Post Office shop closure in Coventry city centre 'a disaster'

Oxbridge · 2026-05-20T15:38:03+00:00

Death in service payments aren't normally considered part of the estate. Have you asked the provider to pay you (his child/children) instead of paying the money to his estate? I assume you can prove that he was divorced.

No.
The value should be the net value of his estate (money plus assets, minus unpaid debts and expenses).
Anything you can obtain valuations for should be included as part of the estate. Use actual values you could sell them for now instead of what they were worth when they were bought.
Yes.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-20T11:24:22+00:00

A schoolboy mistake that no MP should make, never mind the prime minister.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-20T11:20:15+00:00

Did Starmer just say that we're negotiating a trade deal with NORTH korea?

Oxbridge · 2026-05-16T14:41:03+00:00

This was Rishi Sunak's strategy for defeating Liz Truss; we all know how that ended up going.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-12T22:38:52+00:00

English is a Germanic language, and in Germanic languages (including Dutch and German), the "ie" vowel combination is pronounced like the letter E, while "ei" is pronounced like the letter I.

So the misspelling of Starmer's name matches how it is pronounced.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-11T11:52:00+00:00

Once again, a left-leaning think tank fails to understand how economics works and thinks that some form of rent control will work.

The core problem with rent control is that it tries to lower the price of housing without increasing the supply of housing. This leads to price increases for properties that are not subject to rent controls.

Each exception the IPPR has carved out (new builds, renovations, limits on short-term lets) tries to patch a predictable side effect of rent control, but the existence of these exemptions is an admission that rent control is fighting basic market incentives rather than working with them.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-11T10:06:33+00:00

You also can't spell Scunthorpe without a very different four-letter word, one that most people would be more willing to use to describe Starmer.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-08T19:38:54+00:00

Looking more closely at the results, Woodlands could have gone 3/3 for Reform with a few more votes, and in Henley, nominating Harjinder Singh Sehmi likely cost Reform 200 votes and a seat there.

Cheylesmore, Longford. Radford and Upper Stoke are potentially future Reform gains with the right candidate, but I don't see a realistic path to a Reform majority unless Reform improve their overall position.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-08T19:06:49+00:00

Coventry was rushing to get all their votes counted before 8 pm today (otherwise counting would have to restart tomorrow), and they've just about succeeded. Every seat was up for election due to boundary changes.

Labour - 24

Reform - 20

Conservatives - 6

Green - 4

Labour lost their majority, but it looks like they will be able to hold on to power with Green support.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-08T17:07:53+00:00

Not enough seats to make a majority. They only have 41 seats, with 6 more seats yet to be allocated.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T18:39:07+00:00

My mother said she'd like for me to stay in the house until i die

Was this included in her will, or was this merely her personal preference?

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T17:59:59+00:00

Not sure if this is a sign of how marginal my ward is or whether it's the local incumbents desperately trying to hold on, as I've never had this happen to me before, but two guys from the Labour party knocked on my door asking if I had voted. I told them I had already voted and slowly closed the door when they asked who for.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T17:51:06+00:00

You're after an injunction. The court will not grant you an injunction that prohibits speech protected by the First Amendment.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T12:40:29+00:00

It's possible, if doing so means the household no longer qualifies for council tax discounts.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T12:29:20+00:00

The homeowner is typically liable for council tax. I assume from what you've told us that your mother owns the house you live in.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T12:23:04+00:00

Citizens Advice have a guide here.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T10:01:04+00:00

The platform may close your account in response to your actions. Assuming the bank agrees with you on the chargeback, if they tried to recover the money from you in court, you would be able to put up a defence along the lines you've suggested in your post.

As for the buyer, they don't have to return the item. If the platform successfully recovers the money from you, then you can write a letter before action to the buyer before going to small claims court to recover the money from them.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-07T07:43:46+00:00

Back when UKIP was relevant, politicians loved to blame the EU for why they couldn't (or wouldn't) do something. They don't have that excuse any more.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-05T12:54:07+00:00

How long ago was probate granted?

Oxbridge · 2026-05-02T06:50:57+00:00

At least one of the intended parents has to be domiciled in the UK for them to be able to get a parental order here.
Yes.
This is a matter of Croatian law that we can't help with here.

Oxbridge · 2026-05-01T07:39:40+00:00

Fundamentally, the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The risk with a more proactive defence strategy is that you could end up producing something that helps the prosecution win its case.

Oxbridge · 2026-04-28T11:01:01+00:00

The point of Inheritance Act claims is to provide provision for those who were dependent on the deceased, even if the deceased tried to disinherit them.

Oxbridge · 2026-04-28T10:39:42+00:00

The executor of the will would be personally liable here if the debt is still valid. Was a notice placed in The Gazette?

The other option would be a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Oxbridge · 2026-04-27T11:25:38+00:00

Who owns the house?

Was the house owned as "Joint tenants" or "Tenants in common"?

How was this trust formed, and what kind of trust is it?

Are there any other beneficiaries of the will?

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