Has anyone noticed legislation .gov has been changed and legislation is difficult to find; they are now selling it! Did anyone download a copy of the Taking of Goods Act 2014 they could share please.

Looking through the posts and documents on challenging mortgages unfortunately couldnt find a SAR 1, 2,3 to follow the process. Ive tried AI and it may be me but i didnt get a good response. Found a post that refers to the 13th of Feb weekly meeting last year im going to hunt out. Other than that do i just amend the DCA SARs?

Hi everyone I’ve just come out of a County Court insolvency hearing where a local council pursued a statutory demand based on council tax liability orders. My application to set the demand aside was dismissed, and the court authorised the council to present a bankruptcy petition after a future date, so there is a limited window to resolve matters. For context, before things escalated this far I made multiple disclosure / SAR requests and tried to engage with the council about how the balance had been calculated. That didn’t really go anywhere, and matters moved into enforcement and then insolvency. At the hearing I wasn’t disputing the existence of the liability orders in that forum, but raised concerns about process, proportionality, reconciliation of sums, and insolvency being used rather than ordinary engagement or resolution. The judge’s position was that once liability orders exist, insolvency is open to the council, and any dispute about calculation or banding belongs elsewhere. I’m now trying to work out the best next move in practice, including: • whether people have successfully agreed payment plans or settlements at this stage, • whether there are appeal or review routes worth pursuing after a failed set-aside, • how others have approached avoiding a bankruptcy petition once permission has been granted but not yet exercised, If anyone here has been in a similar position with a council or local authority, I’d really appreciate hearing how you’d approached it. Thanks

Anyone finding that chatgpt can be biaised and get things wrong. I use the bots but sometimes they dont cover what I want to know. Any recommendations or what AI you have found uselful?

I have long been concerned about the practice whereby the DVLA releases registered keeper data, based on vehicle registration numbers, to private parking companies. As I understand it, this system effectively allows any company that is a member of the British Parking Association (BPA) to claim that a vehicle was parked on private land and to pursue a private parking charge on that basis. In practical terms, BPA membership appears to grant such companies access to DVLA data and, consequently, the ability to issue parking charges that carry an appearance of legal legitimacy. My concern is that the DVLA does not appear to verify whether these companies are operating lawfully in practice. In particular, it is unclear why the DVLA does not check whether parking signage is correctly positioned, clearly visible, compliant with relevant regulations, or sufficient to form a valid contractual agreement with motorists. Given that the existence, clarity, and legality of signage is fundamental to any alleged parking contract, the absence of verification raises serious questions about how “reasonable cause” is assessed before personal data is released. Without such checks, there is a clear risk that vehicle keeper data is being disclosed to companies whose signage, land authority, or contractual practices may be defective or unlawful.