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GDB2222

You can ask your solicitor whether she can take you with her to her new job.

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

I thought you were all done and dusted.

At least she has been there for the bulk of it. I think a token of flowers/ chocs/ book token would be well received.

Thanks. Our family's claim as LNE's financial dependants is done and dusted. The children's (much smaller) claims for personal injuries (both physical and psychological) are ongoing.

GDB2222 wrote: »

You can ask your solicitor whether she can take you with her to her new job.

Thanks. However, she is moving to a firm that specialises in something specific that isn't anything to do with road traffic accidents and will be doing their kind of cases, so it wouldn't be appropriate.

lostinrates

ivyleaf wrote: »

I know nothing about solicitors, but I'm so sorry you're losing her. Perhaps something like a book token would be acceptable ? I know law books cost the earth.

But often not the cost of the individual solicitor.


Alcohol.



Something with worth she wouldn't buy to drink herself.

I bet your case has made her feel like a drink before now in sympathy with you.

Solicitors are as diverse a bunch as any other type of person. I would suggest a personal note from you would be the most appreciated part of any gift.

ukmaggie45

Generali, a bit ago I made a suggestion of a play that was coming up in Sydney that I thought you might like to take your kids to.

Here's a write up about it, a guest post to Dove Grey Reader's blog.

http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/dovegreyreader_scribbles/2015/01/the-golden-hare-leaps-again-or-how-i-became-a-treasure-hunter-thanks-to-kit-williams.html

Very glad to hear about your new job. :j :beer: OH did 3 day weeks the last couple of years he was working (he did an extra year after 65, then got made redundant - RBS!). We loved that extra freedom of long weekends, he did Mon-Wed in work, so Thurs-Sunday = Freedom! :j But if it had been a split week it still would have been really good. He got the short week as being my carer, though first time he asked was turned down and told to try again in a year.

Doozergirl

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Generali, a bit ago I made a suggestion of a play that was coming up in Sydney that I thought you might like to take your kids to.

Here's a write up about it, a guest post to Dove Grey Reader's blog.

http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/dovegreyreader_scribbles/2015/01/the-golden-hare-leaps-again-or-how-i-became-a-treasure-hunter-thanks-to-kit-williams.html

Very glad to hear about your new job. :j :beer: OH did 3 day weeks the last couple of years he was working (he did an extra year after 65, then got made redundant - RBS!). We loved that extra freedom of long weekends, he did Mon-Wed in work, so Thurs-Sunday = Freedom! :j But if it had been a split week it still would have been really good. He got the short week as being my carer, though first time he asked was turned down and told to try again in a year.

My part-time tip is not to work Mondays. You're off on bank holidays anyway and you then get time in lieu to add onto your your annual leave, so your own bank holidays become flexible

hjd

Doozergirl wrote: »

My part-time tip is not to work Mondays. You're off on bank holidays anyway and you then get time in lieu to add onto your your annual leave, so your own bank holidays become flexible

That depends on your contract.
Most people who don't work Mondays don't get additional time off for bank holidays "missed".

Masomnia

I've got somewhere to live!! Massive relief. And exciting too!

I'll be living with a couple, and they're a bit older than me. It put me off looking round the place. But they're very easy going people, used to having lodgers. It's a really nice place. They have a dog! I've never had a dog before, so that should be fun, as they've said I can take him out whenever I like (but I won't have the responsibility of full ownership). One of them cooks every night too, and said if I want I can always just have what he's cooking. So it's a pretty good deal

It's in my first choice of location too.

Top end of the budget but I think it'll be well worth it.

lostinrates

Masomnia wrote: »

I've got somewhere to live!! Massive relief. And exciting too!

I'll be living with a couple, and they're a bit older than me. It put me off looking round the place. But they're very easy going people, used to having lodgers. It's a really nice place. They have a dog! I've never had a dog before, so that should be fun, as they've said I can take him out whenever I like (but I won't have the responsibility of full ownership). One of them cooks every night too, and said if I want I can always just have what he's cooking. So it's a pretty good deal

It's in my first choice of location too.

Top end of the budget but I think it'll be well worth it.

This sounds absolutely great!

( buy the dog some thrive for dog treats, win him over ).


Well done. I'm excited for you Mas

Doozergirl

hjd wrote: »

That depends on your contract.
Most people who don't work Mondays don't get additional time off for bank holidays "missed".

If your company does a 5 day week and doesn't work on bank holidays, then they should end up falling under statutory entitlement for a non-Monday part timer. Most employers I've worked for offer bare minimum plus bank holidays to make up the statutory minimum of 28 days.

lostinrates

Today was the day fir should have taken the telephone appointment booked for me with the doctors first week of the year.

Perfect timing eh?

I thought, great, I can get some of the pills I need for stomach from that call etc etc.


Fir just called to say they haven't called him. .