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stovepipe

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  1. http://www.lpc-law.co.uk/news/latest-news/2016/september/further-guidance-on-mckenzie-friends/
  2. Its a bit unfair when no one is sure what the legislation actually intended without funding a judicial review, why should ordinary people have to fork out for this to prevent being taken for a ride by a ( partly) public body ? Crowd fund a judicial review ASAP and settle this once and for all, if they are permitted to create a licence contract they can then get on with it, while I sell my boat, because living on a boat would become a very expensive and micro managed chore.
  3. I cant read these acts without getting a headache, they read like Stanley Unwin wrote them to me. Who did they get this advice from ? Their own legal team ?
  4. I know I've read it. So what ? There is a difference of opinion on what it means, the C&RT say it is a stand alone clause that allows then to do anything they want, others don't agree. I've read Nigels detailed explanation of it's context on here before, I think you have too, I can't add anything to that.
  5. It sounds like a public body deciding to privatise itself, basically mugging off Parliament, challenges to the power of Parliament don't usually go well ? Many interviews without coffee at the house of commons for Richard Parry I would think ?
  6. "The 1962 Act allows CRT to charge for services, and set terms and conditions on them." That is not a fact, the correct interpretation of section 43 (3) 1962 TA has not been settled.
  7. A contract that claims to override the law is null and void whether agreed to or not. Quote "An illegal agreement, under the common law of contract, is one that the courts will not enforce because the purpose of the agreement is to achieve an illegal end. "
  8. I can't see the link to that question, its a specific question about policing, the police like C&RT should do whatever they see fit within the law. The T&C's document is illegal as would be the police attempting to create their own laws by tricking you into signing a civil contract.
  9. There are only three statutory conditions for a licence, anything else is fiction. What you can and can't do on the canals is governed by bylaws. Imagine the police commissioner asking you to sign a contract to abide by the law, but in there are some he has just made up. " you must buy sandwiches for police officers when asked to do so " you would not sign it, I hope ?
  10. You're right, you dont get it.
  11. If anyone thinks its not illegal please set out your reasons.
  12. How do you tell if they are being overcharged ?
  13. I didnt agree to the terms and conditions on my last licence renewal anyway, I made it very clear at the time, which sent the customer services phone operator into meltdown, but nothing has happened yet, the universe hasn't imploded, I'm guessing they just ticked the box anyway.
  14. But the C&RT are basing much of what they want to do on conning boaters that they have a contract with them, you won't hear any mention of the actual law now from any C&RT employees it seems they have all been breifed to promote the contract idea. Enforcement officers only talk of breaking the terms and conditions, and renewing a licence by phone you will be told your licence is issued under the 1962 transport act, this is like a house of cards, the minute this is challenged in court the whole thing will collapse, what are they going to do then ?
  15. I didn't say the 1962 TA was nonsense.
  16. I should have said "mandatory licences" my mistake. Or "licences as we know them" ? Were the voluntary licences subject to statututory conditions like the ones we have now ?
  17. Do you actually know what's wrong with what I posted Graham ? Or do you just feel it can't be true ? Or do you wish it wasn't true ?
  18. I went cruising last weekend, but I didn't really want to, but the wife insisted, I now feel guilty that I was not bona fide cruising, my heart wasn't in it and I wanted to watch the footy instead. I may have to attend confession with my local enforcement officer, I feel dirty now.
  19. I miss the smell of freshly creosoted fences, a feature of my youth in the summer.
  20. Yes it probably a good idea for those who don't want to cruise in winter, we can't afford it, but its still illegal even if you did agree to it, it would be a civil contract, which being based on illegality would be null and void, and should be refunded. The C&RT should have refused to do it until the law was in place to allow it, like any sensible organisation would. In theory they would have to repay every winter mooring fee from day one, that's the down side of acting unlawfully, just like tax fraud for instance, the HMRC won't let you off because it was long ago, or you thought what you did was legal. Claiming everyone has "accepted" the idea doesn't make it legal either.
  21. I have a temporary electrical system running while I refit my boat, just two 6v Trojan batteries coupled to a 120 w solar, and a cheap controller, there is a sound like a hungry stomach coming off the batteries sometimes, the controller states 14.0 volts, 2.8 amps today, which is bright but overcast. I only charge my tablet, phone, and run one led lamp, and a radio off it. Could I be "boiling" the batteries with just one solar panel ?
  22. I think many problems would dissapear if C&RT were brought before Parliament and given a slapping down. Possibly installing proper independent oversight of their statutory functions, and getting a judicial panel to define the true meaning of the legislation especially the parts that C&RT are obviously lying about. I don't think its fair that boaters will have to fund multiple judicial reviews because the C&RT are deliberately taking the pee out of the legislation. For instance claiming that the 1962 transport act allows them to make their own licence conditions, when licences were not invented until 1974 ! Why should boaters have to fund challenges to pure nonsense like that ?
  23. I'm on th EE 50 GB a month offer, I haven't been able to use it all yet, I'm loving it.
  24. Paying a bribe so that the trust overlooks the law, naughty naughty ! Totally illegal. Just throwing that cat in amounst the pigeons !
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