We live by an ex labour councilman and for a few years he has used constant complaining to any official bodies he can contact to harass neighbors out of the area. He's been Harassing us in this fashion for a couple of years now and so far only about 1 of the hundreds of complaints made have been upheld so we are wondering if we have a case for harassment against him.
2007-06-21 00:30:42 · 10 answers · asked by rammsoldat 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
In U.S.A., no. I have tried.
But, perhaps, a class-action suit by all victims of his complaints file for harrassment!
2007-06-21 00:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You may well have a case under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The definition of harassment under the Act is very wide:
"A person must not pursue a course of conduct-
(a) which amounts to harassment of another, and
(b) which he knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of the other.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the person whose course of conduct is in question ought to know that it amounts to harassment of another if a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think the course of conduct amounted to harassment of the other."
A course of conduct has been determined as simply two or more occasions.
From your description it would seem that what your neighbour is doing is precisely the sort of this the Act was designed to prevent.
Breach of the Act is a statutory tort (no foresight of harm is required) entitling you to damages (without proof of loss) and apprehended breach is good grounds for an injunction to prevent further harassment.
On the facts you have set out, !'d consider you had a good to very good case.
2007-06-21 07:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by JZD 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You might. You might also have a case for Defamation and even Slander. I suggest that you get documentation of these complaints if you can. If he filed any written complaints, get copies of them, or at least learn who they were filed with. Go see an attorney and give the attorney all of this information.
2007-06-21 07:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If he is filing complaints regularly, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE A CASE!
The person who tried did not try the right method. Get an attorney and document, document, document. I filed harassment charges on the police in my small town successfully (they hated me because one of my brothers told the police chief that his daughter was a good f*** and used to beat one of them up while in school.)
Documented harassment is easy to enforce.
2007-06-21 07:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reckon you do, but you'd have to speak to a solicitor to get a proper answer.
Just relax knowing that if he tries to sell up, he has to disclose what a whinger he's been as he'll be required by law to admit any and all officially noted disputes with neighbours. In other words he'll have to tell any potential buyer that he's done nothing but complain, and that none of it has been held up...
2007-06-21 07:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by lordmoldishorts 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would give him a taste of his own medicine.
Most laws are on the internet now, find all the laws in your area and report him for every stupid little BS thing he is doing. Littering, improper fencing, parking too close or too far from the curb. Spitting.
2007-06-21 08:25:00 · answer #6 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is harassment a criminal offence, or does it give rise to a claim for damages?
2007-06-21 07:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Canute 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poor you, sounds a nightmare. We live by a neighbour who plays an amplified drumkit on his front lawn at all hours! can we get them together? Hope you get someone who can help
2007-06-21 07:40:24 · answer #8 · answered by SkodaKat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he sounds a right idiot tell him where to off
2007-06-24 16:04:02 · answer #9 · answered by Jezabel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I'm sorry, you can't.
2007-06-21 07:40:22 · answer #10 · answered by soccer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋