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‘The law is an ass!’ is not a phrase you hear as often as you should. Generally, I find the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal a very good source to resolve issues and problems and I guess my problem isn’t actually the Tribunal but the lawyers and individuals on the other side who will squirm and weasel and contort their story and tale to suit their own purpose or ends.
Now, obviously I would not be naïve enough to think that the other sides are thinking the same of me. However it never ceases to amaze me that a lie ends up being so contorted that it trips them and the inconsistency grows. I recently had a case where a freeholder turned up claiming he hadn’t had any papers and only found out about the case on the Thursday before.
On being challenged if the demands had a wrong address (which would make them all invalid) this changed into ‘of course not’ it was just not his office and yes he had the papers he just didn’t bring them with him!!!!
Now far be it from me to insinuate anything at all but really I thought we left these kinds of homework excuses back in kindergarten. ‘My dog ate my Tribunal papers’ may be next!
Of course from fairness in justice perspective everything has to be taken seriously but sometimes you just want the world you are in to turn into a comedy sketch.
I almost envisaged Rowan Atkinson bursting in!
08 Dec 2010 10:53:10