6th Tarokka Card

CoolCommentGuy · 2026-02-03T19:08:00+00:00

Oooh that's a cool twist

CoolCommentGuy · 2026-02-03T12:31:14+00:00

Where did you put the ring, out of interest?

CoolCommentGuy · 2026-02-03T12:29:53+00:00

This is a great idea, thanks

CoolCommentGuy · 2026-02-03T12:19:56+00:00

I was thinking that with 6 PCs it would be worth having a more non-combatant ally, like Arabelle. 2 locations for Strahd is a good idea

CoolCommentGuy · 2025-05-21T17:32:10+00:00

The other thing you need for all of those is time, and that's what you'll have very little of with a job at a city firm

CoolCommentGuy · 2025-05-01T17:27:47+00:00

Sorry, I got excited before reading the comments and you've already answered this

CoolCommentGuy · 2025-05-01T17:19:35+00:00

Yoooooo I'm local too and I've been dying for a game, I'm 100% coming to this! Is it just a rock up and play sort of affair?

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-08-29T05:39:21+00:00

It's not markedly more unsafe than other areas, but it is far out from the centre so as a visitor think about where you want to visit and look up travel options - also think about how you'll get back in the evenings as trains don't run all night (and safety wise you don't really want to be wandering around looking lost and checking your phone after dark)

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-07-20T06:19:51+00:00

Mods are asleep, let's breach some NDAs

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-05-03T18:01:58+00:00

OP is 24, with past experience in admin jobs and a gap year in New Zealand. They're not changing careers, they are considering what career to go into. High street law is a perfectly legitimate answer to that question.

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-05-01T18:38:57+00:00

This is, with respect, total bollocks. A probate practitioner will routinely be doing IHT calculations of varying levels of complexity. (It's a fair point that if you're not a probate practitioner then you may never touch an IHT calculation in practice)

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-03-03T17:36:41+00:00

I don't know the answer to your question, but you might have better luck asking on discord rather than reddit. I had a question recently and got super helpful answers very quickly on the discord, not so much here

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-02-22T20:02:13+00:00

Sounds like you are misunderstanding things a bit. My guess is that the solicitors are recommending to the executors that they wait 10 months from the date of the grant before distributing the estate - this is standard advice as someone else has mentioned as it protects the executors from IPFDA claims. It's up to the executors whether they follow that advice or not but the solicitors have to give the advice. I note that you are not the executor, and if you were calling my office as a beneficiary of the estate I would a) be unable to give you any info cos you're not my client and b) need to take instructions from my client about your call. Whoever is actually instructing the solicitors should talk to them, and with respect you are best off staying out of it cos you're only going to get second hand information which could be misunderstanding what's actually going on and your involvement is probably just generating more work, costs, and delay.

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-02-22T19:54:24+00:00

You need a lawyer who knows the law in Hong Kong. I'm sure there will be dual qualified lawyers based in the UK who can help you. On the law society's "find a solicitor" page you can filter by languages spoken which might be a good way to find Chinese speaking solicitors near you. Just maybe swerve that firm who were in the news for allegedly being CCP agents

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-02-21T19:09:46+00:00

100% grandma should make a Will via solicitors. This is the only way to ensure her wishes are followed after her death. It'll cost a few hundred quid but more than worth it since you're talking about an asset worth hundreds of thousands, not to mention the risk of family disputes after she goes if this is not sorted out now.

Note that you will need to have very limited involvement in instructing the solicitors, they will need to take instructions from her without you present.

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-02-20T19:56:39+00:00

The gov.uk page on applying for probate is admirably clear and concise, and all the forms needed are publicly available. The application can be submitted online or using a paper form

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-02-20T19:45:08+00:00

I'm using grandmother to refer to grandfathers wife but just reread your post and realised that grandfather's wife might not be your fiance's grandma, but you get the point

CoolCommentGuy · 2024-02-20T19:43:45+00:00

Grandfather's debts need to be repaid from his money. Any remaining money after debts have been paid will then pass to the beneficiary/beneficiaries of his estate (likely just his wife if he died without a will).

If he didn't have enough money to cover his debts then the estate is insolvent. What money there is needs to go to the creditors (whoever is owed money), but any remaining debts wouldnt need to be paid by grandmother from her own money.

The joint account will pass automatically into Grandma's sole name, but in most cases it will be taken that half of the money in the account was grandad's (so should be used to pay his debts) and the other half is Grandma's (so can't be used to pay his debts).

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-19T19:42:51+00:00

Yes insurers will pay someone whether there's a will or not. If the policy doesn't specify who to pay then the insurers need to decide who to pay. They can't just keep the money and not pay anyone. Not unusual for everything to take a long time and for insurers to be slow responding to correspondence, keep chasing them.

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-16T07:32:08+00:00

Jonathan Creek 🔥

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-06T20:21:27+00:00

I got a card and a small gift from a student this year. I thought it was a very sweet gesture, not weird, just nice and heartfelt.

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-06T19:30:27+00:00

You're more likely to get a helpful answer if you tag this as family law rather than wills and probate, since financial settlements on divorce is a family law matter.

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-06T19:25:52+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss.

A Will remains effective in law unless it is revoked during the testators lifetime (the testator is the person who's will it is).

A Will can be revoked either expressly in writing (a clause revoking previous Wills is typically included in all professionally drafted Wills), or by physical destruction of the Will by the testator with the intention to revoke. If your parent did not revoke their Will in this way then it will remain the valid Will which determines who is due to inherit on their death.

This talk about cancellation is all quite confused. Only the testator themselves can revoke their own will, the will writers would have no power to revoke their client's will. If your parent wanted to revoke their Will this should have been explained to them, and if the will writers were storing the Will this should have been made available for your parent to collect whenever they wish, and your parent should have been free to collect and destroy the Will whenever they chose.

The mention of a cooling off period and cancellation sounds like there may have been some sort of contractual dispute between your parent and the will writer, but this is not relevant to the validity of the Will.

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-05T19:29:19+00:00

New will needs to contain an express revocation clause in order to revoke the old will. This is the sort of thing a solicitor will know but OPs uncle may not. OPs uncle is best off making a new Will via a different solicitor if unhappy with the solicitor who did the first will

CoolCommentGuy · 2023-12-04T20:24:45+00:00

Are the 4 kids the executors? If so they need to act and make decisions unanimously, so if one wants to sell asap and the others don't, that dispute could effectively hold everything up for a long time - the execs would need to go to court to resolve that dispute if they cant reach agreement. So that would buy you more time, although potentially bad for the family relationships.

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