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Originally Posted by cookie_365
People are reading this thread because they've received letters and want to know what to do. If they make the wrong decisions it could cost them £thousands as a result.
This thread is now 35 pages long. Way too much of it is legal advice from people who clearly have not got a clue how the law works.
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My response to binary boy was indeed sarcastic. I chose sarcasm as an alternative to plain abuse, which is not allowed on this forum. He signed up to post something which is absolutely of no value whatsoever to anyone who has received one of these letters.... My purpose to posting was to put a brake on the sea of useless and misleading drivel that is clogging up this thread and may possibly cause the people who really need the thread to lose money.
So if you want a genuine answer to the vexatious litigant question: I'm going to provide that by asking you another question instead. See if you can Google the answer to this: since 1997, how many companies have been added to the list of UK Vexatious Litigants?
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But you can go about achieving this noble goal in a different way.
Seeing as you clearly have a wealth of legal knowledge, and are very well versed in the matter, how about saying something along these lines:
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Originally Posted by PoliteCookie
"Sorry, old bean but I'm afraid you're probably barking up the wrong tree. The reason is x (insert too expensive / unlikley / DL have you bang to rights). Cheerio old chum."
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There is no need for the attitude. We're just looking for answers, and to know where we stand. Out of interest - where else in the thread's is such dangerous advice contained?
After all, if you want to avoid someone walking into a legal rake, that's the best thing to do. Point them out and give reasons why. We will listen and learn.