“If companies like RTA tell you there is a buyer for your business, then beware!” is the headline in Andrew Penman’s Daily Mirror article – which follows: Wish I could make money this easily – £6,000 in just an hour and a half. That’s what Paul O’Reilly, the boss of a controversial firm of business… Read Article →

From: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/31356/12-960-supply-of-services-impact.pdf Implied Terms When consumers buy a service, they enter into a contract with the business providing that service. Consumers can expect the service under the contract to be delivered with “reasonable care and skill” regardless of whether the contract make direct reference to the standard or not. The law states that “reasonable care… Read Article →

It is a requirement of the Money Laundering Regs 2007 that all Estate Agents MUST be registered with the OFT for Money Laundering purposes – this requirement has been in place since 2009. An unregistered Estate Agent is prohibited from undertaking Estate Agency business. Many Estate Agents chose not to do so, for whatever reason,… Read Article →

Consumer or not a consumer In the RTA situation, much argument has been made on whether customers are “Consumers”. If they are, then they are covered by number of important protections, including: a right to cancel, a criminal sanction in that RTA’s contracts and business practices do not include provision of information on this right… Read Article →

Some of the following words are from Legal Beagles Web site: By Post – The Response Pack Most claims will come with a number of documents known as the ‘Response Pack‘. The court claim should arrive with instructions on how to respond, and detail the date you need to respond by. Most claims will come… Read Article →

** PLEASE NOTE – Davies withdrew his appeal in the High Court so you are unlikely to win a case where your defence is that you are a consumer. This section is now obsolete **  

This document shows that RTA’s salesmen don’t need to know anything about business valuations.

This handbook shows that, although you were offered a valuation, RTA were aware that this is what you expected but that they had no intention of providing one. Document6.RTAHandbook

This is another brochure showing that RTA have a valuation department. Document5d.AlwaysSellingAlwaysAtYourServiceBrochure

This document is useful where defendants are claiming that the valuation was wrong. RTA will claim that they don’t provide valuations and yet they have a Valuation Department and they offered valuations on their website. Document5c.FeesChargesAndCostsBrochure