My son was killed in a traffic accident recently. His house (now worth around 600,000 pounds) was a gift I made to him 9 years ago. It is now coming back to me but it seems very unfair that the money I originally earned is now going to be taxed a second time. Is there any way to avoid some of the IHT in this case? Richard Pertwee

Hello I could not find UK my passport early this year ( in the house but couldn't for find it in the usual places) so declared it missing and sent of for a renewal. I planned on travelling over the May Bank Holiday just gone and applied for a replacement 8 weeks before that. Nothing turned up so torn the house apart during the bank holiday weekend before I planned to travel the next monday (Bank...

There have been no troll posts today from anthony bonkers. I wonder why:-) pete www.suffolkrightsofway.co.uk www.ipswichwaterfrontaccess.co.uk

I'm buying a property that was originally built as a single detached residence. Around 1973 planning consent was granted to convert the building into a number of self-contained flats and this was done (without any external changes - just adding some internal partitioning and blocking off some internal doors). Around 1992 a couple with an extended family bought the entire property and it has...

Someone I know has a 2-bedroom council house for her, her husband and 3 children. The children are aged about 8-12, and are different sexes (2 boys and one girl.) I'm not sure of the exact ages though. Is is legal for the council to insist she has only a 2 bedroom house? Currently her and her husband sleep in the lounge at night, where clearly they have little privacy, the two boys in one...

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:46 +0100, Conrad Harker wrote: wrote: I watched the footage, and it's clear Emily meant Nigga in a hip-hop sort of way (like Dr Dre or Snoop Dogg would say) What would a judge say?

On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:04:20 +0100, Steve Greene wrote: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=460259&in_page_id=1770 Police are stopping and searching petrol tankers coming into London amid concerns they might be used as bombs by terrorists. A massive 'ring of steel' operation involving motorcycle officers...

Jay writes: We now have talking cctv, how long before listening cctv on our streets? John Spartan, you are fined 1 credit for violation of the verbal morality code.

A friend of mine recently obtained a Barclaycard with a credit limit of £2000 and her current indbtedness to Barclaycard is some £850. Regrettably, she forgot to pay the first payment but she has now settled the debt. She has now received a letter from Barclaycard stating that "acting on information received from our Credit Reference Agency". they have reduced her credit limit to £900. I have...

Can anyone help please, I am having a big argument with the local Police and I need some information which I can not find. I am sure that Peter White the reporter who is blind, back in the early 1990's on one of the "Does He Take Sugar" or was it "You & Yours" programmes or they may have been the same programme on Radio4 mentioned that the law of parking on pavements thereby causing obstruction...

Can someone tell me what the 'usual' or statutory position is regarding holidays pay if you leave you job. Iknow someone who is about to hand in their notice not having had any holiday time off this year, they think they will get paid half their annual entitlement (20 says), but I have a feeling the employer need only pay a day for each complete month you've worked that year less any time...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/06/wpope206.xml The above is a promising article that indicates weaknesses in the security for Pope Benedict. The Pope is an enemy of Muslims, Protestants and Liberals, he used to head the direct descendant of the Spanish Inquisition and was a member of the Hitler Youth. Noting the weakness in security I think one or two...

The Magna Carta says: A free man shall not be amerced for a trivial offence except in accordance with the degree of the offence, and for a grave offence he shall be amerced in accordance with its gravity, yet saving his way of living; and a merchant in the same way, saving his stock-in-trade; and a villein shall be amerced in the same way, saving his means of livelihood--if they have...

The general conditions for running a communication network issued by OFCOM, which are required by the Communications Act (I think) a- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/oftel/publications/eu_directives/2003/cond_final0703.pdf The have a clause which says:- 11. METERING AND BILLING 11.1 The Communications Provider shall not render any bill to an End-User in respect of the provision of...

Tom Stevens who was arrested in connection with the Ipswich murders has been released without charge by Suffolk Police. Note that only a small mention is made in a regional newspaper of this news, not much publicity has been given to the fact that this man has now had his name cleared, nothing in comparison to the huge media publicity that tried to act as judge, jury and executioner of this...

Customer (C) receives a service from company A. Company B forges C's signature, resulting in custom passing from A to B. A sues C, *not* B, for lost income. Is this legal?

I've just been listening to the local radio having a discussion about making a citizens arrest. How does someone actually make a citizens arrest? What do you need to do to make a citizens arrest? I'm sure tapping the person on the shoulder and saying "I arrest you" is hardly enough - surely the idea of arresting someone is to prevent them from doing anything else. Are you supposed to read...

Ruth Kelly called this a 'pragmatic solution' yesterday. I call it a complete shambles. The Government has delayed the implementation of HIPs following a legal challenge by the RICS. This is the official press release: quote The Government is today announcing that we will be implementing Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Home Information Packs (HIPs) from

do barristers visit bar library every day to collect mail??

Just shown money can buy 'justice' these days. Crooks like Blair, Mandelson etc.....escape jail because they are 'Posh'.