Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice

date posted 13th January 2006 00:48

Yes, it's reasonable for them to _ask_.

If it had just gone into a savings account or ISA I'm sure he'd be =20
happy to give it back. But in this case my brother had spent the =20
money on Xmas presents that he otherwise wouldn't have done. If he =20
has to pay it all back then he would actually be worse off =20
financially than if he hadn't been given the money in the first =20
place. As it wasn't his mistake it seems unfair that he should be =20
the one that suffers financially.

Rich Quick
http://www.richardquickdesign.com



On 12 Jan 2006, at 23:32, Nigel Rogers wrote:

>
> Hi Rich,
> just on the surface, what's fair? If someone accidently gives you =20
> something it's not unreasonable for them to ask for it back?
>
>
>
>
> On 12 Jan 2006, at 19:39, Richard Quick wrote:
>
>>
>> Before Xmas my brother won an in firm lottery thing at the company =20=

>> where he works - =A3500 - pretty handy before christmas you'd agree.
>>
>> On Monday (9th of Jan) he went into work and they reckoned that =20
>> there was a mistake. Someone else won it. The manager asked my =20
>> brother how he is going to pay it back.
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>> My brother isn't disputing the other person should have won. But =20
>> he's already spent the money and as he did nothing wrong thinks it =20=

>> was the company's mistake so it is their problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions for how he should handle it? Anyone got any ideas =20=

>> about the law that applies here (given that there's prob no =20
>> lawyers on this forum I won't take it as legal advice)?
>>
>> Rich Quick
>> http://www.richardquickdesign.com
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