Chief Justice Holt
Just read your problem.
Just a few thoughts whilst typing this :
Any witnesses to agreement re travel?
If no, is there a witness?
Have B offered others similar travel arrangemnents as allegedly offered to A?
If yes, you may be in busiess.
If yes, have others been similarly shafted?
If yes and they say they will stand up in court get written statements straight away, otherwise when the time comes to stand in the witness box, amnesia will be claimed.At least with a written statement you can blackmail the bu**ers to speak up. Yes, I know they may be useless witnesses but that may be a risk worth taking.
Misrepresentation?
Bonding issue Victimisation?
Think about Human Rights re bonding proportionality / balance issues
Was there a contract?If both sides are so unclear about its terms was there a meeting on minds?
These are some of the first flush aspects I would want to think about etc.
It is not a considered opinion merely a check list I would start for myself.
What does the Chief Justice think?
For non lawyers Holt CJ was a famous Lord Chief Justice of England.
Coming back to the original question in this thread. Of course the old boy network exists and will exist despite data protection laws etc.
[ 29 August 2001: Message edited by: slj ]