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Small claims court when the plaintif lives overseas (USA/Idaho)
I live in Europe and my property manager in Idaho (USA) is not sending me the rents (which were paid by the renter).
I was thinking about suing her in small claims court, but it looks like I have to ...
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If Defendant agrees to settle, can the Plaintiff still be awarded legal fees?
Say Defendant owes Plaintiff money. It's a relatively simple case, such as Plaintiff did work but Defendant isn't paying Plaintiff. Plaintiff files an action in small claims, and Defendant finally ...
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When is an address considered an acceptable "address for service"?
Usually legal action against a person or business involves serving them with registered mail. What exactly is considered an acceptable address of service? I understand that if a legal proceeding has ...
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Can a court order a large asset to be sold if the defendent lost the case on a relatively small amount?
Say a defendent owns land worth $200,000.
The defendant lost the case and has to pay $9,000
He does not have any money to pay.
Could courts order the land to be sold?
My question is general, but just ...
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In a Payment Hearing, what is the protocol for creditor asking debtor questions? What if he believes the reply was invalid?
At a payment hearing called by a creditor on a debtor, the debtor has the uncanny ability to avoid answering questions or gives misleading answers.
I understand in the payment hearing the creditor can ...
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Exemption for "conduct of litigation" as a lay representative?
The following activites are "reserved legal activities" per the Legal Services Act 2007 ("LSA 2007"), s 12(1):
(a) the exercise of a right of audience; (b) the conduct of ...
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When going to court should a plaintiff preemptively refute the other sides defense?
In small claims court, if the plaintiff knows what the defendant will likely say, should the plaintiff address these in the initial application? This makes sense to me because usually someone going to ...
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When going to court is it typical to have multiple related claims?
I know in large legal cases you hear about in the news, the plaintiff usually has multiple torts they accuse the defendant of. For example company A is suing company B for negligence, breach of ...
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Suing a Cellular Company that Charged Me for Years Without My Knowledge
I am planning to sue a cellular company for charging me (for two phone numbers) for 10 years after a cutoff request. I contacted the company, and they admitted to wrongly charging me but only for one ...
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loaded questions in pseudo-legal scenario
How is a loaded question dealt with in a legal, or legalistic, context?
Is there particular language which is typically employed, or is there a strategy which is particularly effective?
The specific ...
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Must a defense be given if a plaintiff's accusation is nonsense?
In court what happens if a party makes a nonsense accusation, almost as if they aren't thinking straight? For example if someone launched the case against you "he must have stolen the banana loaf ...
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What is preventing a person from harassing another with ridiculous law suits?
If Bob doesn't like Bill what is preventing Bob from annoying Bill by constantly coming up with new, ridiculous, small claims against him? Just going to court and preparing evidence is very stressful.
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Can plaintiff or defendant question judge?
I watch a lot of Judge Judy, and many of you know its irritating.
She has said she cannot look into the evidence or she has so many other work to do. How can a judge behave like this to public?
Is ...
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