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    • Banks have different limits above which they require Probate. So it may be Probate is not needed, although as he died with no Will that could complicate things. Is all the £28k with Virgin Money? Your wife should contact all banks who hold his money with the death certificate and ask them what they need to release the funds to her. Most banks have a central "bereavement department". Check their websites. Use that department rather than general call centre or bank branch. Your wife may also have to provide evidence that she is his daughter. When his wife died it sounds like they had a joint bank account so that's why her money just went across to him. But as it isn't a joint account now transfer to your wife won't be quite that simple.  
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    • Hi   Sorry I probably wasn't clear enough. He had lived in the flat until December 2022 with Dementia by this time it was unsafe for him to have capacity to live on his own and he had to move into a nursing home. We had left it too late to apply for power of attorney so approached a solicitor in March last year for Deputyship. We were still in the process of dealing with it by May 2024. He passed away a few weeks ago and the solicitor was contacted to halt the application and we will just pay the fees of what work he has done up until now. My wife was the named person on her dads bank account but we didn't have the ability to alter any direct debits hence the reasons for applying for Deputyship as we were having problems trying to stop some payments coming out of his account Eon being another difficult company. We kept his flat on from December 2022 - August 2023. it was at this point I contacted Sancutary housing to inform them he was no longer living in the flat, it had been cleared out and was ready for a new tenant and that he had Dementia and had moved into a nursing home December 2022 and explained the reasons why we kept it on. As the named person to speak on his behalf I asked them what proof they needed in order to give notice on the flat e.g proof of dementia and proof that he was living in a nursing home and anything else they wanted. The lady in the upstairs flat and some of the other residence in the street had asked about him and we had told them he had moved into a nursing home. The lady in the upstairs flat wanted his flat for medical reasons so asked us once we had given notice could be let her know and she'll ask them if she can have it. We explained the difficulties and it was left at that but I did tell her I would let her know once notice was given. I contacted the company by email a number of times and also telephone conversations and nobody followed it up and it wasn't till the end of February this year that the housing manager for the area wrote to our home address to ask about him that he had been to the flat a couple of times and nobody answered and he had asked some of the residence in the street and they hadn't seen him for sometime. There was an email address on the letter so I contacted him and copied in the last 2 emails I sent Sanctuary regarding me wanting to give notice on the flat for at least 9 months explaining that it went ignored as well as telephone calls. I also stated I wanted to have his rent payments returned from the date I wanted to give notice which was from August 2023 as the bank wouldn't let us stop the DD without POT or deputyship explaining we were in the process of Deputyship. He gave some excuse about not having POT to cancel on his behalf and spoke to someone in HR and said he would contact the nursing home to confirm he was there with Dementia and if it all checks out we can give notice on the flat which came to an end on the 22 March 2024. There was not mention of back payments for the rent already paid or the fact I had asked to give notice in August 2023. Despite someone living in the flat from 1st April they continue to take DD payments for the flat and have taken another 2 payments of £501. another concerning thing despite Eon not allowing us to cancel the DD to his account the lady upstairs informed Eon that she was moving into the flat February 2024 and Eon refunding the account to his bank and said in an email sorry you are leaving us and canceled his account. Something they wouldn't let us do but a stranger. She also changed her bank account to his address despite the fact notice hadn't been given on the flat yet. So we need to find out how much information Sanctuary actually had for her to tell her power company she was moving into the flat in February despite the housing manager only just getting in contact to find out where he was. So a complaint is going into Eon and Sanctuary and we are going to take advice and ask the bank to charge back the rent. My wife hasn't taken the death certificate to the bank yet to inform them of his passing.  
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these are the 2 main reasons I went to an English court. If you split a claim the defendant could complain that the 2nd claim you made should have been included with the first and the judge could prevent you from doing a 3rd against that bank. If it is a joint account you could do 2 in each name.

 

The other reason for England is you can do a claim for upto 6 years totalling £5k all as an individual no solicitor required. Only problem is you may have to attend court and the nearest is eiher Carlisle or Berwick.

 

I have claimed over £10 k from both nationwide and HBOS in an English court without too many issues but they could challenge jurisdiction as you are in Scotland, but I do have a plan should that happen.

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Hi i live in scotland and sent letter to RBS 3 weeks ago asking to refund bank charges totalling £1,400.00 stating that they had 14 days to reply. I have still not heard from them. Please could anyone give me advice on what to do next as i am confused about how the scottish court system works and what the next stage should be!

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Hi i live in scotland and sent letter to RBS 3 weeks ago asking to refund bank charges totalling £1,400.00 stating that they had 14 days to reply. I have still not heard from them. Please could anyone give me advice on what to do next as i am confused about how the scottish court system works and what the next stage should be!

 

I take it that is your prelim letter to them. Send them Letter Before Action next. Here is a link, good luck.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/bank-templates-library/92-3-letter-before-action.html

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Hi everyone

 

Just gone through 6 years worth of statements from BOS and have arrived at a grand total of £8915 before interest!!! Obviously going to progress to the next stage but, despite the FANTASTIC advice on here, I'm still a bit confused. Obviously living in Scotland and having a bank with its head office in Edinburgh I'd rather not pursue things through the small claims here, because of the £750 limit and the fact that some sheriffs seem to have cottoned on the the 'trick' of making a few claims to get round this limit.

 

I have family living in Cumbria and don't think it would be a problem to use their address for legal correspondence, or for me to travel to Carlisle for court dates if necessary etc BUT......do I have to change to English address with bank NOW and maintain my account 'from there' from now on or can I wait until I'm starting proceedings (hopefully won't come to that, fingers crossed!) ;). I'm going to be sending my initial request for payment letter in the next couple of days....so can I continue with my own Scottish address for now then change to English address if necessary?

 

Hope that makes sense.....it does in my head but not so sure now I read it back!!!! :rolleyes:

 

Thanks guys....really helps knowing there are SQUILLIONS of us fighting back! :-D

 

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You only need a correspondence address in england for court documents so i've just opened an account with "mail box etc" in preston whose address you can use when filing your claim with MCOL and they then forward all mail up to you. You dont have to change your address details with the bank.

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Thanks for that Stornoway....I had a feeling that would be the case but it's always better to check I think. Don't like to leave anything to chance with these guys!!!

 

Jacqui

At this point I would just use my scottish address, but serve the papers on the Halifax head office in England. I did this and so far they have sent my half (£5000) of what they owe me. They had no issue with my scottish address or me picking the head office (that is where most of my communications came from anyway).

 

I have set up a postal address in England for £50 and the firm send me a scanned copy of any letter I receive (50p) per page of a letter. You are more than welcome to use this address (so long as you pay the scanning costs ) should you actually have the jurisdiction challenged (which I doubt) .

 

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Hey, guys im about to send off my request for SAR to halifax. Is it standard for people to ask for the 6 years of charges to be reimbursed only to drop to 5 if it goes to court? And is this permissible to change this half way through your request? Just want to get it right first time! thanks for any help :D

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Evening all. First time post, found this excellent forum through moneysavingexpert. I'm about to embark on the process to reclaim my charges and this is how I think I'll need to go about it, please correct any omissions. Claiming against Abbey btw. I have my statements from 1999 and a quick scan of them leads me to believe I'll have about £6k of charges to claim back Abbey are based in England and I'll check which the ruling law is for the account. - First letter requesting payment of six years of charges along with details of all the charges. - If nothing, 14 days later second letter threatening legal action - If nothing (or unsatisfactory offer) set up mail box in England and serve papers from there. I'd be willing to travel for a court date in England if I could offset the cost against the full amount I can claim back. Have I missed anything/any other advice? I'll keep you posted and probably be back for more advice along the way :) TIA Doug

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Hi I'm new to this forum and desperate for advice. I have sent the correct letter requesting statements to lloyds tsb (recorded delivery) and reckon I'm due about £4000.00 in charges. What's my best way to go about claiming them bank is it via court here or England and how do I do it?

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I am claiming against LTSB, however their T&Cs state that for accounts opened in scotland then scottish law applies.

 

Does this preclude me from taking them through the English systems?

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