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Werent paid for services, small claims court?

  • 09-04-2010 9:35pm
    #1
    Decorus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Me and my partner did some carpentry work in the shop, agreed the cost of work before we started. However as soon as we finished he paid us only half of the amount saying that he understood it differently.
    Is anything we can do to claim these money back? Is a small claims court a proper way to go or our situation is qualified as debts recovery?
    The amount we are owed is small indeed but we would really want to punish this guy somehow as he apparently did this before with other people.

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    me_right_one
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭me_right_one


    Forget common law there my friend - law of the land applies


  • #3
    Decorus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭Decorus


    me_right_one wrote: »
    Forget common law there my friend - law of the land applies
    U mean a good smack? ;-)


  • #4
    dixiefly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,951 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    Name and Shame!


  • #5
    Decorus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭Decorus


    Can anybody tell me if I can lodge a complaint to the small claims court?


  • #6
    Maximilian
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 5,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Maximilian


    I'll leave the thread open but don't post names like that again please.


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  • #7
    Jo King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Jo King


    There are new rules in the Small Claims Court for inter-business disputes but they do not extend to debt collection. You would have to sue in the ordinary courts.
    The District Court has jurisdiction up to €6,300. In my experience, proper paperwork is crucial. Copies of estimates and invoices, on headed paper, are almost invariably required.
    You could also consider a complaint to the Garda under Sections 7 & 8 of the Theft Acts of obtaining a service by deception.
    The Guards are not usually helpful in cases like this, to say the least.


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