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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 if they have one. Nearly every bank website has a section on "what to do when a customer dies" so have a search for that. 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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    • Did your FiL leave a Will and if so who is the Executor? Strictly speaking banks could refuse to take instructions until Probate is granted but In practice I would expect the bank to take instructions to cancel the DD if the Executor presents the death certificate and a certified copy of the Will
    • 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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Further to my query regarding a problem with my employer. I today received a letter from the company stating that my contract was terminated and i have been given one weeks notice which i do not need to work. However, there was no reason given as to why my contract has been terminated, i have been with the company 8 months and my probabtion was at 6 months. I was notified at my 6 month point that i had fullfilled my probationary period and was now classed as a full time employee. Surely they can not do this can they?

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Hi,

 

I assume that this thread follows your previous one...

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/employment-problems/260457-suspended-work.html

 

(a) Do you have a letter stating the above? (satisfied the probation period and confirmation of your permanent employment status)

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Hi,

 

I assume that this thread follows your previous one...

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/employment-problems/260457-suspended-work.html

 

(a) Do you have a letter stating the above? (satisfied the probation period and confirmation of your permanent employment status)

 

Hi and thanks for the reply, yes this follows on from the previos thread. And yes i still have the letter stating that my probation was fine and that i was now a permanent member of staff.

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Hi,

 

Under ERA 1996, s92... you are entitled to written reasons for dismissal if continuously employed for one year...

 

However, I would still request that they send you a letter containing a brief of their decision, and facts leading to this outcome.

 

Do you have any idea about the basis behind their decision?

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Hi,

 

Under ERA 1996, s92... you are entitled to written reasons for dismissal if continuously employed for one year...

 

However, I would still request that they send you a letter containing a brief of their decision, and facts leading to this outcome.

 

Do you have any idea about the basis behind their decision?

 

 

Hi thanks for the reply, well its pretty much to do with the previous thread http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/employment-problems/260457-suspended-work.html

 

 

But surely they must go through the proper procedures of a verbal warning first? i was told that if there were any problems then HR would and should be there. This never happened here and i felt intimidated having to head project engineers on a one way send conversation with me. I felt it was not dealt with correctly and had it been then we would not be in the situation we are now.

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Because you have been with them for less than a continuous year, you would not have recourse to legal redress.

 

Upon the conclusion of their investigation, they felt reasonable to terminate your contract. They would not have to go through the disciplinary prototcol to dismiss you, and consequently could dismiss you for pretty much anything, as unreasonable as it may read.

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So even though i had successfully seen out my probation and then some, i still have no legal rights whatsoever? not shooting the messenger, it jsut seems ridiculous that i have to be there a year before i have any rights.

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What BRB has said is correct. Less than 12 months and an employer can just terminate your contract without even giving a reason. This happens all the time. The only legal route is if there is an element of discrimination.

 

I feel very sorry for anyone this happens to - it happened to my son with his first job - and he didn't even get a reason why, and to this day doesn't know why. Very unprofessional IMO.

 

Best of luck in the future.

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Well i have found out from a former employee who left before. He did say that in his opinion they were looking for a reason due to the location where i lived. It was getting more difficult to get me out on on call jobs as most were in the merseyside area whereas i am in the west yorkshire area. A few things are becoming a little clear now. Very underhand in my opinion and i can do nothing about it. I do think it is very unfair having to work for a year before having any rights, if i have a permanent contract after probabtion then as far as im concerned i should have rights.

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Unfortunately the law is extremely unfair. You may well have been unfairly dismissed (and this seems clear cut on the basis of not following minimum disciplinary procedures), however you cannot take a case for Unfair Dismissal to a Tribunal with less than 12 months service save for certain specified exclusions, the main one being discrimination. A probationary period means absolutely nothing in law - neither does making you a 'permanent' member of staff for successfully completing that milestone - the 12 months service is what counts.

 

As honeybee13 says - best to put this down to experience and good luck in finding something else quickly.

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Well i may just have an ace up my sleeve. I have a certificate given to me by my boss which was a forged RF awareness certificate to use until they could get me on a course. This is a BIG no no in my line of work and can get the companies contracts terminated. How would you suggest i use this information?

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Hello again. I don't know what RF is, can you help me please? If it's anything to do with the HSE [Health and Safety Exec], it could be reportable.

 

What are you hoping to achieve with the information?

 

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Hi Honeybee. RF is radio frequecncy awareness, it is to do with HSE, and something like this i guarantee would get the company shut down. It would mean me working on telecomms sites with high-very high RF output which is dangerous if dealt with incorrectly. Now my former boss edited a RF awareness cert and changed the last number and put my name on it. When all the certs had to be updated he did make sure that one came back as i think he was a little worried with everything ahd gone on, but i had made a copy before that. What am i aiming to get from this info....just a better settlement package than one weeks notice seeing as though i have to give them four, and a good referance.

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Hi,

 

Are you sure that your certificate, and others (?), have been doctored?

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Im absolutely 150% positive, as i havent attended the course. Everyone who attends the course has to be verified with id and their course number. This goes back to a central office and this is checked religiously. If it doesnt match in anyway it is returned and investigated. Now ovbviously my cert was never sent to the records office, just given to me for when i worked on contract x (where they were not checked on site) but then i was moved to contract y (where they would be checked)

 

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Also only my cert was doctored, the reason being i was away when the course was run. So while they tried getting me on to other courses i was to use the doctored cert.

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(a) Have you, since, attended the course and get a 'proper' certificate, or are you still in possession of that 'doctored' certificate?

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You could inform the HSE about it... sending a copy of the 'doctored' certificate...

 

Bear in mind that you were contracted on sites where being in possession of such a certificate was an obligation (checked or not) and you were (and are) fully aware that that certificate was 'doctored'...

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Hence the reason i was going to " barter " with my former employers and call their bluff rather than proceed to the HSE. Regardless of how bad they have treat me, there are peoples livelyhoods at stake here and i would not want to jeopordise that.

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