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What to do then assuming the OP doesn't have £15-20k to blow on a probably futile attempt to remove the executor?

Oh well, hopefully the OP has deep pockets. The rogue executor probably won't know that, and if their handling of the estate finances is in any way questionable the thought of an HMRC investigation should be somewhat concerning. It's about shaking their perch, not putting them in jail.

Very true since that's not their remit 🙂 "HMRC only investigates criminal allegations of fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes. The decision whether to prosecute lies with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)" They do however Investigate, and my point was the threat of being tagged for investigation by HMRC might encourage the executor to be more forthcoming about their progress with the estate. "In the 2018/19 tax year, HMRC investigated 5,537 estates for potential breaches. This figure represents a quarter of the estates liable to pay Inheritance Tax."

This can end up being a VERY expensive route to take, though potentially you could recover your costs if you win the case and the executor doesn't declare themselves bankrupt. Probably much less expensive would be to raise an action for "account reckoning and payment". (That's the term for it in Scotland, in England it would be something like a "suit for an account." or "Application for Inventory and Account").

Actually there's more... "She has since given me an amount of money that I know is not any were near the true value of the estate" It appears she may have committed an offence by distributing funds to a beneficiary before submitting accounts to HMRC (which comes at the very end of the executry process). If I was the OP I would inform her that unless I am satisfied that she is acting with complete transparency from this point forward I will report the matter to HMRC, which would likely lead to an audit of the estate and possible criminal prosecution.

We found they will not usually get involved once the subject of a Power of Attorney has passed. Be aware of the games executors can play. Your solicitor writes to the executor, the executor replies, you pay the solicitor to write your letter AND read her reply. Rinse and repeat ad-infinitum until you are financially exhausted 😥 Write your own letter(s) as Gordon mentioned above. Send them recorded delivery and keep a copy so you can produce evidence of your efforts and her non-compliance if this ever goes to court. (Hint: courts like to see concise numbered points listing your concerns rather than a rambling diatribe) If you still don't get satisfaction, send her a letter stating you are about to initiate legal action against her, again stating the things she has failed to do and giving her a fixed amount of time to respond (this is very important). You can then raise a Small Claims action against her for losses you believe you have suffered as a result of her failure to perform her statutory duties as an executor. (The cost to lodge a claim in Scotland starts at £20 depending on the amount claimed so this doesn't have to be an expensive exercise) Your claim should be in the form that you are asking her to perform a statutory duty as an executor (i.e. submit an application for confirmation) by a certain date or pay you compensation for losses you have occurred as a result of her failure to do so. Estimate your losses in terms of the interest you would have earned on your anticipated share of the estate had she wound up the estate in a timely manner, and your ongoing losses if she continues to fail to do so. Stay within the limits set by the courts for small claims (~£5000 I believe) The above may or may not hold up in court but that's not the point - if she wants to avoid a summary judgement against her and being held liable to compensate you for her negligence she will have to respond to the summons - which will probably mean she will be the one running to a lawyer and bleeding funds trying to defend herself. Even if you lose and have to pay her expenses these are capped at a low level and probably wouldn't come near to covering what she might have to pay a solicitor. Winning the case would be nice but the real objective is the legal harassment 👹 You could even draft the final letter and fill in the small claims forms and have a solicitor check them over for you. That might cost a few hundred but at least you could get a quote and know what you are in for in advance.

LOL and Chinese Buffet in the same sentence ends up here for me.

The problem might be proving you are not "trading". My daughter lost a lot of weight and sold pretty much her entire wardrobe on ebay, and the total came to well over £1000. Having not kept receipts she would have a hard time proving she was selling-on her own clothes.

In Scotland rent increases are capped at 3% which suggests free-market increases would be somewhat more than that.

The ultimate point is to convince us that our own politicians are completely incompetent to handle a pandemic and we need to hand UK sovereignty over to the WHO, so they can manage the next one without having to concern themselves with unimportant matters like national law and health autonomy.

You could try turning the pump round to try it in the other direction - there's normally valves on either side of it so you don't need to drain the system. I'm sure you're aware of that since you fitted a new pump 🙂 The radiator not heating up sounds like an airlock in the system preventing hot water flowing through that one. They can be a pig to get rid off because of course you can't see where they are hiding. There's various videos in YouTube how to deal with them but the basic idea is to force water through the system expelling any air pockets. Make sure your system has inhibitor in it as corrosion inside the radiators or boiler creates gas which can eventually form another airlock.

Assuming the previous pump was pointing in the same direction and the heating was working OK, you may as well leave as is. If you have thermostatic valves on your radiators they may rattle at times if the flow is in the opposite direction to what was expected when they were installed. Also, if it's an open system with a header tank in the loft you may find the pump pushes water into the header tank rather than round the system as the pressure differential has reversed.

Hi, Do you mean you found it relatively easy to pick up permissions in Fife?

I had that too, not terribly useful for transactions between private individuals.

Fill yer boots 🙂 (When you buy a key they will send you a link to download the program)

Hopefully he'll be taking a good supply of Depends 🙂

https://www.androidpolice.com/best-podcast-apps/#luminary Check out "Into the wilderness" by Byron Pace (used to be the Pace brothers, don't know what happened to Darryl" They cover a wide range of hunting and conservation subjects in depth. They have a YouTube channel of you want a taster: I particularly enjoyed this episode:

So you're against the deliberate suppression of information which would allow other people to make their own informed decisions? Good to know.

Well, let's see how that plays out for Campbell going forward. https://www.techspot.com/news/78896-youtube-demonetizes-anti-vaccination-channels.html

That's assuming vehicle-to-grid technology isn't making the decision for them.

Where exactly is that part that proves he raped her?

Not so sure about that... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/17/fertility-rates-are-collapsing/ "The current UK fertility rate – the average number of children per woman – stands at 1.6. This is significantly below the “replacement rate” of 2.1, and continues to fall" Yet the UK population grew from 56m in 1976 to 67m today. Any guesses as to how that happened?

I guess this means rolling out the covid vaccine to the bulk of the world's population was a vast ecological mistake that will help destroy the planet in the end. Hopefully they will never do anything like that again 🙂

I've used a few cans of this and really like it - gives a lovely smooth finish over mdf skirting etc. Unfortunately they only do it in matt and satin... https://www.screwfix.com/p/zinsser-self-priming-paint-satin-white-1ltr/13040

Sad loss of a great talent.