A pensioner has been forced to take legal action after a bank withheld his £193,000 inheritance. Peter Teich, 74, from Cambridge gave his solicitor the wrong sort code and the money was mistakenly transferred to another Barclays customer's account, who refused to return it. He expected to receive the...

Good evening.
My query is if anyone knows off hand about remortgaging an existing equity release which provided an initial lump sum then a monthly payment. The sticking point is that it appears that the monthly payment cannot be stopped unless the whole existing amount is redeemed. The wish...

My sister has made her will today and I am the executor and trustee of the will.

Why these things can't be written in plain English I don't know

My name is written when I am named as the sole executor and trustee, then there's various clauses about the trustee powers before...

Hi all

We have been in a DMP since March last year. We started with £94k debt and that is currently down to about £84k. About £11k is potentially UE (I have a thread on another part of the forum about this).

So.....potential debt balance is £73k.

By September...

Inheritance tax to be scrapped on homes worth up to £1m

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th July 2015 19:40.

*Chancellor George Osborne's Budget is to confirm the end of inheritance tax on family homes worth up to £1m. * He is expected to tell MPs on......

HMRC plan to scrap £100 fines for late tax returns

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th February 2015 11:29.

*The Government's £100 fine for late tax returns could be scrapped for hundreds of thousands of people who return the forms “a day or two” late*...

Inheritance law changes come into force

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 1st October 2014 09:39.

*Changes to the rights of people whose spouses or civil partners die without making a will have come into force.* For married couples with no...

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Hi Everyone,

My Mum is now 87 and lives in her own home with my sister but her health is deteriorating since having a stroke a couple of years ago and in particular these last couple of months. She needs help to walk whereas before she could do it with her walker, she has frequent bouts...

I feel a bit of an imposter posting here as my problem is not a debt one. A friend of mine, who is a member suggested I come here as my friend thought I would get some sound advice.

Ok, my dad died 6 months ago (6 months yesterday actually...yesterday was not a good day) Leaving his...

Councils spy on parents who sign over house to children

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 20th October 2013 09:59.

*Blitz on families who 'avoid' care home fees* * *Councils investigating residents who try to conceal property wealth* * *Inspectors with......

Millions warned over pension inheritance disputesPension savers are being warned to regularly update

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th August 2013 11:31.

*Make sure your paperwork is up to date or there could be confusion over who the beneficiary should be....

Hi to all,I am executor of my late partners estate she had two rental properties she rented out with a friend.

For the past two years i have been fighting the bank to stop them selling these properties i have offered to pay them back over a 15 year period but they have refused this offer....

I am currently on a DMP but circumstances have changed and our finances are in a bit of a mess. Let me explain.....

I have done another income/expenditure run down. I have gone through it plenty of times and added everything I can think of.

It boils down to having an income...

Tentative Noob Asks:
Hi,

I'm in a pickle -
I'm a third executor (beneficiary), with my two sisters, on my Father's estate.
'A state' would be the best way to describe it.
Basically, one of my Sister's (and Partner) are now living in the apartment my Father...

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his tobacco,...