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Golden Bull winners 1983


  • The AA for a letter

'The relevant comments which you have made in respect of the case under review have been carefully considered. Immediately we would concur that from a point of conjecture , or in a hypothetical sense, it may indeed be of benefit, or meritorius to your position, if details could be extracted from the book within the repairer's premises, to which you have referred, and which may contain details of your instructions or other corraborative measures.'


  • National Girobank for a leaflet

'In addition to any general lien or similar right to which we as bankers may be entitled by law, we shall be entitled, at any time and without notice to the account holder(s), to combine or consolidate all or any of the account holders accounts with any liabilities to us and set off or transfer any sum or sums standing to the credit of any one or more of such accounts in or towards satisfaction of any of the account liabilities to us on any other account or in any respect whether such liabilities be actual or contingent primary or collateral and several or joint.'

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  • Newark District Council for a letter about Housing Benefit

'Within the Housing Benefit granted to you there has been an amount of 'transitional addition', this was granted to compensate for taped charges and higher non dependant charges. At the time of implementation or subsequent to further changes which have occurred the calculation was incorrect in most cases this has meant an increased benefit entitlement, however, there will be no recovery or any retrospective adjustment for benefit granted.'

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  • Scottish Court of Session for a newspaper notice

'The Lords appoint the Petition to be intimated on the Walls and in the Minute Book in common form and to be advertised once in the 'Dundee Courier' newspaper; grant warrant for serving the same as craved, together with a copy of this interlocutor, upon the persons named and designed in the Schedule annexed to the Petition and allows all persons claiming an interest to lodge answers thereto, if so advertised, within Fourteen Days after such intimation, advertisement and service.'

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