Sunday Mail (UK)

Secure home with a will

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the under 30days geta Youhave Rights Act to ison mer is Consu Theonus faulty. fault ifit’s the refund prove r to ne is retaile machi the se the becau quality not orunfit of poor purpo se. for I own a house jointly with my husband. We don’t have wills. Can you tell me if he inherits the property if I die and vice versa? I am worried our wayward son nabs a share. A lawyer will examine title deeds to find out if there is a survivorsh­ip clause. If there is, the property falls to the survivor. If not, you have protection via the law of intestate succession. Once all debts have been met, the house falls to the widow or widower. But you should consider making a will in any case.

But even he turned to yours truly when he couldn’t get compensati­on for his ruined luggage.

Jim’s bag was destroyed as it was unloaded from a flight at Edinburgh Airport in July. He spent four months arguing with Thomson then called me.

Jim, 77, said: “I am being messed about. I’m fed up quoting the law. They just don’t listen.”

Jim and wife Catherine, 75, were on their way back from two weeks in Majorca when one of their cases was caught up under a baggage trailer.

He said: “It had been dragged across then tarmac from the plane to the terminal.”

Jim and Catherine, a former school secretary, complained at the airport.

They received a damage report which said the case had been run over and was destroyed.

The couple, of Livingston Village, West Lothian, salvaged what they could and submitted a claim to Thomson.

Lost items included clothes, shoes, designer sunglasses, a leather handbag, sun cream and cosmetics.

Jim said: “I listed the lost items,

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