New Posts For Thread: Legal advice neededhttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-neededAs is usually the case with serious matters, the BF forum shall provideth the answer... (hopefully..)Bought a 3 bed flat last year with a 'friend' for £285k in Hackney (uber trendy these day, full of rich arty tw@ts)Basically, I've been making a livBit mystified about that disadvantaged area SDLT point. The rate is still 3% over £250k, the same as property in a non-disadvantaged area. Don't know if special rules apply to London Boroughs though.Might be worth you checking up that you paid the chttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462685877#462685877Bit mystified about that disadvantaged area SDLT point. The rate is still 3% over £250k, the same as property in a non-disadvantaged area. Don't know if special rules apply to London Boroughs though.Might be worth you checking up that you paid the cFri, 20 Aug 2010 01:54:53 -0500Excellent stuff Cymro , thanks a lot. My solicitor was fairly useless tbh. Hassled me non-stop for £8k+ to pay the stamp duty. Had about £1.5k left to pay and she suddenly stopped hassling me. Turns out there was no stamp duty to pay at all in my ahttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462631557#462631557Excellent stuff Cymro , thanks a lot. My solicitor was fairly useless tbh. Hassled me non-stop for £8k+ to pay the stamp duty. Had about £1.5k left to pay and she suddenly stopped hassling me. Turns out there was no stamp duty to pay at all in my aThu, 19 Aug 2010 16:30:27 -0500Given the massive imbalance between the initial capital injection, any solicitor worth his/her salt should have directed their mind to setting up a tenancy in common arrangement with a declaration of trust.Along the lines of:1. Mr X and Miss Y hold thttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462617061#462617061Given the massive imbalance between the initial capital injection, any solicitor worth his/her salt should have directed their mind to setting up a tenancy in common arrangement with a declaration of trust.Along the lines of:1. Mr X and Miss Y hold tThu, 19 Aug 2010 15:03:29 -0500Oh dear. Ignore that comment - I don't think my brain's switched on yet this morning!https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462540045#462540045Oh dear. Ignore that comment - I don't think my brain's switched on yet this morning!Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:37:12 -0500what do i do now?,Can't frogs swim?https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462539821#462539821what do i do now?,Can't frogs swim?Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:33:20 -0500Oh yeah, can defo prove where all the monies came from. Nowt from her bank account.She's off to Equador soon for a year.Anyone know any S American hitmen...https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462532561#462532561Oh yeah, can defo prove where all the monies came from. Nowt from her bank account.She's off to Equador soon for a year.Anyone know any S American hitmen...Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:58:52 -0500can u proove that u heaved up the deposit, by showing it came from yr bank account? thats about all i can think of.otherwise, im afraid i have to agree with everybody else. wimmin WILL ruin u. they are evil.the tale of the scorpion and the frog. a schttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462529409#462529409can u proove that u heaved up the deposit, by showing it came from yr bank account? thats about all i can think of.otherwise, im afraid i have to agree with everybody else. wimmin WILL ruin u. they are evil.the tale of the scorpion and the frog. a scThu, 19 Aug 2010 00:40:00 -0500This one's a lezza!https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462330097#462330097This one's a lezza!Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:04:23 -0500Snakes with tits.https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462318133#462318133Snakes with tits.Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:51:57 -0500Thank you Beetle. Will look into it properly when she leaves the country. Will get the family lawyers on the case!https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/25632141/legal-advice-needed?post_id=462278041#462278041Thank you Beetle. Will look into it properly when she leaves the country. Will get the family lawyers on the case!Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:44:22 -0500