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Legal question

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Alphathree33

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Cliffs:

-- Landlord has _threatened_ to sue me over $150 worth of damage. I dispute the charge for various reasons that are unimportant.

-- I have offered to settle for $50 on numerous occasions and my offer has been rejected.

-- I have been issued threats every few weeks about "being taken to court" but have never seen any official document to that effect yet

-- I'm getting tired of dealing with this and I have withdrawn my offer from the table. I am now prepared either a) go to court if I am sued and b) ignore the issue until I receive the court papers.

My question:

-- I'm sick of talking to these people. I don't want to hear them, see them, write to them, or otherwise deal with them until they finally serve me my lawsuit, if and when they do. Am I well within my legal rights to do so? Can they somehow use this against me in court later on? (Keep in mind, I have been perfectly civil until this time.)

I should note that this is in Canadian court, but it's usually very similar to US Court.
 
Can you just avoid them? If possible just don't take their calls and ignore them until such time as they bring an action (highly unlikely).

If they are harrassing you keep a record of when, how, and what they say.

You are under no obligation to listen to them. They have an avenue of recourse which is the legal system.
 
Originally posted by: Meatyone
Can you just avoid them? If possible just don't take their calls and ignore them until such time as they bring an action (highly unlikely).

If they are harrassing you keep a record of when, how, and what they say.

You are under no obligation to listen to them. They have an avenue of recourse which is the legal system.
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I don't think it qualifies as 'harassment'. It's just repeated calls saying, "okay, blah blah, we're going to court now..." followed by the same sentiment several weeks later.

They are mostly phone calls on my cell phone. I haven't been recording them or anything.
 
Originally posted by: Alphathree33
Originally posted by: Meatyone
Can you just avoid them? If possible just don't take their calls and ignore them until such time as they bring an action (highly unlikely).

If they are harrassing you keep a record of when, how, and what they say.

You are under no obligation to listen to them. They have an avenue of recourse which is the legal system.
Click to expand...

I don't think it qualifies as 'harassment'. It's just repeated calls saying, "okay, blah blah, we're going to court now..." followed by the same sentiment several weeks later.

They are mostly phone calls on my cell phone. I haven't been recording them or anything.
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Just keep track of when they call, generally how long the conversations last, and a theme of what's said.

The longer they wait to take you to court, the weaker their case appears and becomes.
 
Originally posted by: Alphathree33
I don't think it qualifies as 'harassment'. It's just repeated calls saying, "okay, blah blah, we're going to court now..." followed by the same sentiment several weeks later.

They are mostly phone calls on my cell phone. I haven't been recording them or anything.
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Make a note just in case things were to get nasty later. Write down date and time of call, summary of conversation. Never hurts to have this.

What do they want you to pay for and why if you don't mind me asking?

 
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