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28 June 2012 - First we had all of the issues over unfair bank charges, then PPI being mis-sold, then the issues with the RBS/Natwest/Ulster Bank and now Barclays have held their hands up and admitted that they have effectively 'lied' about the cost of thei
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24 June 2012 - We have seen hundreds of emails via www.youandyourrights.co.uk from RBS/Natwest/Ulster Bank customers who have suffered as a result of the major software glitch that the bank has experienced. I have also spoken on BBC radio a few times today and agai
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14 June 2012 - At youandyourrights we keep on hearing shocking stories where people have been 'conned' or just not treated right. Some of these stories relate to bank debts, some relate to finance agreements and others relate to various housing/family issue
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09 June 2012 - I interviewed N Power this week and during the interview I took the opportunity to probe them about cold calling. For clarify, Cold Calling is the practice whereby the electricity suppliers (and indeed many other types of suppliers) send agents out o
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28 March 2012 - In most cases it is advisable to use the services of a solicitor or barrister if you want to take a legal action against someone, whether it be against an individual or company. However, there are occasions when you either need to deal with the matte
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14 March 2012 - Thousands of online shoppers believed that they had bagged the deal of the year yesterday when they ordered the new iPad, from Tesco.com, for £49.99 instead of the recommended retail price of £659. However, this was clearly a ‘mista
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12 January 2012 - It is a fact of life that we all ‘need’ energy supplies, particularly gas and electricity, in order to survive. So what does this mean to the energy suppliers? Simple, because we the consumer cannot do without them they are in a great pos
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07 January 2012 - The French and German governments have taken the responsible decisions, which of course must be the correct decision, to insist upon the removal of all PIP breast implants. However, closer to home the British government has taken a very different vie
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04 January 2012 - Payday loans are becoming increasingly popular as can be evidenced by the growing amount of television adverts by companies advertising this form of lending. The fact is, if they were not making a huge amount of money from this they would not be adve
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01 January 2012 - We all will have received Christmas presents that we do not want for one reason or another, whether it is an item that you simply do not like, or does not fit or was not quite what you asked for. If this applies to you dont just throw the unwanted it
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17 December 2011 - This week I have received lots of messages asking for my advice on a scam allegedly operated by www.confidentialelite.com. I therefore decide to investigate. This company has placed adverts in many local newspapers and other publications, such as AD
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01 December 2011 - Yesterday saw one of the biggest strike actions that this country has seen for a very long time as thousands of public workers downed tools and went on strike in protest over their pensions. Those on strike included teachers, police officers, nurses,
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26 November 2011 - I did my monthly Sun live webchat this week. For those who have not seen this, it is live webchat via the Sun's website. Sun readers can post live legal questions to myself and my team at youandyourrights.co.uk. One of the questions that was put
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20 November 2011 - Of course they should be or at least they should have resided in the UK for a significant period of time. Notwithstanding this, Ken Clarke has advertised for a Human Rights judge to go to Strasbourg and rule on the rights and wrongs of British Law an
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19 November 2011 - On 29th November 1981 Hollywood actress Natalie Wood was found dead floating in the sea off the California coast. Prior to her death Ms Wood had been aboard her luxury yacht with her husband Robert Wagner (star of Hart to Hart) fellow Hollywood actor
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06 November 2011 - It is no secret that I feel very strongly about the rising energy prices and in particular the lack of regulation and control over the big 6 energy companies. The Government's e-petition site was launched in 2010 and was promoted as a means for t
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02 November 2011 - A review of family law is being published tomorrow (Thursday 3rd November 2011) and it is bad news for fathers. Many thought that the review would recommend that fathers should have equal custody rights. However, this is not the case and in fact the
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