Why me .

Ezeoul

Banks do not keep records going that far back and the only way to access them is via the high court . Told to me by my bank manager .

Sounds to me like your bank manager was giving you a PFO.

Kalimah

I believe it’s about 20k a day to take a case to the High Court so you’d be wasting your time and money. The bank records are in all likelihood long gone.

Hannibal_Smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123314046#Comment_123314046

The High Court cannot magically summon up records that don't exist. Banks are not obliged to keep records going back 30 years, in fact if I'm not mistaken they have tight retention policies and can't keep anything going that far back. You have misunderstood the Bank somewhere.

You're saying people are accusing you of many things. You are seeing yourself as almost being victimised. Which really is the whole root of your problem. You feel you have been victimised, it seems, by your siblings because your parents are no longer leaving their property to you. You feel you have been victimised by your parents, it seems, by them accepting your work and financing of home improvements.

You are not seeing the bigger picture. You are not seeing the why behind any of these decisions. You are assuming it's all being done against you to swindle you. Whereas it could be a very practical issue of your parents wanting to go gift the farm to someone who can work it.

You wouldn't have put a penny into the house if it wasn't for the thought you were getting the property. By that rationale, why would your siblings inject money into a property that was going to you? If they have families and children they most likely done have that much disposable income.

If you had just made the changes a d significantly increased the value of the property it would be a little more understandable. But the changes were made 30 years ago. How are the changes increasing the value in 2025? So how can you be looking to have their value calculated up to today's figures? Also should you not be reconciling them against free rent, food etc and the fact that you also benefited from the improvements - am I right were you living there at the time?

Also, if you didn't pay the person for the work, how would you be reimbursed for it? In fact you exposed your parents greatly by asking for work to be carried out to their property and not paying for it.

Big Bag of Chips

"Banks do not keep records going that far back"

If they don't keep them, they don't have them. So where are they going to magic them out of when the High Court asks for them?

You really need to hand over control of your affairs to someone you trust. At this rate you are likely to bankrupt yourself with these spurious claims and be worse off than you are now.

New Scottman

A number of years ago, my brother had to get copies of very old statements (going back to the 90s). The bank had them stored on microfiche & printed off copies for him.

false name

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123314686#Comment_123314686

oh I have been to the bank , AIB and BOI , plus a bank in the North . And though the records are all in the bank , it will take a High Court order for them to go through them . As for my hopes of using Promissory estoppel as a tool , that’s a no go . Further to legal consultation , it is a shield , not a sword . So while I can’t claim for reimbursement , I can claim property rights and retrieve them and other items I can lay claim to . Which means me footing a bill to dig up tanks , pipes etc .

Which basically means while I can’t claim compensation for installing items , I can legally get an order to remove them .

I know everyone on the thread are disgusted by my attitude to my parents , but all my expenditures and work was done when I had a copy of my parents will.

They are of course entitled to change their will but my contention is that any changes made to it are null and void due to their mental capacity now due to old age . And possible coercion .

As for the bill I didn’t pay . Have no worries about that . The man is not short of money . I am very close to the family and after talking with him , as long as the money is paid as a matter of principle in today’s terms I will be fine .

My intention is to get an up to date copy of it , adjusted to today’s prices and if he did as I asked and put it through the books there’s a pretty penny due to him .

While this may seem vindictive , and honestly it is , I didn’t do all this for some fcuker to get the money .
If my , very cursory calculations are in the same ballpark as I suspect , my siblings won’t bother with their claims .
Let me reiterate , I put the money and work into the place , while all they’ve done is to expect a pay out for f- all .

Hannibal_Smith

6 pages later and you're steadfast in your path.

No amount of advice will offer you a different perspective other than the course you are on. This is the Personal Issues forum, which is an advice forum as you're not taking any advice other than the legal advice you are receiving (which is probably for the best TBF) I'm going to close the thread.

HS