Question: My children’s father who I broke up from about 3 years ago has his mail sent to my council house. He does not live here and has not lived with me ever in this property as I have been here for about 2 years. I didn’t think this was an issue and now I’m not so sure since I received a letter from the DWP telling me I was being investigated for benefit fraud. My credit rating is terrible so in return for him having his mail come here as he lives with his mum and her partner who…
Today’s Times is must read Section 2 page 61, but why wait for the election Legistate now, Give the Supreme Court the power to overide EC Human Rights law madness, as we were told was always intended.
Parties to a marriage or civil partnership can obtain an Order for a one-off payment, or instalments from the other spouse or civil partner to cover their legal costs. Now that Legal Aid has been pretty well withdrawn, this becomes a useful tool, apart from interim maintenance pending the final hearing. Rubin v Rubin [2014] EWHC 611 (Fam) is helpful. If you need help to get legal costs from the other party to a marriage or civil partnership look no further. Consult Hylton-Potts, the experts who offer fixed fees, and give excellent value. We operate a…
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Question: Hopefully you can help, I’m getting in touch about one of my clients. I work as a carer and I’m really worried for them. I’ll try and give you as much background into this as I have been able to find out from them, so hopefully you’ll know what I need to do if anything. She received a letter from the Job Centre plus which said she would need to attend an interview about her Income support and Housing Tax Benefits. From memory, the letter also stated that they believed there were good grounds for suspecting she’d committed an…
Question: I technically knew that my savings of £23’000 would impact my ability to claim benefits, but since these are my life savings. I knew they’d soon be exhausted and I’d be left with nothing for my retirement which is only a few years away now. I was interviewed already and told that because I had savings over the £16’000 threshold, this would mean I would have to go to court. I’m now awaiting a trial date and I’m worried I could lose all of my savings now and be left with nothing. I really don’t know what to do…
Question: I have spoken to the council who have been of little help as the landlord is a private landlord. I have made numerous requests to repair a leaky roof which is allowing water into my kitchen which is causing puddles to appear when it rains heavy. He has told me that it isn’t so bad and that I’ll have to wait until he can come and look at it, but this has been for over three months now. I can’t go on like this so I stopped paying the rent to force his hand, instead he threatened to kick…
Question: I’ll try and explain everything clearly, but I am panicking at the moment that I’m going to lose a job I love because of all this. I look after my disabled Mother and for this, I receive a small carer’s allowance. I’ve never claimed benefits before, so the paperwork was a little bit confusing and I may have missed something. I’ve been claiming for about 12 months now with no issues. I also work part-time in the public sector after cutting back my hours at work. However, I’m now worried that if this comes to light, I’ll lose my…
Question: Recently I received a letter stating that I was being investigated about benefit fraud even though as far as I was aware, I’d always made sure I double checked all the forms and only claimed for what I was entitled to and no more. I’m worried now as they want me to attend an interview and I know I’ll be a bag of nerves and probably incriminate myself by saying something I shouldn’t say. I’ve been having issues with a neighbour for around 8-12 months now which has been getting me down and causing me a lot of stress.…
Question: My father is fiercely independent lost his wife (my mother) 15 months ago. Unfortunately, she was the one who handled all of the bills and finances, but my father refuses to accept help with these matters now. We have tried to keep an eye on things as much as possible, but we cannot be there to watch everything he does, all of the time and me and my siblings all work. It would appear that a couple of months after my mother’s death, the council sent him a letter asking him to update his details and this is where…
