Today at work HR sent an email with my details. Including my wages, sick days and holiday days out to the entire company. Ive been working here for 4 years. And 2 weeks ago I've handed my notice in. I had my exit interview on Monday. But out of the blue I hear people laughing and whispering. I'm constantly on the phone so I didnt think to check my emails but HR came to me and said they were really sorry.

I was shocked and confused as I had no idea. Turns out everyone saw this email before it was recalled. I do not have the email. I didnt see this email before it was recalled but a few teams messages from colleagues have suggest its my wages, holiday days and absence days.

I'm just really shocked by it all and quite upset as all I got was an apology and I had to carry on working. No meeting to discuss this. No manager spoke to me. Nothing. I dont know what else was on that email but I'm wondering if there's anything I can do as this is a breach of gdpr.

Yesterday I was refused access to the disabled bathroom in the services, I got about my business the best I could without it. Today, I was again refused by the same person "You are not disabled" I was told once more, I went to WH Smiths and got a key, the person who twice refused watched me enter, a couple of minutes go by and that same person unlocks and opens the door to see inside. I'm livid. I only temporarily require access to these facilities, I'm not permanently disabled, I have no blue badge. Can I do something about what has happened here besides complaining? Is this harassment?

At the beginning of the month my family stayed for the weekend at a Premier Inn. One of the nights we had dinner in their restaurant. When we went to pay they said that it didn't go through. They had my husband try three times. Then they got a different machine and when they inputted the total in the new machine it was 80p less than the other machine (this may be important later).

Later on when I looked in the banking app I noticed that all four of the charges went through. My husband went down and asked them about it and they said the extra charges would be refunded. We went home and I waited a week and no refund came.

My husband has now been talking to them and they are saying that they have no record of multiple charges from our card and won't issue a refund.

I'm also worried about the fact that one of the chargers was 80p less, that even if we do get a refund we won't get a refund for that one because they will say it's a separate thing since it's a different amount.

This has now been going on for over two weeks and we are out almost £150 in the extra charges which we can't really spare.

Hello All! 29 years ago I foolishly got married . I was young and silly. The marriage only lasted 3 months after she decided to go off with her best friends brother. She went on to have 2 children with him and I moved 300 miles away from where we lived, so I have no idea where she is, or have contact with anyone who would.

So for 29 years I paid her very little thought, after all she chose her ,life but heres my quandary. I have just been left my fathers house. So I need to know if I make a will myself leaving my assets to say, XYZ, would that cover myself should anything happen to me , meaning she would have no claim?

I have spoken with Quickie Divorce who for £499 can get me the divorce, but they also told me I would then have to get a 'clean order' (I think that's what they said) and that would then stop any her.

Now this is all hyperphetical. After being seperated for 29 years she might be dead herself, or if I was to die, she might never know if I had. Also, I'm guessing if she did she would have to raise some money to contest my will?

Basically I would like to know what action I should take to protect any assest's after I'm gone.

Thanks in advance!

I’m looking for advice on whether PrettyLittleThing’s actions are legal under UK consumer law.

On 8 July 2026, I purchased two dresses from PrettyLittleThing. I returned both dresses on 23 July 2026. THE RETURN WAS WITHIN PLT’S RETURN WINDOW. However, I only received a refund for one of them. I am still owed £20 for the second dress.

I contacted PLT to request the remaining refund on 14 October. However they told me they cannot investigate because more than a month has passed since I returned the dress and there is nothing further they can do.

I find this incredibly frustrating because I returned both items within the return window, and the fact that more than a month has passed shouldn’t mean I lose my right to a refund.

My questions are:

1. Is PLT legally entitled to refuse to investigate or refund me simply because more than a month has passed since I returned the item? Am I still entitled to the £20 refund?
2. Has anyone experienced something similar with PLT, and were you able to get your money back?

I appreciate that it is only £20, but I don’t think a retailer should be able to withhold a refund for a returned item simply because of an arbitrary deadline.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

My ex wife and I divorced 7 years ago. I tried to get her to enter into a financial agreement but she refuses to communicate with me. We jointly own a property and I have had no benefit from that property since I left back in 2017. She point blank refuses to talk to me. In 2020 I received repossession paperwork as it turns out she hadn't been paying management fees/ ground rent. At no point had she informed me that it wasn't being paid. Shortly after this I received court documents telling me that my ex was taking me to court for a financial settlement. The judge ruled that the property should be put on the market immediately. It took her 5 months and despite having several offers she is still holding up in the property. She agreed to the last offer but kept the buyers waiting for 8 months, so they backed out. The judge ruled that she was exclusively liable for the management fees. Now the management company are taking us to court as the sale has been rumbling on for nearly 3 years. I have no money for solicitors..how do I proceed? Thanks in advance.

Hello

​So me and the mother of my child are on a court order which was finalised in may this year. Im court ordered to do 100% of travel, 200 miles per fortnight.(me and the mother live approx 50 miles apart and has always been like that since our child was born) with the mother to help out with some travel if at times i need to double up my journeys. ( by either family/partner or travel by train)

At the time the order was made, I drove and had a car and the mother didnt drive or have a car. So i was okay with doing majority of the travel based on the current circumstances. HOWEVER, the mother actually passed her driving test before the order was made and now has a car, but she kept that quiet at court in my opinion to avoid doing any travelling.

Ive tried to be civil with the mother and even said im still happy doing most of the travelling but can she just help out even once per month either by meeting half way, or I collect her on my time and she collect her on her time. Each time she either just refuses or comes up with excuses everytime.

I understand the court will look at what is best for my child.

My question is, given the change of circumstances, can or should i apply back to court to ask for a variation in travel arrangements and if so, what would be my best approach? Thanks

England.

Bought a Mac Mini off eBay back in May. Due to some performance issues I decided to do a factory reset and was faced with "This Mac belongs to an organisation" warning, the Mac locked down and now requires an administrator password to unlock or even reset again. The odd thing is when I first received it, I checked it's MDM and DEP enrollment status and they both returned "NO", even going through Mac updates without presenting a warning.

I've reached out to both the college and the seller to see if the enrolment can be removed for the Mac's serial number. The college IT department have said they're looking into it to find out if it is just a mistake and nothing else, while the seller has offered to send me the money I paid through PayPal on the proviso I don't continue communicating with the college or give them any information about him... Even going as far as to tell me a few times he's spoken to the college himself and they want me to return it through him - something the college IT department has expressed no knowledge of.

With how cagey the seller is acting I'm worried I may be handling stolen goods. What is the likely outcome here? Will I end up in legal trouble if it ends up being a stolen item and send it back to the seller? If it is stolen and I send it back to the college does that mean I'm just a few hundred quid down with nothing I can do about it?

UPDATE: I had a call back from the College's IT head. He confirmed they have no record of it leaving their enrollment and need to investigate further but he's leaning towards it being stolen and will confirm after they've finished looking into it tomorrow. I've asked him if he does confirm it was stolen to let me know as soon as he knows so I can get a crime number from the police and then use that to claim my money back through eBay/PayPal.

I have lived in a lovely village in Kent, England my entire life pretty much (moved here when I was 4 years old and still live here into my early 20s) and a few years ago (7/8 years ago) they built a new estate nearby. It’s a private building company, not housing association or council housing. They also promised that the village would have access to the little park they would build on the estate as a sweetener. I understand and completely agree that the actual road is a private road for residents to park only. I have absolutely no problem with that. however. there is a footpath that goes around the estate (road with offshoots onto little cul de sacs) and as soon as it was built I started walking my dog around there (she’s well behaved, always on lead, never barks and i always pick up after her.) After a couple of months as I was walking my dog I noticed a couple of little green signs on the openings from the little gravel footpath to the cul de sacs saying the words ‘residents only’ and nothing else. It cannot be parking as you could not get a car onto the gravel paths, they are tiny. They mean no walking onto the pathways in the cul de sac: this is not an official looking sign. no council logo. Not attached to the road name sign. just a cheap Amazon prime looking sign that literally just said those two words.

I have simply continued to walk the dogs I’ve had over the years and walked onto the pathways in the cul de sacs if need be as I don't think this is enforceable and I’ve never had an issue. My current dog is a rescue and she’s so well behaved, again; always on lead, always quiet, loves other dogs, and I always pick up after her. Im pretty sure the local mp told my Nan that it wasn’t enforceable and most likely a resident with too much time on their hands. But my Nan does get confused sometimes lol.

so. Redditera of the UK, is this enforacble? Or is this a karen with too much free time?

UPDATE:

I have checked the website of my local borough council and the signs are not legal. It explicitly states:  ‘ local villagers and walkers who do not live on the estate are legally permitted to use those paths.’ 

It said this is legally in place under an act that preserves local nature and aids in ecological management. 

I have looked into these laws with the council and they say I should report the signs this resident put up as it’s not lawful. Apparently it’s a ‘breach of planning law’ and violates the ecological management plan.

Thank you all so much for your advice!   :)

Not to disparage the legal knowledge of a photographer who has a reasonably good moral argument, but obviously has a vested interested. Is it actually illegal to feed a watermarked photo to an AI and ask it to remove the watermark? Assuming the resulting image is for personal non-commercial use, as is likely the case with school photos?

As it says. I have been at my company nearly 10 years (permanent office job), and this week went on sick leave for a septoplasty operation on monday. I had been signed off for 2 weeks sick leave well in advance of this.

The morning after my operation, less than 24 hours after I had been under general anaesthetic- i was woken by a call from the head of my department. I missed the call, but she immediately whatsapped me asking if i could join a call that day about our team- or schedule another. My HoD was well aware I had just had surgery, and she briefly referenced it in the text.

I replied saying I was very worried by news of such a meeting but could we have the call on friday since I was still very rough and had hoped for 2 weeks not thinking about work to recover.

Now i am furious at how this has been handled- having googled it seems she might have crossed a line, calling me directly less than 24 hours after I was under GA. It has hugely upset me and put me through a great deal of stress when i should have been resting.

I have contacted my union but i would like to know if a line was crossed/what should I do?

So myself and my wife separated a few months ago. We live in England. We have a four year old son together. I currently pay £1000 into a joint account, most of this covers half the mortgage and half of the nursery fees. There is £250 left which pays for half the household bills (energy, broadband, insurance, water etc). We are in the process of getting our son used to 50/50 care but want to do this gradually to help him grow used to it. Until that point my wife has used to CMS calculator to work out I owe her £450 a month. I have agreed but suggested I will start paying an extra £200 a month into her account as I'm already paying £250 for household bills. She believes I should be continue paying this but give her £450 on top of that. I disagree and don't see why I'm paying for her household bills when I no longer live there... Any guidance? TIA

What do I do now? I've had a speeding and traffic offence in the past and paid up instantly then taken the course. I cannot afford a fine and am not aware of any other letters relating to this.

Hi,

I was waiting in the queue at a Waitrose in London this morning for Pokémon cards restock. I was chatting peacefully with other people when a woman suddenly decided to skip around 10 people and stand directly in front of me.

When I called her out on it and tried to recover my space in the queue she grabbed me by the neck and left visible marks.

This happened inside a shopping centre, so there should be CCTV footage.

Do you think it’s worth filing a report? I’m honestly not sure what the best thing to do is or if police will even bother with something like this.

The government website states the following: ‘Maternity leave and Statutory Maternity Pay will start automatically if the employee is off work for a pregnancy-related illness in the 4 weeks before the baby is due - it does not matter what has been previously agreed.’

The employer policy states: ‘If you are absent for a reason related to your pregnancy after the beginning of the 4th week before the week in which your baby is expected, your maternity leave will start automatically even if you have notified a later date for your leave to start.’

I had a midwife appointment today (previously agreed with work) and have been referred for an additional growth scan on Friday morning. I would be able to attend work for the rest of the day following the scan.

Is there any chance this could automatically trigger my maternity leave to begin? The government website states illness but my employer’s policy doesn’t specify this.

Thanks in advance.

Edit to add: due date is in 3 weeks

This is not about politics, it is a serious legal question about freedom of publication, and I would ask commenters to keep their opinions in this regard to other subreddits.

Sally Rooney is an Irish novelist who is an open supporter of the proscribed group Palestine Action, and who has indicated that this support is financial in nature. Palestine Action is not proscribed in the Republic of Ireland, where she lives and works.

Her publisher's statement is below:

Current legislation in the UK has led to circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney for her work. To sell a writer’s work and not be able to pass on earnings is an unconscionable situation for a publisher.

As such, and in full agreement with Sally, we have taken the decision that we can no longer supply her works in the UK in any format. We remain the proud publisher of her remarkable body of work, which we will continue to sell in other territories.

Is it really the case that selling her books in the UK would be a violation of s. 15 of the Terrorism Act 2000 namely that Faber would 'provide money or other property, and knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism', or is this more likely to be a case of some highly effective PR?

England. Health and social care, worked at this company for 2 and a half years.

We're about to get an app on our personal devices to clock in and out of work, that uses location services so that management can see where we are when we clock in. I was just wondering if this is actually enforceable? While I understand and agree with why this has been put in place, it seems a bit strange to me that a workplace can track your location through your own personal device and enforce that you have your location services on?

EDIT: Since posting this I have reviewed my contract and it has absolutely nothing on workplace or personal devices, so I don't think it can legally be mandatory. I'm not part of a union but I've had plenty of working law related issues here so maybe it's time I joined one 😅 Thank you everyone for your advice, I have tons of comments so won't be responding to every one!

And for context because I work in health and social care the reason they are putting this in place is to make sure that our staff who travel from place to place are present at their scheduled place at their start and end times.

Hello

I bought phone insurance for my iPhone 15 a few months ago. I recently upgraded to the iPhone 18 and the phone insurance company have told me they don’t yet cover this model. When I asked if I could cancel instead they said I’d have to pay out the entire year to cancel even though they don’t support my new phone.

Is there anything I can do to get out of this contract? I can’t afford to pay out the whole contract, nor do I think I should have to as I’m no longer getting any service from it

I recently put a small claims case against a company which didn’t pay my companies invoice. This is a medium size company and we are a very small company. They paid the invoice the day after the claim was submitted. They believed they didn’t need to pay me as the work was cancelled, by them.

When I was communicating with them they were using scare tactics like your a small company and you have not legal department your case won’t hold up, small companies like you are fraudulent etc.

In the court paperwork before paying us, they have admitted part claim, paid the invoice in full but not the court fees which I will be chasing. Here they have also wrote we are a fraudulent company.

They have also left a review on our company profile saying we are fraudulent, which I’ve since been able to have deleted.

Can I do anything about this? I find this behaviour disgusting as they are trying to intimidate and bully a small company.

Bit of a random one but me and my colleagues are seriously considering having our employer looked in to. It’s just that we don’t know where to go.

Basically- he’s a very dodgy man. Accounts are always getting cancelled, cards are being rejected, payments are late and never in full (our salaries), he mishandled our tax payments and pensions.

We have spoken to HMRC and ACAS on separate occasions about these issues but they were actually pretty unhelpful. They suggested just talking to him about it (we have no HR) or any opportunity to investigate would mean him knowing we’ve reported him (there’s only 3 of us).

What we’d love to do is to have some anonymous investigation into him, his accounts and his handling of the business.

Is there actually a way to do this?

Location: United Kingdom

TLDR my boss has ignored all requests for change/ improvement is this constructive dismissal?

I have recently handed in my notice and have three months to serve. My role is based in financial services in London so subject to laws of England and Wales.

It was suggested to me that what had happened might be constructive dismissal or similar. So I am wondering if I should seek full paid for legal advice.

I have been employed for 10 years plus and mostly under the same boss.

In that time I did progress my job title and pay. I also became specialised in a non core activity outside of the normal scope of my team.

During the time working with my boss, they have:

• pressured me to drop request for help with dyslexia as it would count against teams profitability (team bears the cost rather than a central cost).
• ignored requests from the whole team for more resources as we were working significantly longer hours than other teams due to low staff numbers.
• both their children and partner made fun of me on voice and video calls.
• ignored a direct request for more support due to overwork and resultant mental health issues.
• ignored repeated requests over three years to allow me to do a mixture of the teams core work and the non activity
• gave opportunities for project and travel to favourites.
• agreed to hire a junior to work alongside me then chose to use the approved headcount to offer the job to another candidate who did not want to do the non core role.

I was always a hard working and the non core activity earned the team a steady and valuable income. I feel it was easier for my manager to keep me delivering this income than to share the activity with others.

Thanks for any advice or thoughts you might have.

Hello! I have a trial in Romania for alimony from my father who lives and works in the UK, and the romanian court has sent documents to The Senior Master- For the attention of Foreign Process Section in order for them to provide income evidence. These documents have been sent over on the 24th of November 2025, and I still have not received a response. How do I know? Because it is my burden to translate the response from the English Court. Is there any way to find out how long it takes, or if there is anything going on? Can I proceed in anyway to speed things up?

For context: my father lives and works in the Wolverhampton area.

I recently had a survey done. None of the measurements were marked and some were clearly wrong which severely undermined the purpose and utility of the survey. In hindsight he was much cheaper than other quotes so maybe that was a red flag.

I requested some additional clarifications but the surveyor refused to make any changes, suggesting I simply don’t understand the report. I then replied outlining the issues in full to formally state my dissatisfaction and requested either the changes to be made or a partial refund.

The surveyor then accused me of making baseless allegations about the quality of his work and then has asked for details of my financial situation, mortgage statements etc, to determine if legal action against me would be worthwhile. At no point has he mentioned on what basis (perhaps my “allegations”?) and at this point I’m worried about responding and triggering it.

Mote that at no point has anything like a review or communication with others about my view on the quality of his work taken place.

I’m now concerned about two things:

1. If I request access to his ADR process - which I believe he has to provide as a RICS member - and that annoys him, could I be exposed to legal action?

2. If I go directly to RICs to raise a complaint, could that expose me legally too? I.e. some kind of defamation.

3. if he does sue me how can I protect myself and would it be expensive?

I’ll be candid here, his response to me scared me, and the only thing I did was lay out my complaints and requested either a refund or amendment to his report.