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cazzz1975

Spark Energy

If it states in a tenancy agreement that the tenant has to use "spark energy". can you just move in and use your own supplier? there is a lot of bad press about spark energy, most recently from BBC's...

brandyrose

Any Thoughts?

My solicitor has missed 3 meetings (all arranged by him) and cancelled 15 mins after they were meant to start (I know this isn't good!) - he was then instead supposed to be writing to me as he now has...

tylers

Employer Took Pension

can an employer take money from your pension that they think you owe them? They have told me I was overpaid and I appealed this but didn't hear anything.I retired 2 weeks after this. They now seem to...

bond

Widow Claiming Unemployment Benefit

My mother is two months away from reaching state benefit age, her husband (my father) died a year ago, and her bereavement benefit has just ceased (only lasts a year). Despite several visits to the...

HAMMEROFTHOR

Can The Inland Revenue Take Posession Of Ones House (A Home With Children) For Non Payment Of Income Tax

Can anyone give me some advice? My daughter has two children aged 9 and 14 and lives in a house mortgaged to her partner. His name is the only name on the mortgage, but he has left the family home and...

1ndex

Wll Executor

Dad made me executor of his will without telling me. Dad left everything to mum and solicitor changed house ownership and gave mum dads bank monies for his funeral. I resigned as executor after...

derekpara

Debt Collectors And The Law

My heavily-in-debt daughter has moved back in with us (!) and is receiving letters from a debt collecting agency. Can they legally employ bailiffs to remove our ( not daughter's) goods ? The answer...

harley_Husky

Rocky Marriage And The House..

ok, so my wife and I simply do not get on anymore. any conversation decends into a slanging matchand a pathetic name calling argument. it just isn't healthy for anyone. so, we purchased the house...

joko

Asbestos ...

what danger would there be if someone swept up in a room where there was asbestos without a mask? only for about an hour. thanks...

saxy_jag

Inheriting A Mortgage

How true is this: http://www.ehow.co.uk/info_7992357_happens-inherit-mortgage.html ? Mum's just passed away without leaving any kind of will. For various historical reasons I won't go into, there is...

ganesh

How Do You Serve Someone A Court Order When You Can't Find Out Their Address

To cut a long story very short someone owes me money-I have enough evidence of this loan and I have phone details and e-mail address but they have now moved and I can't find out the new address. I...

Lonelydove

Intestacy - Rights Of Ex-Spouse

My friend's father died recently and unexpectedly. He left a handwritten 'will' (everything split between children and another family member - all parties happy to abide by this). Nothing official or...

johnalbert

Divorce - Eviction Notice

Following a divorce, my ex has been ordered by the court to vacate his property by a particular date. Knowing how stubborn he can be, he may not want to be leave. If that is the case, what can I do to...

san070160

Can't Afford To Work?

My Partner has just interviewed a young man for a full-time job. It's not much over the minimum wage, but he seemed very keen and was offered the position. However, he has sinced made enquiries...

bond

Widow Having To Claim Unemployment Benefit

Hi, my mother lost her husband (my father) from cancer on 28/6/2012, since then she receives half his work pension (an NHS one), a widows pension and a bereavement benefit. Apparently the last two are...

pinkerton

Ownership Of Land Between Two Properties

A friend of ours has cultivated a narrow strip of land she always thought was part of her garden for the past fifty years. The strip of land is alongside a large outbuilding belonging to the adjoining...

Bee35

Tenant's Insurance?

I am a private tenant. When I moved into my current home I was advised by my letting agency to take out specialist tenant insurance from a company they recommended. i did this and pay about £24 per...

kriskwery

House Insurance For Elderly Relative No Longer At Home

An 86 yr old relative has not been managing his affairs well for some time and is currently in a care home. His property is in a state of disrepair and I've just seen his renewal quote for an...

Vivkins3

Neighbour Dumping Garden Rubbish In Our Garden

There is a euonymous growing exactly on the border between us and our neighbour. He has taken down the fence and wants to put up a new one. He has been cutting down this euonymous and dumping it in...

crazygirly

Could This Affect My Benefits??

Hi All I'm looking for some advice on whether the amount of adults residing at my property (obviously this will be declared to my council as regards council tax) could affect my maternity benefits,...

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