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No receipts to prove essential repairs for housing costs
My client’s ex partner took overall control of all aspects of their relationship including all household finances . This includes the balance from a remortage after redeeming the original loan.
He was a diy-er who purchased all the necessary gubbins for improvements and also carried out all the work. He had all the receipts but we don’t know if he still has them. After a very acrimonious separation he refused to engage with my client with regard to this.
As a result there are no receipt to allow the JCP to make a decision on housing costs. It must be unreasonable for my client to provide information which she does not have and I can only suggest she has an oral hearing which will be decided on the balance of probabilities.
Has anyone come across this before please ?