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Brexit parcel shock: 'I had to pay to get my gift' © Lili Piraki Lili Piraki was sent earrings from Greece, but had to pay to receive them A couple of weeks ago Lili Piraki, a London-based journalist, was surprised by a text out of the blue from delivery firm DHL. She was delighted to hear a friend had sent her a present: a pair of gold earrings from Greece. She was less impressed that she would have to pay nearly £30 in taxes to receive the gift. The extra charges are a result of new post-Brexit rules that came into force on 1 January.

BBC News By Lucy Hooker image captionLili Piraki was sent earrings from Greece, but had to pay to receive them A couple of weeks ago Lili Piraki, a London-based journalist, was surprised by a text out of the blue from delivery firm DHL. She was delighted to hear a friend had sent her a present: a pair of gold earrings from Greece. She was less impressed that she would have to pay nearly £30 in taxes to receive the gift. The extra charges are a result of new post-Brexit rules that came into force on 1 January. Despite the free trade deal agreed before Christmas, which promised to smooth the...

The difficulties experienced by many consumers in getting refunds from holiday companies through the pandemic have been widely covered in the press. Yet the problems that schools and community groups (such as Scouts and Guides) have encountered have hardly been covered at all. Angela got in touch to say that she had two trips booked with Kingswood Camps for her Guide groups and that the company was not giving her a full refund, as required by law.  It wanted to keep the deposits for both trips and offer a credit against a future trip. Angela got in touch to say that she had two trips booked ...

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Some privately owned car parks design their penalty notices to look similar to official fines Credit:  PA Ask a Lawyer is written by solicitor Gary Rycroft and published twice a month on Mondays. Email your questions to askalawyer@telegraph.co.uk Dear Gary, I work as a carer with a private agency and when attending one of my elderly clients parked at what turned to be a private car park near her flat. I paid for my parking ticket, saw my client and left within the allotted time. A couple of weeks later I received a letter from a company saying they supervise the car park and that I had parke...