WHEN I went to collect my new car I noticed it had 100 miles on clock but the dealer maintained that was delivery mileage.

Everything seemed OK until I took the car back for a recall about steering but that was fine. Then I noticed the tax disc was due February 2015 which meant the car was not brand new, as I wanted, but four months old.

I spoke to the manager but he said he could not do anything for me, so I wrote to head office and they also said there was nothing they could do but offered me a tank of fuel (£60).

I was offered a free service but had already had two free services. I think they are liable for breach of contract or misrepresentation as the car was not new to me plus delivery mileage on new cars is 10 miles according to the contract.

l It depends on what the contract says. I assume you read it and so did the dealer before it was signed.

If you were offered a brand new car, that is different from a pre-registered one, though if you were given a discounted price this may militate towards it being considered you would have known the car was not new.

Also, you saw the delivery mileage before driving off and had the chance to reject then if this was not what the contract said. A court might ask what you've lost, or if you paid a fair price for a car with really hardly any miles on it. Assuming it goes well, you have not lost anything in law.

But if you were actively misled, you may be entitled to return the car and get your money back.

MY neighbour has just erected a terrible-looking fence on our back garden boundary - without asking me. We are both owners, and I can't see anything in our title deeds about the right to build a fence or wall or whatever between us.

l As long as it is less than six feet, your neighbour can erect a fence within their own boundaries (a different case if it straddles your side as well, though) without planning permission or your agreement.

But they are not entitled to step on to your property to build to or to maintain it without your consent.

MY mum made a will a long time ago, but has had a very bad relationship with my sister, and they have not spoken for about 20 years.

She does not want her to get anything from the estate, but I have heard that you cannot do this in Scotland. She is very upset about it if my sister was to inherit any of her money.

l Each child has a right to a share of money and "non-house" items of the estate. Even if a will is now made to cut daughter out, she can rely on her legal rights, which divide by the number of children and is only over a portion of the estate. A solicitor will give your mother detailed advice on what this will mean. If she is mentally competent, she can make a new will that at least minimises your sister's share.