Defamation advice

Timpa Bylon

A person I knew has fallen out with me and has now mounted a hate campaign against me with the result that friends I have had, one by one, stopped communicating with me. She is doing such a good job I can't even get these people to tell me what she has said.

Should I go to a Citizens' Advice Bureau to find out what actions I can take?

Is it possible to get a solicitor to request information about what she has said about me from people she has spoken to?

My goals would be to get her to stop and to clear my name.

McCrack

Unless you are a rock star or in any way famous/high profile I wouldnt be bothered trying to go down the avenue of legal redress with regards to slander.

Sorry.

scudzilla

Timpa Bylon wrote: »

A person I knew has fallen out with me and has now mounted a hate campaign against me with the result that friends I have had, one by one, stopped communicating with me. She is doing such a good job I can't even get these people to tell me what she has said.

Should I go to a Citizens' Advice Bureau to find out what actions I can take?

Is it possible to get a solicitor to request information about what she has said about me from people she has spoken to?

My goals would be to get her to stop and to clear my name.

If these friends wanna drop ya on the say so of some1 else then fcuk 'em, not really good friends.

I'd not really bother with a solicitor at the moment, if you really value these 'friendships' why not write a letter and send it to them all, just explaining the situation, don't go slagging the other person off either, just say that he/she has been mistaken in any 'accusations' they have made. you'd find more would side with you that way

PCPhoto

best thing to do is find out what is being said - by asking the friends that have fallen away and also the friends that are still there.

- for the friends that have fallen away - ask them who said that information and explain to them that its not true. (assuming it isnt)

once you can confirm from multiple sources that it is this person who is spreading the information - then contact a solicitor and get the solicitor to contact her and explain to her there are consequences to making false claims. (you may also need to include Gardai - but Solicitor will advise on that)

Reloc8

Timpa Bylon wrote: »

Should I go to a Citizens' Advice Bureau to find out what actions I can take?

Pointless in the circumstances you describe.

Timpa Bylon wrote: »

Is it possible to get a solicitor to request information about what she has said about me from people she has spoken to?

No

Tom Young

I was going to shut this thread. For a number of reasons, please consider the below points:

1. There might well be some form of libel or defamation, but perhaps it is in a closed group and does not tend to lower the OP in the eyes of right minded/thinking members of society;

2. In terms of slander, I don't believe you/OP has suffered public scandal, odium or contempt (yet) as you can't prove there has been definitive publication (whether verbal or not of anything);

3. Now, you might have some for or cause of action in an Olde Worlde tort entitled deceit, but the facts you've placed above are not really tending towards this at all. Deceit occurs when a person makes a factual misrepresentation, knowing that it is false (or having no belief in its truth and being reckless as to whether it is true) and intending it to be relied on by the recipient, and the recipient acts to his or her detriment in reliance on it;

4. I don't believe you can prove that there wasn't some action that you undertook which might provide the offending or perceived offending party with some justification for remarks; and

5. Practically, if the person is on a hate campaign and if people are weak and narrow minded enough to believe and work with it then you're better off without them.