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Solicitor mistake will -now paying interest on massive tax bill
Dear Legal Beagles,
My husband's brother was the executor and benefactor to their late Mother's will. My husband was not named in the will because his mother requested his brother to give him his amount which he did. When their Mother's married partner died a few years later, the house was sold and the rest of the monies was sorted through her partner's solicitor and his brother dutifully gave him and my son their amounts. However, a few years later, the brother was told by his solicitor that the Partner's solicitor had made a mistake and that he owed around £40, 000 in tax. The brother paid off his amount and had to pay off many of the family's amounts as they refused to pay back due to having spent the money. This has caused the brother to suffer from serious stress causing high blood pressure and chest pains. We are now paying HMRC £12,000 back of the tax owed monthly as we too spent the money given. Our anger is that we are paying interest on this amount when this was a mistake of the solicitors. The brother's own solicitor advised him that a court case would be lengthy, time comsuming and costly which has put him off doing anything about this. The solicitors that messed up the tax are evasive and unhelpful.
Is there anything we can do to challenge them which won't involve high costs? We are looking for compensation for interest paid (which will amount to 1000's) and for the mistake they made which has caused untold stress on the brother.
Thanks.
My husband's brother was the executor and benefactor to their late Mother's will. My husband was not named in the will because his mother requested his brother to give him his amount which he did. When their Mother's married partner died a few years later, the house was sold and the rest of the monies was sorted through her partner's solicitor and his brother dutifully gave him and my son their amounts. However, a few years later, the brother was told by his solicitor that the Partner's solicitor had made a mistake and that he owed around £40, 000 in tax. The brother paid off his amount and had to pay off many of the family's amounts as they refused to pay back due to having spent the money. This has caused the brother to suffer from serious stress causing high blood pressure and chest pains. We are now paying HMRC £12,000 back of the tax owed monthly as we too spent the money given. Our anger is that we are paying interest on this amount when this was a mistake of the solicitors. The brother's own solicitor advised him that a court case would be lengthy, time comsuming and costly which has put him off doing anything about this. The solicitors that messed up the tax are evasive and unhelpful.
Is there anything we can do to challenge them which won't involve high costs? We are looking for compensation for interest paid (which will amount to 1000's) and for the mistake they made which has caused untold stress on the brother.
Thanks.
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