What would you do in my shoes.

goodytwoshoes_3

taxi97w wrote:

I think they would have to ask the police on their behalf. And then the police have to be willing to pursue the matter based on available evidence.

There is alot of evidence to show fraud has been commited and by his own admissions.If it is so hard for the DWP to investigate then why do they keep asking people to tell them about benefit cheats.?

calleyw

This is terrible I wish you luck.

But I had feeling after looking in to POA that there is a board in London and you have to report what you done to them on a yearly basis. But have a feeling that is when the person is not capable of agreeing to a POA in the first place.

This why people need to open and honest and POA needs at least two people who agree and need to have both signtures. Hands need to be on the table at all times and monthly copies of bank accounts and monthly statements should be given to all people concerened. e.g all siblings. Even better and it does cost money is to have a solictor deal with it all.

I hope everything gets sorted out. It is stressful enough losing a parent with out all this extra hassle.


Yours


Calley

frostyspice

Is there another person named as holding power of attorney?

Did you check that the PoA has been registered?

KraftyKate_2

Is there another member of the family, e.g. uncle, aunt etc or an old family friend you could involve here? Perhaps they could lean on him to do the right thing?

I do hope you manage to resolve this horrible situation - Good Luck!

goodytwoshoes_3

frostyspice wrote:

Is there another person named as holding power of attorney?

Did you check that the PoA has been registered?

No I haven't. I will look into it.

goodytwoshoes_3

KraftyKate wrote:

Is there another member of the family, e.g. uncle, aunt etc or an old family friend you could involve here? Perhaps they could lean on him to do the right thing?

I do hope you manage to resolve this horrible situation - Good Luck!

No unfortunately there isn't.He doesn't seem to have a conscience, he's just really greedy.

Loretta

I think that the police are the people to start this investigation off. At the moment you are running around in circles. DWP aren't very organised and probably won't bother until someone - the police - gets heavy with them. I think that this is fraud.

Please do not rely on the Law Society, the reason that this solicitor is not bothered is that he knows definitely that the Law Society are on his side and will back him all the way and all his legal fees will be paid and you would have to pay your own and they know that no one can afford the maybe 100's of 1000's of £s it costs to try and sue a solicitor. The Law Society would put your complaint on a waiting list, and although yours is a very serious complaint, I complained about a solicitor to the Law Society who has ended up with a prison sentence for illegal deeds during the course of his work and the Law Society put my complaint on a waiting list for 2 years before contacting his firm for an explaination and then found he had done nothing wrong, despite him ending up in prison and eventually pleading guilty so please do not pin your hopes on the Law Society. They are there to cover the rogue solicitor's backsides, it is not about justice or weeding out the wrong uns. If someone stole money from you in the usual way, not the complicated way your brother has done it, it would be clear to you that it was a crime but this is still a crime and it is the police who deal with crimes not any sort of complaints body. Good luck it sounds awful

goodytwoshoes_3

Loretta wrote:

I think that the police are the people to start this investigation off. At the moment you are running around in circles. DWP aren't very organised and probably won't bother until someone - the police - gets heavy with them. I think that this is fraud.

Please do not rely on the Law Society, the reason that this solicitor is not bothered is that he knows definitely that the Law Society are on his side and will back him all the way and all his legal fees will be paid and you would have to pay your own and they know that no one can afford the maybe 100's of 1000's of £s it costs to try and sue a solicitor. The Law Society would put your complaint on a waiting list, and although yours is a very serious complaint, I complained about a solicitor to the Law Society who has ended up with a prison sentence for illegal deeds during the course of his work and the Law Society put my complaint on a waiting list for 2 years before contacting his firm for an explaination and then found he had done nothing wrong, despite him ending up in prison and eventually pleading guilty so please do not pin your hopes on the Law Society. They are there to cover the rogue solicitor's backsides, it is not about justice or weeding out the wrong uns. If someone stole money from you in the usual way, not the complicated way your brother has done it, it would be clear to you that it was a crime but this is still a crime and it is the police who deal with crimes not any sort of complaints body. Good luck it sounds awful

I think I will go to the police, because he has deliberately deceived us from the outset. At least it won't cost me anything to make enquiries. It's not in the solicitor's interest to resolve this quickly as they are making more money the longer and more complex it becomes.

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Contact the police. A policeman has just been jailed for conning an elderly lady of something in the region of 200k through obtaining her Power of Attoryney.

Fran

Ok, you asked for objective opinions on this and I have just re-read this thread.

Why did you make this comment?

goodytwoshoes wrote:

I doubt it as I think he blames me for all this.

Was your brother caring for your mother?

Does he only stand to get one fifth of the estate anyway (ie your family will get four fifths)?

Do you really want to involve your brother with the police? The DWP will involve them if they think it's necessary, but are you never likely to have a relationship with him again? I think you said the solicitor was going to inform DWP so do you need to make things worse with your brother?