Windfall of money

MrSilk

Love it.. Someone posts on here asking a question, when they start to receive answers they ask for more until they get an answer they are happy with, in this case the ideal answer would have been...

Yes.. Spend it, it's okay; you won't have to pay back a penny.

As Flapjack said... Theiving !!!!!!

dr_adidas01

No you will have to pay it back, its legally not yours and you know it isn't.

Contact the company involved and tell them whats happened, they will then want all money paid to you in error back.

Or you could spend it and then go to Prison for spending money that isn't legally yours.

Its up to you!!!!

marleyboy

minz wrote: »

Anyone else with different views about the situation? Is there any case there MR X could keep the money without breaking the laws?

No! The views are however irrelevant as to what is the law. Mr X would have to return the money regardless of his or other peoples views about it.

I guess Mr X could always hope and pray that some random person could pop along and say "Spend it all", but I would not imagine a judge looking at the case sympathetically if Mr X said "Mr Anonymous said I could your honour."

Carlos77

If 'Mr X' put the said moneys into a savings account, until asked to refund it, would 'Mr X' get to keep the interest that has been earned on the said money?

JuicyJesus

Carlos77 wrote: »

If 'Mr X' put the said moneys into a savings account, until asked to refund it, would 'Mr X' get to keep the interest that has been earned on the said money?

Personally I would leave it in the account it's in. Yeah, you could earn interest on the money but you could also be accused of intending to deprive someone of the money completely if you start moving it around.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

you say it's a 'Windfall of money', so sounds as though it's been going on for sometime, when did he leave company Y?

BASFORDLAD

I got paid for 5 months after I left on a good salary. Never asked for or paid it back

minz

BASFORDLAD wrote: »

I got paid for 5 months after I left on a good salary. Never asked for or paid it back

maybe it was your holiday entitlement or refund of taxes...

tescobabe69

minz wrote: »

Hello, I would like to get some assistance on the this situation.
Lets say MR X started to get money from the COMPANY Y where he used work. It looks like it's some kind of the mistake in Y's payroll because X is not working there anymore but he keeps receiving money. The question is does MR X has to return the money to COMPANY Y if they made a mistake in the payroll and send the money to a wrong person.

Open a new current account and leave the money in the old account.
If and when the company ask for the money tell them you are brassic, and youre very sorry but your partner(from whom you are now parted) ran your affairs and the money is spent.
They will counter that the money is legally theirs and must be repaid, you offer to scrape together 10% as that is all you can afford, they consider your offer and after a few weeks they settle for 30% (depends on your bargaining skills), or they never ask for it.
Or be honest and pay it back tomorrow.

BASFORDLAD

minz wrote: »

maybe it was your holiday entitlement or refund of taxes...

Nope. It was 5 months full salary