Legal Help Needed (taking LA to court?)
Discussion
Swoxy - thanks. Result indeed!
g_attrill - I'd love to. Snag is that the local paper is owned and run by the local council. Yes, really. It is pretty much their political mouthpiece (and, I suspect, one of the reasons why the council can be so incompetant, because their incompetence is never aired in public.) I am however considering contacting a larger paper, although I wonder whether the story is so small as to be of no interest.
dontfollowme - it does.
SJonson - see my comment to dontfollowme. I'd suggest you get the process started SOON, and stick with it. And all the best - hope it works out.
Oli.
g_attrill - I'd love to. Snag is that the local paper is owned and run by the local council. Yes, really. It is pretty much their political mouthpiece (and, I suspect, one of the reasons why the council can be so incompetant, because their incompetence is never aired in public.) I am however considering contacting a larger paper, although I wonder whether the story is so small as to be of no interest.
dontfollowme - it does.
SJonson - see my comment to dontfollowme. I'd suggest you get the process started SOON, and stick with it. And all the best - hope it works out.
Oli.
sleep envy said:
nice one Oli - glad it got found in your favour and you've had your costs recovered
Thanks! The amount claimed was the quote from an OPC, plus costs for travel to OPC, time taken off client activites while work is done etc etc etc. I think I may just find a good local windscreen fitter and see what the best price he can do is, for cash ... !
Oli.
HRG said:
personally I'd have loved to see the bailiffs on the council steps 
So would I - I was more than a little disappointed! (Had it got that far I would probably have called up the court and tried to find out when the Baliff was due to call, just so I could go along for a discreet squiz ... ) Oli.
Nice one! Good one for keeping on it! Had a similar thing with a used car dealer - took over a year, but got the money back in the end. One thing - did you not have to pay the court fees before submiting the claim on moneyclaim online? In which case why not just go ahead with the court action anyway?
VxDuncan said:
Nice one! Good one for keeping on it! Had a similar thing with a used car dealer - took over a year, but got the money back in the end. One thing - did you not have to pay the court fees before submiting the claim on moneyclaim online? In which case why not just go ahead with the court action anyway?
It had got beyond that stage - I paid the fees before submitting the claim online, they defended the claim, the defence was struck out (it didn't make sense), I had judgement in my favour and they still made no effort to contact me, let alone pay the settlement. Next step would have been baliffs, but the local councillor at least got them to realise that something needed to be done. In retrospect I should probably have gone the baliff route, just to shame them further.
Oli.
zcacogp said:
Snag is that the local paper is owned and run by the local council. Yes, really. It is pretty much their political mouthpiece (and, I suspect, one of the reasons why the council can be so incompetant, because their incompetence is never aired in public.) I am however considering contacting a larger paper, although I wonder whether the story is so small as to be of no interest.
Out of interest, which paper is that? I'd not heard of such an arrangement before.zcacogp said:
Try the Evening Standard - the Daily Wail might pick it up if it gets in there.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff