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Tenancy Law

I have a question regarding tenancy laws. I currently live in a house on a joint tenancy with a tenancy agreement for one year- there is currently 9 months of the agreement left. One of our housemates...

innocentmancboy

Bankruptcy

Many years ago (10 years +) my business failed (non-limited) and I was forced into bankruptcy. I ended up going personally bankrupt. I now own a limited company which is doing well and am thinking of...

RASPUTINS-DOG

Landlords Deposits

Is there anything I can do if my daughters landlord decides not to give back the deposit...?

cassa333

Ongoing Tenant Payment Problems

I know, I know I am a sucker but I felt sorry for my tenants when they said their bank account had been hacked and that was why the rent hadn't been paid. When this is sorted out I am going to get an...

tomecrawford

My Name Put Into Houses Against My Will

Hi, About 6 years ago my mother said she wanted my name on her 3 houses along with my brother. I told her I did not want anything to do with it because I did not want to be obligated to her because...

janet44

Erection Of Scaffolding

We are having a double storey extension built and had not considered the party wall agreement. Building work started and scaffolding was erected that encroached on my neighbours drive (although the...

jackie0908

Benefits

Hi I'm signed off work due to illness and have disability to I have Been told I cannot get ESA or JSA due to me having A partner who works full time and gets over The minimum wage are there any...

Joe78

Will Payouts

Hi all. I have a query, which I'm not quite sure how to articulate, so please bear with me. Is it normal/typical for an insurance/will payment to take 7 years to payout from the persons time of death...

lilacben

My Daughter Is Now A Single Mother Due To The Fact She Has Had To Throw

her husband out of the house because of drinking and gambling debts...He has always been like it in the 16 years they have been together..and has always stood by him. Until now.. the children are 14,...

chokkie

Renting A Flat To Someone Privately

I wonder if someone can give us some advice please. The tenant to our flat has just left and, after a refurb of the property, we will be renting the flat to someone else. We rented to previous tenants...

keithlbw

Pension Credit

I receive pension credit for myself and my wife . My wife has the opportunity to transfer her small private pension (£62 month) into a cash sum in the region of £11500 , this would be very useful to...

lsharp

Legal Help With Contact Orders Via Court

hi there i have tried googling but nothing is very clear, basically i am a single parent on income support and i need to get a contact order in place and my childrens father is a so and so and thinks...

Cheshire123

Car Accident - No Licence Or Insurance

My friend took his wife's lease car and crashed it he's uninsured and unlicensed. He has had previous convictions for driving without a license but nothing in the last 8 years. He's not driven in that...

Cindylou41

Full & Final Settlement Figures

Hi there, I would appreciate some advice please. I have been made redundant recently and have been making the minimum repayments on my debts (£5 p/m) to each of my creditors under a DMP. I have since...

jaycee401

Inherited Housw

I have been left a house in a will. Property was owned outright by my step father before he met my mum. Mum was given a life tenancy and sadly has now died. Neither myself or brother lived in the...

knitnat

Property Ownership

My elderly parents jointly own their house outright. They have recently spoken to a solicitor and had the ownership altered so that my mum, dad,me and my sister each own 25%. They say the solicitor...

ro2124

Bureaucracy Problem With Government Dept.

I am currently doing battle with British bureaucracy which unfortunately I am losing at the moment. Basically story is like this. I am an ex paratrooper and was discharged from the forces after a...

trt

Making A Will, Through A Solicitor....

I phoned up a local solicitor today to make a will (nothing complicated) and I require him/her to visit my house, which is only 5 minutes from their office, and he told me it would take about 20...

dancecaller

New Iht Relief On Homes

I've read the Guardian article based on treasury leaks http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/mar/16/tories-1m-inheritance-tax-giveaway-sensitive-papers-wealthier-households I think it said the change...

pinkjudy45

Ending A Shorthold Tenancy Agreement

We have a property we rent out, the couple have just split up, (she is left in the property with the baby), the rent does eventually get paid, but I now would like to get the property back, due to the...

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