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Sove Reign A statement ,witnessed by a third party is not likely to be contested. Otherwise anyone could make any old shit up. Think how many things that have to be witnessed to be legit .
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Sove Reign A statement ,witnessed by a third party is not likely to be contested. Otherwise anyone could make any old shit up. Think how many things that have to be witnessed to be legit .
Documents which require attestation under English law are:longdog wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:19 pm Come to think of it... Just how many things actually do have to witnessed to 'be legit'?
I have vague recollections of me and my ex having to get something to do with a mortgage witnessed and I've had to have two something-or-others witnessed by a solicitor when I've been sorting out Ma and Pa's will once they'd popped their clogs but other than that... Nope.... Never.
So in effect the sort of thing you're likely to run into a on a slack handful of occasions in a normal lifetime... I wonder what point he was trying to make.Tevildo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:47 pm Documents which require attestation under English law are:
- Wills
- Powers of attorney
- Certain contracts for the exchange of immovable property (see here for details, if you're feeling masochistic)
- Notices of protest of a dishonoured Bill of Exchange under Section 94 of the 1882 act where no notary is available
- Doubtless some others that apply in obscure situations under which one should consult a lawyer.
Same goes in the UK. Two people as witnesses who are not beneficiaries is all you need.
Same here. I just had to sign a form and email a PDF. This was in Florida.
Bristol City Council will run a trial of "ethical" debt collection to reclaim some of the £15m it loses every year from unpaid council tax.
It would be only the second local authority in England to do this.
Bristol is following the lead of London borough Hammersmith and Fulham which has said it will stop using bailiffs or taking people to court.
Deputy Mayor Craig Cheney, the councillor in charge of the Bristol scheme, said they only wanted to use bailiffs in the "bare minimum" of cases.
You are right some people won't. However… local government is my speciality. I'm not going to give away too much of my background as that could lead to my identity being traced. That said, I am one of the few people who has read the local government finance handbook and I have considerable experience with real lives and how councils operate.Siegfried Shrink wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:21 pm I fear there may be some people who will just not respond to being asked nicely.
I wonder what their ethical enforcement actually consists of?
Yep. This is how it works. Council silos are responsible for so much terrible decision making. I've already mentioned how our highways department would ticket refuse collection and graffiti cleaning services during the execution of their duties, who then had to take it out of their budget for doing what they were being paid to do.Siegfried Shrink wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:29 pm Is it possible that one department has pressure to collect whatever, regardless of the consequences for another department, because 'that's their problem not ours'
Sorry but I have to call bullshit on that one. As far as I know, and I'm pretty sure I'm right, local councils have no power to fine council tax payers for late payment let alone ludicrous figures like £100 per instance. To the best of my knowledge they have to send out two warning letters for late payments (and I've never had one for anything under a month late) after which the whole outstanding balance becomes due and they can apply for a liability order and pass the cost on to the CT payer.AnOwlCalledSage wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:14 pm Another example. A person who was unemployed got a job. Council allowed payment on the 1st, 14th, or 23rd of the month. He got paid on the 25th. He wrote to the council asking to be allowed to pay on the 25th. They refused… and added a £100 fine each month he was in arrears. He paid his council tax amount each month, but the fines had him £1,000 in debt after a year. They sent the bailiff around. He was homeless.
I cannot see why a good manager would not have some oversight of these processes and correct situstions which were to the detriment of the Local Authority as a whole. This is what managers are for, overseeing everything and ensuring it all runs smoothly in a co-ordinated fashion.AnOwlCalledSage wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:39 pmYep. This is how it works. Council silos are responsible for so much terrible decision making. I've already mentioned how our highways department would ticket refuse collection and graffiti cleaning services during the execution of their duties, who then had to take it out of their budget for doing what they were being paid to do.Siegfried Shrink wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:29 pm Is it possible that one department has pressure to collect whatever, regardless of the consequences for another department, because 'that's their problem not ours'![]()