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HSBC EX PAT FROZEN ACCOUNT

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  • CliveOfIndia
    CliveOfIndia Posts: 2,680 Forumite
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    Is it likely that a practising barrister would mistake "loosing" for "losing"? Or be "very regulated"?

    Or be seeking advice on a consumer/money-saving website?

    Or telling us all about their "large inheritance"?

    Come on.
    The OP in reality, is probably a Barista 🙂
    Reminds me of a joke I heard about the difference in university graduates these days compared to 30 or so years ago.  These days, graduates aspire to be a Barista rather than a Barrister like they used to :)

  • SiliconChip
    SiliconChip Posts: 1,943 Forumite
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    It is half term this week... :)
  • ChirpyChicken
    ChirpyChicken Posts: 2,296 Forumite
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    It is half term this week... :)
    And next week as well

  • sheramber
    sheramber Posts: 23,291 Forumite
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    How is how is a practising barrister in England or Wales an ex pat?
  • Section62
    Section62 Posts: 10,306 Forumite
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    eskbanker said:
    Is it likely that a practising barrister would mistake "loosing" for "losing"? Or be "very regulated"?

    Or be seeking advice on a consumer/money-saving website?

    Or telling us all about their "large inheritance"?

    Come on.
    The OP in reality, is probably a Barista 🙂
    That'll be why they're not allowed to hold client money, except for the coins in the jar at the end of the shift....
    Jar?  Don't the coins go in a Tesco bag for life?
  • Not quite the comments I had hoped for. Sorry if I sounded a little spoilt. As a technical point the SRA regulates Alternative Business Structures (so does the BSB actually) so one can be a practising barrister and a director of an SRA regulated ABS. I am consulting Jersey lawyers so that's an end of it
  • penners324
    penners324 Posts: 3,568 Forumite
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    You'll need a business sole trader account. 
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 21,747 Forumite
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    Reminds me of a joke I heard about the difference in university graduates these days compared to 30 or so years ago.  These days, graduates aspire to be a Barista rather than a Barrister like they used to :)

    Sadly our great local barista is doing just that, in reverse.
    Life in the slow lane
  • moneytorques
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    sheramber said:
    How is how is a practising barrister in England or Wales an ex pat?
    By Zoom, naturally
  • You dont need to be ex pat to be ex pat
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