Loan to friend

Sorcerer2018

Sea_Shell said:

Another thing to bear in mind in these stressful times is the "executors year".

Basically, they have a year to administer the estate.   So it maybe that you will get paid, eventually, but not necessarily quickly.

Not strictly true, and estate can take a lot longer than a year, depending on complexity. For example I am currently administrating an estate and I am 18 months into it, with at least another year to go. 

Sorcerer2018

if you only sent them one letter detailing the debt, then they are out of order calling the police, if however you kept ringing going on and on about it then I wouldn't be surprised. Remember executers can also been under stress and grieving, and the law is very clear how debt should be paid and in which order. You may be nothing back if their is no monies left in the estate. If you believe you should be paid from the estate and you haven been ignored, and the estate has been distuuteded, you could ask for a solicitor to help, but I doubt it's worth it for £500. You might be able to get a copy of the estate account at the end of the process to prove what the money has been spent on.

BaileyOllie

Sorcerer2018 said:

if you only sent them one letter detailing the debt, then they are out of order calling the police, if however you kept ringing going on and on about it then I wouldn't be surprised. Remember executers can also been under stress and grieving, and the law is very clear how debt should be paid and in which order. You may be nothing back if their is no monies left in the estate. If you believe you should be paid from the estate and you haven been ignored, and the estate has been distuuteded, you could ask for a solicitor to help, but I doubt it's worth it for £500. You might be able to get a copy of the estate account at the end of the process to prove what the money has been spent on.

I sent one letter and a polite message every other month....hardly harrassment.  Solicitor involved now,  I don't mind paying the price they have quoted,  he was enraged that the Police got involved when he read the communications.....He is going to go after the estate under section 27......

BaileyOllie

Believe me I get no pleasure out of this,  I am so disappointed to be promised and let down,  getting the police involved boiled my blood big time,  I don't know how they had the bare faced cheek to do that

naedanger

BaileyOllie said:

Sorcerer2018 said:

if you only sent them one letter detailing the debt, then they are out of order calling the police, if however you kept ringing going on and on about it then I wouldn't be surprised. Remember executers can also been under stress and grieving, and the law is very clear how debt should be paid and in which order. You may be nothing back if their is no monies left in the estate. If you believe you should be paid from the estate and you haven been ignored, and the estate has been distuuteded, you could ask for a solicitor to help, but I doubt it's worth it for £500. You might be able to get a copy of the estate account at the end of the process to prove what the money has been spent on.

I sent one letter and a polite message every other month....hardly harrassment.  Solicitor involved now,  I don't mind paying the price they have quoted,  he was enraged that the Police got involved when he read the communications.....He is going to go after the estate under section 27......

Be sure to keep control of the legal fees. I would ask in writing to be notified if the fees accrue to a specified level so that they cannot accrue unnoticed beyond a level you are content to pay. 

Sea_Shell

As asked up thread, which I can't remember being answered...

Do you actually have it In Writing that the loan was mutually agreed and on what terms?

Has the solicitor actually seen your evidence and thinks you have a strong case?

Be very careful throwing good money after bad.

BaileyOllie

Sea_Shell said:

As asked up thread, which I can't remember being answered...

Do you actually have it In Writing that the loan was mutually agreed and on what terms?

Has the solicitor actually seen your evidence and thinks you have a strong case?

Be very careful throwing good money after bad.

Yes to all,  I am happy to pay what they quoted and the solicitor is more than confident 

Manxman_in_exile

BaileyOllie said:

... At the time of her death,  her Manager spoke to the family as it was so sensitive and advised them all (Brothers/Sisters/ Mum and Dad and Sons).  They assured him it would be dealt with, ...

I don't want to appear nosey, but why on earth would your deceased friend's manager speak to her family about this debt she owed you (what business is it of his)?  I think if a family member of mine had just died and I had to listen to her former manager "advising" the rest of the family about paying off her debts, I would be extremely unhappy.  (Earlier in the thread I couldn't understand why her family had complained to the police about harrassment - but perhaps it is beginning to make more sense now).

And why, if they were going to be paying her a death in service benefit of about £90k, would her employer pay her funeral expenses on top of this?  I find this all very odd...

You've also only just answered the question asked several times previously as to whether you've got any evidence (apart from your bank statements - which mean nothing) proving the loan.  You've now said you do have evidence, but not what it is.  Have you actually got something in writing signed by your friend acknowledging this loan?

Sorry to sound a bit skeptical but it all seems rather peculiar.