Justice system to recognise deception, fraud & theft as criminal in civil cases.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Employing a builder roofer or similar relies solely on trust, no try before you buy or return of faulty goods advantage. The law as it stands makes it a civil dispute when a disagreement occurs between tradesmen and customer. Scamming people of life savings by failing to deliver services paid for.

Pass a law that makes it a criminal offence to dissolve a business for the sole purpose and intention of writing off debt to then start a new company to carry on trading.
Police to be instructed to consider all evidence that could identify criminal activity such as fraud by deception and theft within the boundaries of a breach of contract in civil law and actively pursue through a criminal court.
Instate a regulator for all tradesman whose services rely solely on trust, where there is no try before you buy or return of faulty goods option.
Laws to protect the consumer and laws to protect the trader from non payment.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It is not clear exactly what actions you would like to be made a criminal offence. Deciding how to investigate and prosecute allegations of criminal activity are a matter for the Police and Crown Prosecution Service.

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'Introduce statutory licensing and regulation of builders'
Introduce statutory licensing and regulation of builders

Timeline

28 Jul 2023	Petition opened for signatures
17 Aug 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 Aug 2023

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