Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice

date posted 12th January 2006 23:28

All I wonder about and feel sorry for is the person who should of got the
money but hasn't - how would you feel - you would want them to give it back
if it was on the other foot.

Whoevers mistake it was.

Lorna
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From: "Nigel Rogers" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice



Hi Rich,
just on the surface, what's fair? If someone accidently gives you
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 where
> he works - £500 - pretty handy before christmas you'd agree.
>
> On Monday (9th of Jan) he went into work and they reckoned that there was
> a mistake. Someone else won it. The manager asked my brother how he is
> going to pay it back.
>
> My brother isn't disputing the other person should have won. But he's
> already spent the money and as he did nothing wrong thinks it was the
> company's mistake so it is their problem.
>
> Any suggestions for how he should handle it? Anyone got any ideas about
> the law that applies here (given that there's prob no lawyers on this
> forum I won't take it as legal advice)?
>
> Rich Quick
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