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I acted for a perfectly ordinary client a few months ago on a conveyancing transaction. All went ahead, smoothly and in apple pie order.
But there was one problem. The client's husband. Middle aged man, aggressive and not at all pleasant.
As soon as the matter completed, he strted writing what I can only describe, on a U-rated forum, as inappropriate letters to one of my team. We ignored the first. When the second came, I wrote to ask him to stop. He did - for a while - and then started again. I didn't know that he was calling as well. More letters, I wrote a 'back off or you'll regret it letter'. And yesterday, another, basically inviting my co-worker to share his knickers. He writes that he will be waiting for her after work. It's really sick and disgusting.
So I've just got back from Court - I obtained an 'ex parte' (ie, without giving notice of the application to the jerk) injunction to stop the harassment. And there is a power of arrest if he breaks it.
What is it about middle aged men who won't take 'no' for an answer. I'll have the last laugh. It'll cost him around £2,000 in costs and I've applied for damages, which will be assessed at the next hearing. I'm going to serve the papers on him tonight, I am itching to see his face.
Speedy Claire
25-06-09, 01:24 PM
take a pic, take a pic, take a pic, take a pic :D
Would love to see the creeps face. He must be going thru a mid life crisis and what an over inflated ego!!!!
Deserves the slimeball right... go get him ed. Oh and
take a pic :smt042
Bluewolf
25-06-09, 01:24 PM
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gruntygiggles
25-06-09, 01:32 PM
+1 to Speedy........take a pic take a pic.......even better, go to your nearest Maplins and get a pencam.......stick it in your pocket and video the whole conversation so you can share it with us.....lol
so he's harassing her? that indicates a really bad personality
but he's harassing someone who he knows is in the employ of a law firm? add to that, blatant stupidity!
Alpinestarhero
25-06-09, 01:34 PM
can i come to get a picture of his face when he;s
Served
Ed = :winner:
SoulKiss
25-06-09, 01:52 PM
I didnt realise that Quiff and Mandy had gotten married already :)
dizzyblonde
25-06-09, 01:58 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/321421416_778e4cda62.jpg?v=0
harhar GO ED!!
Bloody deserves it creep!
gruntygiggles
25-06-09, 02:01 PM
I didnt realise that Quiff and Mandy had gotten married already :)
:mrgreen: Like it SK.......Like it!
Great little story :D
Give him this as well.......
He is not English and written English is not his strong point.
This is some of the stuff I can publish, again this is a U rated forum so I can't post all of it:
'I love you. You come live with me. I ask you share life with me. Share life is Adam plus rib for eternity. I just trust my eyes. I read your soul. Next Monday I'll give you a call and you find out an interesting place to go.'
YUK:smt070Ahole:smt070:smt070
Sounds a bit like those e-mails from the nigerian goverment lottery!!!
If you don't ask, you don't get....! :wink:
Spiderman
25-06-09, 03:43 PM
He is not English and written English is not his strong point.
This is some of the stuff I can publish, again this is a U rated forum so I can't post all of it:
'I love you. You come live with me. I ask you share life with me. Share life is Adam plus rib for eternity. I just trust my eyes. I read your soul. Next Monday I'll give you a call and you find out an interesting place to go.'
YUK:smt070Ahole:smt070:smt070
Sounds like a bit of a stud...can i have his number. Thats right, i'd happily turn gay for this sexpot. He just has a way with words that i cant resist :love:
Poor dude, maybe he really has fallen for her and thinks she's playing hard to get. :lol:
Miss Alpinestarhero
25-06-09, 07:27 PM
Poor woman. Good on you Ed for sorting it :D (well...attepmting to sort it anyway). He sounds like such a creep!
Samurai Penguin
25-06-09, 07:58 PM
He writes that he will be waiting for her after work. It's really sick and disgusting.
I guess he doesn't realise that women don't find stalkers attractive :rolleyes:
Jayneflakes
25-06-09, 08:55 PM
Go Ed, you is wicked. big huge respect. Hope your colleague is ok though.
Hugs
xxx
Von Teese
25-06-09, 09:03 PM
. Next Monday I'll give you a call and you find out an interesting place to go.'
How about.....HELL!
lol nice one Ed, legally shafting him bigtime!
so he's harassing her? that indicates a really bad personality
but he's harassing someone who he knows is in the employ of a law firm? add to that, blatant stupidity!
:winner:
In an american chant way "GO ED GO ED GO ED!!!"
I can't help but wonder if his wife knows what she's married to. Or is she going to find out the hard way ? You may have a divorce case on your books soon.
Daryl.
what a weirdo.
i mean, who writes letters these days...?
I too wish I was there to see the handing of the papers. Especially as I am sure it would take a few seconds to realise what he has been handed. The change of expression on his face would be priceless.
gruntygiggles
26-06-09, 08:45 AM
what a weirdo.
i mean, who writes letters these days...?
Oh...chuckle, chuckle....you never fail keithd!:smt046
timwilky
26-06-09, 08:48 AM
I hope his wife was there when you served it.
How does he then explain it to her.
Kate Moss
26-06-09, 08:48 AM
what a weirdo.
i mean, who writes letters these days...?
hehe!!
gruntygiggles
26-06-09, 08:59 AM
Any news for us Ed? Was he there? I so wish we all could have seen that!
Any news for us Ed? Was he there? I so wish we all could have seen that!
Yes. I served the papers last night at 6.45. As there is a Power of Arrest, the injunction has to be served personally (Part 6, Civil Procedure Rules!!!). Normally I'd get a process server to do it but as I was going to be out today (I'm in Liverpool) and as it was late by the time the Court had the sealed Order ready for collection (with the application papers you have to include a draft of the order you want, and at the hearing the District Judge amends it in manuscript if s/he doesn't like what you've asked for, and then you give the amended order to the Court office for them to type up and plonk the seal on - takes a bit of time) there wasn't time to arrange a server. So I decided to do it myself as until someone has been served, you can't complain if they do things in breach
I parked up as close to the front door of the block of flats as I could. I knew he was in cos his car - the one he had given details of in one of his letters - was in the parking area. Went into the communal hall, it's a ground floor flat. Smell of cooking. No spyglass in the door - good. Rang bell. After 30 seconds, sound of a door chain and a bolt being pulled. Man pokes his head round the door.
Me - 'Mr XXXXXXX?' (I'd met him once before so I knew it was him, although he has shaved his head since)
He - 'yes'
Me - Passed the package with the court papers in it to him - if someone passes something to you it's instinctive to open your hand - and he took the envelope. 'I am serving an injunction of the Shrewsbury County Court on you.' I so wanted to say 'bloody well back off and and stop writing f*cking offensive claptrap' but that wouldn't have been professional:rolleyes:
He - white as a sheet, jaw dropped, eyes like saucers, I could see the package shaking in his hand - he didn't say anything. He stood there, staring at the envelope in his hand. The penny dropped. Face was a picture. Wish I could have photo'd it.
I walked out, hopped in the car and drove off before he could run after me with a carving knife.
I hope he had a sleepless night. We don't go back to court until mid July - he will have to explain his conduct at the hearing - so there's plenty of time for the ahole to reflect and worry about the damages claim I included also:smt096
Kate Moss
26-06-09, 09:46 AM
Super ed!!!!
I think I would have had back up with me....sounds a bit scary Ed.
gruntygiggles
26-06-09, 09:57 AM
Well done Ed. I have to agree with Stingo.....I'd have probably had someone with me BUT........very well done. Sounds like he's maybe realising that this is a country in which you cannot act in certain ways without feeling the long arm of the law.
Good on you and serves him right....I'm sure he did have a sleepless night and I wonder what/if he's going to tell his wife!
Sweet. You must have been in agony trying not to crack into a stream of laughter as you watched the blood run from his face. :)
grh1904
26-06-09, 01:58 PM
He is not English and written English is not his strong point.
OI, you leave us Scottish tartan coloured people alone, without the money you raise from our off-shore oil half the council estates in England wouldn't have 60 inch flat screen plasma TV's upon which to watch the JEREMY KYLE show, nor LAMBRINI to sip & enjoy while watching it.
:-dd:-dd:-dd:-dd:-dd:-dd:-dd as he slowly side steps towards the door............
grh1904
26-06-09, 02:16 PM
Seriously, nice one Ed.
At least your staff member knows she has supportive bosses.
Just as an aside, you should contact my :plod: colleagues who cover your area, even if just to inform them for intel purposes. By that I mean for 2 reasons: -
1. He may well already be known, having done something similar before. If so then it's imperative that his latest antics are recorded (he could already be on "THE" register).
2. He may never have done something like this before, but who is to say he won't do it again.
From a public protection point of view it's important that people like this guy are reported. I've probably prompted certain peeps on here to respond with "big brother/Police state" responses, all I will say to that is Huntly & Soham etc.
I'm not scaremongering, just trying to point out the horrible down side to todays modern society. How would you or your colleague feel if you later found out that this creep had started doing this to someone else and God (or Allah, Buddah, Jehovah etc) forbid it got to a more serious point than the one you described at the begining of the thread.......................
My suggestion would be to call the local cop shop and arrange for your local beat bobby to call in for a cuppa & chat (or even the local PCSO).
Has a copy of the injunction been delivered to the Police station?. We have a system where copies of injunctions for the local town are held at the station and all within the force area are also held at Police HQ. That way there is always instant access to a copy should an incident occur out of normal office hours. Not all injunctions carry the power of arrest and a copy needs to be seen and powers confirmed before a cop could arrest (I know this from experience before copies were kept at the station).
Von Teese
26-06-09, 03:41 PM
I'm not scaremongering, just trying to point out the horrible down side to todays modern society
....................like this???? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090626/tuk-sunbather-set-on-fire-by-thugs-dba1618.html
I just cannot understand what this world is coming to, it makes me sick to my stomach that people can do this to each other :(
the_lone_wolf
26-06-09, 04:02 PM
'I am serving an injunction of the Shrewsbury County Court on you.'
http://smartassery.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/Cat-YouJustGotServed.jpg
Biker Biggles
26-06-09, 04:22 PM
Do you know what job this chap does Ed?
madness
26-06-09, 04:59 PM
Ed, you are the man!
It's great that you care enough to do this for your colleague. As others have said, you probably should have taken 'back up'. Let's hope that this stops him from harrassing your collegue or anyone else.
Well done mate.
Jamiebridges123
26-06-09, 05:46 PM
Yes. I served the papers last night at 6.45. As there is a Power of Arrest, the injunction has to be served personally (Part 6, Civil Procedure Rules!!!). Normally I'd get a process server to do it but as I was going to be out today (I'm in Liverpool) and as it was late by the time the Court had the sealed Order ready for collection (with the application papers you have to include a draft of the order you want, and at the hearing the District Judge amends it in manuscript if s/he doesn't like what you've asked for, and then you give the amended order to the Court office for them to type up and plonk the seal on - takes a bit of time) there wasn't time to arrange a server. So I decided to do it myself as until someone has been served, you can't complain if they do things in breach
I parked up as close to the front door of the block of flats as I could. I knew he was in cos his car - the one he had given details of in one of his letters - was in the parking area. Went into the communal hall, it's a ground floor flat. Smell of cooking. No spyglass in the door - good. Rang bell. After 30 seconds, sound of a door chain and a bolt being pulled. Man pokes his head round the door.
Me - 'Mr XXXXXXX?' (I'd met him once before so I knew it was him, although he has shaved his head since)
He - 'yes'
Me - Passed the package with the court papers in it to him - if someone passes something to you it's instinctive to open your hand - and he took the envelope. 'I am serving an injunction of the Shrewsbury County Court on you.' I so wanted to say 'bloody well back off and and stop writing f*cking offensive claptrap' but that wouldn't have been professional:rolleyes:
He - white as a sheet, jaw dropped, eyes like saucers, I could see the package shaking in his hand - he didn't say anything. He stood there, staring at the envelope in his hand. The penny dropped. Face was a picture. Wish I could have photo'd it.
I walked out, hopped in the car and drove off before he could run after me with a carving knife.
I hope he had a sleepless night. We don't go back to court until mid July - he will have to explain his conduct at the hearing - so there's plenty of time for the ahole to reflect and worry about the damages claim I included also:smt096
Brilliant, would have loved to have seen his face, I can only imagine! :D :smt120
Bluepete
26-06-09, 06:25 PM
For such a pleasant and quiet Gentleman, Ed, you can be a right barsteward!
The law can be applied in varied and interesting ways eh?
Pete ;)
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