thank you rebel11 ..

Hi all , my stepson is disabled and in a wheelchair , he recently moved in with his girlfriend in london , we live in leamington spa , he wanted to attend collage to further his education but nothing was available in warwickshire so he signed up for an it course in loughton , london where his girlfriend lives in london with her mother and stepfather . Now the agreed rent for him was £25 pw . He was awarded housing benefit of £133 per fortnight. The gilfriends parents now know this are are askin for the full award . My son has since been diagnosed with 2 more tumors and wants to be with us for support and care . The girlfriends parents have requested he pay over £700 in back rent because they are now out of work and have changed the verbal agreement . They also have a lcd tv of his which they say will not be released untill this is settled , the tv is not paid for ,,out of my wifes catalogue . No written agreement was signed for the rent . Please what are his options ? Do you know of any solicitors who may be able to help him ,,legal aid .. thanks all ...warren

Hi , a good friend of mine took out a learning course at home, my home , computer 1 .He no longer lodges here . He was supposed to pay the course £50 a month , but shortly after takin on the course he fell ill with really bad depression . I am receiving letters from all kinds of debt collecting agencies and do not know what to do about it . My friend is not able to sort this out in his current state mind .. Any advice would be greatfull ...

Has any 1 got a decent lba i could copy or use please ,,been looking for ages now ,,and i cant seem to find 1 suitable for my needs .. many thanks ..warren

Ill have ago , but i dont think he`s talkin to me now , had a heated conversation the other day about the boat he just purchased for £600 ...

I had a cheque made out for the amount outstanding on the finance , paid to the finance company , my mrs was with us when it was drafted up over the counter in the building society. If this does go to small claims ,, does any 1 know what`s it gonna set me back to do so please ? ... thanks ..warren

Thanks for the input all . To be honest a good friend wouldn`t pull a stunt like this , so as far as the friendship is concerned thats done with . I am thinkin along the lines of the letter first to mr & mrs ,,and see what comes from that .. cheers ..warren

the van he owned was on finance .so had to be cleared before sale to me ,,ie i lent him the money to do so . big mistake ..so would it be worth a small claims in court ? thanks ,,,warren

Hi all , need a bit of help ere , as not sure what to do . I had a cheque made out for my so called mate to pay off his finance on a van i was to purchase off him . I have asked the building society for the proof of the cheque and its on its way . Our agreement was a verbal one and he has is the last 6 months been paying me back £50 a month via my bank account . The debt is now over 2yrs old and after numerous promisses being broken to pay back the full amount. I am not charging him interest and so i am losing a lot of money , at this rate of £50 a month its gonna take 5yrs to pay off and thats if the payments are still forth coming . He has money and his wife knows nothing of this loan , he just purchased a boat for over £600 . I was thinking of taking my friend to small claims and see how that pans out , whats your advice ..? many thanks ,,,warren

ok ,,thanks for your help ..will get on to it monday . thnx again

I have contacted the esa 3 times now ,and they still have no record of the tribuneral decision.Talk about slow movers ,,they don`t move this slow when their owed money .

Hi ,,i had my tribuneral appeal heard on the 21st of january this year ,i passed the appeal for esa with mental issues ,but what happens now as i have heard nothing from the esa what so ever .i received a letter from the tribunerals service 2 days after my appeal ut as yet nothing from the esa ... Any ideas any 1 ? many thanks .....