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"Caroline Allison &#x201C;When a large amount of money is handed over, you might think there is some sort of comment. You might think something might have been said before Mrs Ellis confronted her daughter about it some months later. What about further conversations with uncle John about it? Nothing. And nothing put in writing about it. &#x201C;Even if the conversation took place, Mrs Chamberlain has still taken advantage of the situation. Look at her duties as an attorney. It was mid January, seemingly out of the blue. Even if gifts are made, they have to be of a reasonable amount. I asked her to step back and consider whether it was in his best interests to gift her the money. What she said is &#x2018;I&#x2019;m answering how I want to answer it&#x2019;. Not very direct is it? She said it was what John would have wanted her to have. I suggest she knows a gift to her of &#xA3;10,000 is simply not a reasonable sum.<br> &#x201C;She also had a duty to keep records. It should have been open to scrutiny. But she didn&#x2019;t pop anything in writing and she never put it in her bank account. Why not? If she had nothing to hide, it should have been transparent.&#x201D;<br>"
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