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Re: Settling in for the long haul
Popping in to echo Ellenvan's comment and to throw in Steven Covey's "sharpen the saw" wisdom. wine and chips sounds like a great Friday evening.4 -
Re: Exploitive solicitor fees for simple, low value probate?
Make a formal compliant to the firm. Do sit down first and detail Date: Received x from solicitor. Identified errors. Date Sent corrections Date Received revised x. One correction not made. Date, sen…1 -
Re: Exploitive solicitor fees for simple, low value probate?
The Solicitor's Regulatory Authority (SRA) offers a bill-checking service that they call 'taxation'. Details should be given on the invoice from your solicitor. If you are sure that th…1 -
Re: Exploitive solicitor fees for simple, low value probate?
lillpup14 Posts:1 Newbie Today at 4:36PM Any advice for me please. Over £7000 is being taken from my late father’s estate to cover solicitors fees (the entirety of his savings). £1800 was charged for…1 -
Re: Saba Notice of Parking Charge TFL carpark
TFL tube car parks are still non-POFA according to a post by @troublemaker22 from around that time. I believe this is because the parking spaces on that land are still owned & provided by a Traff…5 -
Re: Saba Notice of Parking Charge TFL carpark
One piece of information you missed is that Railway land became relevant land under POFA2012 on Boxing day last year , so there may be keeper liability So some are now relevant, but possibly not all,…4 -
Re: Transfer house and savings to son
I’m another one urging you to get the LPA sorted, you might not need it, but the cost (and time) to go through Public Guardian, which is the alternative, is huge in comparison.2 -
Re: Transfer house and savings to son
…"LPA will not be of any use as she has still got all her facilities and what will happen is that when the time comes she will go to hospital and die." It's not always so straightforwa…2 -
Re: Advice: UC and deprivation of capital
Thanks for that. So with gross pensionable earnings of £12k, YOU (employee contributions) can contribute that amount into a pension (£12k less any employee contributions you have already made). Clear…1 -
Re: Transfer house and savings to son
Please urge your friend to make an LPA for health and welfare. For terminally ill people, the process can be expediated. She cannot know just what her death will be like however well-informed she mig…1
