Anyone on here qualified to provide legal advice?

[Pureblood]

Sorry for the quadruple post but the best bit of advice I could give is that if you've taken it to court and lost once you should let it go whatever groundbreaking piece of new evidence you think you've found.  

[Bob]

Cheers TK.

 

I almost certainly won't take it up again, but the cost isn't really an issue. It cost me £280 to lose last time, it's not the end of the world.

 

I don't feel particularly wronged, I just know the guys an arsehole, and a crook who's playing the system to his benefit, likely avoiding tax, blah blah.

 

I learned I could go after him, so wasn't after a pay day, I was after a "fuck you". This guy - like the rest like him - get away with it because nobody stands up so I stood up.

 

I lost for a couple of reasons, mainly me not having a better grasp on the legal process but also after that because I didn't/couldn't prove his lies were lies.

[Bob]

That'll be £75 + VAT by the way.

No win no fee?

[Pureblood]

You've got me, Bob.  I will offer free and totally impartial advice to the best of my ability.  I qualify this with the proviso that there is no traditional "solicitor/client" relationship retainer between us, so that if it goes tits up you have no retainer against me. I would say that AWS is probably your better bet in these circumstances, or somebody he knows, but they'll probably charge and I've got some time on my hands so you've got me for free. Do your worst.

[Pureblood]

Cheers TK.

 

I almost certainly won't take it up again, but the cost isn't really an issue. It cost me £280 to lose last time, it's not the end of the world.

 

I don't feel particularly wronged, I just know the guys an arsehole, and a crook who's playing the system to his benefit, likely avoiding tax, blah blah.

 

I learned I could go after him, so wasn't after a pay day, I was after a "fuck you". This guy - like the rest like him - get away with it because nobody stands up so I stood up.

 

I lost for a couple of reasons, mainly me not having a better grasp on the legal process but also after that because I didn't/couldn't prove his lies were lies.

 

Was the £280 in fees? Plus how many hours spent and how much of a ballache was it the first time around?  You need to factor this in. 

[Pureblood]

I can tell you that if it's a "matter of principle" it is almost certainly worth letting go.  I would tell any paying client the same thing.  This only makes sense if you have a 90% plus chance of financially gaining and totally robust evidence to back it up.

[Alan Sex]

Anyone do family law for Jenson? Sounds like it might help him out to know exactly what his rights are!

[Pureblood]

Jenson needs a shrink, not a lawyer.

[Alan Sex]

Jenson needs a shrink, not a lawyer.

Probably both. That shit messes with your mind and your wallet.

[Bob]

It being a point of principle is the reason you're right to say let it go, and the reason I really don't want to!!

 

Basics first...

 

The claim I brought against him was for not protecting my deposit. Section 216 or something of the housing act.

 

I lost - the judge believed his lies over a witness statement that contradicted his lies, because the witness wasn't present in person.

 

So, having lost once, is it possible to bring the same claim again?

[Pureblood]

Probably both. That shit messes with your mind and your wallet.

 

I just wanna give that guy a hug.  For free.

[Bob]

And by the way, nice one. Cheers.

 

Today's been a good day. That cancer got kicked the fuck out today too, so I'm happy.

[Pureblood]

It being a point of principle is the reason you're right to say let it go, and the reason I really don't want to!!

 

Basics first...

 

The claim I brought against him was for not protecting my deposit. Section 216 or something of the housing act.

 

I lost - the judge believed his lies over a witness statement that contradicted his lies, because the witness wasn't present in person.

 

So, having lost once, is it possible to bring the same claim again?

 

Right, so what is the amount in dispute versus the court fees and other expenses payable?  If these are small compared to the "point of principle" then it's time to let go and get better sleep at night.  

[Bob]

Judge can award "up to 3 times the cost if my deposit" so up to £1500 plus my costs.

[Bob]

But, the kicker...

 

If I can win, everyone who's lived there in the last 6 years can do him for the same so the cunt will be on the rack for £20k or more.

[Pureblood]

Right, but the word is "can" so the judge has total discretion and you are relying upon him.

[Bob]

Yep.

[Pureblood]

So you've already lost once, what is it that you think will sway it in your favour? Bearing in mind that you will pay costs if you lose.   Do you really want to go through all of this again?  Think really hard about that last question and how much of a ball ache it all is.   

[Bob]

I was chancing my arm last time, to be frank. Worth a go. I knew I was in the right, but legally I didn't know what I was doing so I thought let's have a go.

 

That I lost because he lied under oath pissed me off a lot. Put both sides forward fairly and I lose if have held my hands up.

 

I truth, I'd given it up anyway til the cunt dragged me into the police station and out in his statement something which contradicts the reason my case was dismissed.

 

Irrespective of if I should; can I ask for round 2?

[Pureblood]

I don't know the answer to that as I'm not a litigator, but from experience I'm sure that there will be another way of bringing the same question before the same (or a different) court.  

 

What I would want to know, if it was me in your situation, is why the court would treat the new evidence you think sways matters in your favour any differently to what has come before.  If I were you I would act cautiously on this point. It's hard for me to say without knowing more details (as Kloppite says things are vague), but from a purely educated guess I would say this new information you have probably won't be viewed in such a pivotal way by a judge.   

[Bob]

I'll drop a PM across with more details over the weekend sometime if it's alright.

 

For now, cheers and goodnight.

[Pureblood]

Yes, no problem. 

[Nunavut Patrick]

This is better than A Few Good Men.

 

Can't wait for TK421 to be wandering around his flat with a cricket bat ( because he does his best thinking with a cricket bat) and get this scumbag landlord to admit he went Code Red on Bob.

[Josef Svejk]

[Section_31]

Got visions of TK turning up in court wearing a cricket jumper and a stormtrooper helmet.

 

'I'm doing this pro bono your honour, I know him from the internet.'