a sports governing body organises a competition with a set of rules and a modest cash prize. The rules include a minor change (not a typo, an ...
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Could it be illegal to register ones child at state school when one has no intention of sending them?
It is in the news that a "parent action group" on Facebook is encouraging members to register at state schools even if they don't want to take up a place. This is a protest against Labour ...
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