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    Trading standards involvement and 'summons'

    The 2008 don't need an actual misled consumer - just that you were engaging in a practice that was likely to mislead a consumer - so it depends on whether you had misleading information on your website. Whether consumers were affected does not need to be demonstrated but clearly the more...
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    Trading standards involvement and 'summons'

    Why should they ring you when they have emailed you and you have 'ignored' them? It is possible that the isuse could have been resolved by email if you had engaged with them - although I don't know the scale of what has occured and the number of victims or serioussnes of what has happened. If...
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    Famous Quotes and copyright?

    Have a look on the IPO website and see what is and is not covered by copyright - there are also 'fair use' exemptions
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    Consumer Credit License

    The first question are - are you offering credit. The answer to that one is yes as you are giving people time to pay. The fact that it is interest free is irrelevant when deciding if it is credit or not. The next question is does the Consuemr Credit Act apply - it applies to consumers and...
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    New consumer rights laws for online transactions?

    These rules won't lead to a watering down of consumer rights - if anything they will strengthen them significantly. The rights under the Distance Selling Regulations stem from Europe. At the moment the business must refund within 30 days once the consumer has notified them they wish to...
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    Price Comparision Legality?

    Firstly you need to ensure you are not misleading consumers. Secondly there is specific law which covers comparative advertising. The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 Regulation 4 to be specific.
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    New consumer rights laws for online transactions?

    The Consumer Bill of Rights will be the biggest shake up of consumer laws for maybe 30 years. Lots of laws will be simplified and put into one place. This should make them easier for consumers and businesses to understand. The law will also clarify a lot of the issues that arise under the...
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    Copyright question

    If I took a photo of eminem and put it on a shirt I would own the copyright to my photo so there is no breach of copyright. there may be difficulties if i was passing it off as official merchandise. obviously fi you start cpying official photos or logos you will be breaching copyright (and...
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    Playing the Radio at Work?

    Both as they collect for different things. PRS collects for the writers whereas PPL collects for the music makers (studios usually) you just need to be clear whether you are broadcasting or not, i'm sure the PRS site will explain.
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    Off Putting Pub Regulars

    I would second the suggestion of a 'closing down' and re-opening so it looks like it is under new ownership may be - better than slowly killing it off with higher prices. I would second fears about competing for customers - everyone wants their pub to be trendy these days so not sure there is a...
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    customer returns distance selling regulations

    It is not legal per se to insist items are unopened as consumers may have to open and item to look at the item. I would say you are on dodgy ground if you are insisting the product cannot be opened - do you make that absolutely clear before the customer orders? it may be reasonable to add...
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    Intellectual property right of software developer

    have a look at s11 of the law - Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/11 In particular 11(2) The question is, what is software in terms of copyright?
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    Trading standards involvement and 'summons'

    yes i think 2 years is a very long time for a trading standards offence - fraud is as serious as it gets and it sounds like you got done for conspiracy to defraud which again is another level up. they appear to be saying you colluded with your staff to rip people off and they must have had a...
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    Trading standards involvement and 'summons'

    So what did you actually do wrong? charge for work carried out? not do the job? how much did customers lose out? Also when you say 7 complaints does that mean only 7 customers had issues or were there more that were not included in the court case? the prosecution has a legal duty to keep all...
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    Finding a web designer

    Yes I am very clar in my mind how it could/should look and I know what the content will be Its quite a simple website in the grand scheme of things - I could prob even have a go myself but prefer to have it done properly I suppose its really the technical and design skills I need.
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