Moral question (and how much should two new tyres cost?)

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bryanb wrote: »

What is a lawyer? I've heard of solicitors and barristers, and QC's but I thought Lawyers were in USA (and films)

From the OED: "Lawyer n. One versed in the law; a member of the legal profession"

You might be thinking of attorney?

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cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I take buissiness is poor???

Never known a lawyer buy a 9 year old Mondeo

So? I have and I know more lawyers than you (probably).

cyclonebri1

Yeah, whatever

LandyAndy

Deleted_User wrote: »

From the OED: "Lawyer n. One versed in the law; a member of the legal profession"

You might be thinking of attorney?

From what I've seen of your posts I'm thinking 'clerk'.;)

Francophile

LandyAndy wrote: »

From what I've seen of your posts I'm thinking 'clerk'.;)

I'd better not say what I'm thinking;)

RichyRich

Attorney is a term in English law too. A solicitor is an attorney whereas a barrister is not. A lawyer is, as the OED affirms, anyone versed in the law.

Denning's great. I'm not sure on the particulars of the case mentioned but redress could almost certainly be found within the law of contract; regardless of SOGA. To quote Templeton (another wordsmith) in Booker, "a five pronged implement for manual digging results in a fork, even if the manufacturer insists that he intended to make, and has made, a spade" ... i.e. a car with four good tyres is a car with four good tyres. However, as previously mentioned, evidence it was like that when you bought it will be hard to come by and I'd suggest that it will simply be more bother than it's worth. From a commonsense, rather than a legal, standpoint, buy the tyres and enjoy your car. It's hardly worth pursuing.

wissychraddle

I'm afraid that i'm with anyone else on this one, there is no way you would be able to prove that the tyre walls were not damaged after the sale, you should have thoroughly checked the car before parting with the money. You win some you lose some.

As with the dictionary definition, well that could make anyone a lawyer.....

It meets my expectations that a lawyer is an exspurt on the matter.

ex - has been

spurt - drip under pressure

Case closed

Chall

What makes everything think the Sales of Goods Act is where this would go, try the Misrepresentation Act 1967, or alternatively the case of Redgrave which states that it's immaterial the truth about a misrepresentation could have been discovered...again completely hypothetical since I doubt very much that the four good tyres would have been any part of the inducement into the contract, and any good lawyer would use the case of Bisset as a defence since this was clearly opinion without any experience or expertise in mechanics...would include case references but really cba, just saw a discussion of law and thought it might be fun to join in

LandyAndy

According to this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=936105&page=2
the OP earns between 75k and 100k a year.:rotfl:

Chall

In which case stop worrying about the cost of a couple of tyres, you're more likely to be able to afford it than someone selling such an old car...and I believe that's the sort of moral answer you were initially requesting since these questions of law were not what you were after