Shameless plea for legal advice

Heyo ILX legal counsel, would anyone be willing to advise me about a dispute with a Brooklyn realtor? I'm sort of homeless at the mo because of some fuckhead's dastardly dealings, and not sure what my options are. All advice accepted for consideration. xoL

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good luck homie

nobody wants to be disbarred for malpractice. try yahoo law forums or something.

yeah, as ilx's top lawyer i have to emphasize i am not licensed in any state including new york

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I imagine there are a number of websites that describe your tenant/ownership rights and what recourse you might have. There certainly are in California, and they've been very helpful for me in the past.

Laurel, there isn't enough info in your post to give any worthwhile advice, and I would not advise you to post all the details anyway.

If you can prove a tort (a harm) and prove he is culpable, there is a chance you could get a court judgement against him and an award, maybe put a lien on his future earnings. There is an even better chance that the scumbag already has a scumbag lawyer and is protecting his assets with a view to bankruptcy. A decent tort lawyer could give you an idea of your chances of success during an initial consultation.

If there is criminal action involveed, such as fraud or malfeasance, you might make a criminal complaint against him. Then it is a matter of whether a prosecutor wants to touch it. Also it could be plea-bargained down to a lot of public service or something petty like that.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Yeah, I didn't want to put details in until I got a vibe from someone whether that would be okay to discus here.

Unfort the police said it's a civil matter, so I filed in small claims court this AM. I guess we'll see where that goes. Meanwhile I'm submitting complaints to every agency and regulatory body I can think of. I wish I were somehow scarier and more connected.

Might be worth trying to get his realtor license revoked. That would hit him where he lives. Sounds like you are already on top of that one.

See if you can get some phone time with somebody who has some oversight powers. Email complaints will probably just bounce off them like a bb, unless this is really serious shit he pulled on you.

if you send someone an email, the recipient is free to do what they want with it, right? ie forward it to whoever.

bumpers (sry)

There are copyright issues that vary by country. In general, no, not without the email author's permission.

btw, not a lawyer or anything like that, so grain of salt you get what you pay for etc etc.

really? if i were to guess i would say it's the same as a regular conversation. anyone can tell someone else exactly what you said. copyright issues aside. xpost

not a lawyer or anything like that

the rumour i heard was that unlike a letter, an email counts as 'public domain' once it's been sent.

not a lawyer.

oh you are talking about copyright then? i don't know anything about that.

also something likely to be way different in uk than us :/

do a quick search for email copyright. It's similar to you maintaining copyright over your ILX posts. If someone decides to put them all into a book or something.

Just a bit of fun.

the rumour i heard was that unlike a letter, an email counts as 'public domain' once it's been sent.

not a lawyer.

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this doesn't sound right at all.

I need a disguise to practice law in most jurisdictions.

Interesting, I've never thought about this before. I think the fact that it's in email format is a red herring, and it's better to think about it as just another thing that contains information. So:

1. it's not a crime to forward it on, except in the very limited circumstances where sharing that information would be a crime whether by email or not (Official Secrets Act, the info is to be used for committing a different crime, or the info risks contempt of court)

2. but there may breach other duties, and so forwarding it on may expose you to being sued because you are then effectively republishing it. Duties such as breach of copyright, breach of confidentiality, libel, breach of privacy (whatever that is), data protection, and so on. (Actually, some of these probably are crimes now, at least in this country - that being how the government has repeatedly chosen to legislate for previously private disputes since Labour got in.)

Obviously 1 is something to worry about, but 2 usually isn't.

forward it to whomever

post it here and we'll decide

*NOT LEGAL ADVICE*

fwiw I think privacy law and not copyright would be the relevant legal doctrine

*NOT LEGAL ADVICE*

Too late

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235129/Deloitte-girl-quits-sending-email-asking-colleagues-vote-offices-attractive-men.html

LOL I love how she actually writes "this probably violates HR policy" but does it anyway.

'But once I realised it had been forwarded outside the office I realised both Deloitte's and my reputation had been damaged so I decided to hand my notice in there and then.'

basically it's an email from an aggrieved author (a senior academic) saying my review of his or her book was malicious (uses word "malice"). we've never met, i just thought the book was bad -- poorly organized, atrociously written, lacking in direction -- and backed that up with arguments and examples. it got past two separate editors on two different respected magazines (complicated story why the first one had to nix it). and his/her first idea is that it must be out of malice.

am considering reply along lines of carles vs the photog.

oh yeah: reason i am wondering about forwarding is, at the end of this completely insulting email, s/he says, could i pass on any correx for the paperback edn!!! so mooting going to direct to the (totally negligent already) publishers.

i don't understand why you need to forward the email?

want to forward it to the publisher with the corrections.

What purpose would it serve to forward the author's email to his/her publisher? Could you not just send corrections by themselves or simply not send any corrections at all?

want 2 include the correspondence with the correx. can get into it further, but the question is: what are the rules governing forwarding emails?

Can't you get consent by emailing author back and say "Was going to forward yr email to [x, y, z]. Is that OK?"

he asked you to contact the publisher history mayne just do it!

Can't you get consent by emailing author back and say "Was going to forward yr email to [x, y, z]. Is that OK?"

don't really anticipate getting a reply to my reply, it's kind of zero-sum.

fuck it im going to fwd it, the whole situation is str8 unprofessional bullshit and i kind of doubt s/he wants to embarrass him/herself by complaining about a forwarded email. she leaves it ambiguous where i should send the correx to -- probably means to her. it's a point of pride but i just want the editors to know where the correx came from; sending them to the eds without the correspondence would just seem a bit batty.

i would just let it go dude

i can see that angle, but it's an academic thing: the review was properly done and approved; the whole point of the business is to challenge falsehoods; and the usual practice is to debate. ne way, feel assuming malice "impugns my professionalism", and if i don't respond in some way it'll look like i'm acquiescing.

I'd totally send it to the publisher of the book. Provided you know the publisher, it's worth asking them to have a Little Chat with their author.

if the author had accused you in public, that'd be a different thing, but i think an angry email you can safely ignore. i think you'll regret snitching him or her out to the publisher.

Totally separate question but it can happily be tagged on under this thread title rather than starting a new thread.

An electrician came to fit an electric hob.

The oven below - technically a separate appliance - was working immediately before the hob was fitted and wasn't immediately after.

I've asked the electrician to come back.

Where do I stand in terms of making them fix the oven, under UK law?

(Can they charge a fee for attending again? Can they claim it is just a coincidence?)

Thanks in advance.

Ever get this torted?