Petition queries

Hello all...

I've never studied law and would very much appreciate your help.

In question is a petition to a certain institution about their provision of various services. The central problem highlighted in the petition letter is their misinformation of and withholding of information from their clients. There are no references to exact incidences of this in the text of the petition; however, the petition does include references to various legal (state) documents, statistics, and third-party surveys. The point of the petition is obviously for the institution to stop withholding information from the recipients of its care and to stop providing the services which cause more harm than good.

I have two queries:

1. I realise I'm asking this without providing much detail of the text itself, but would the petition hold up without precise reference to how the institution has withheld information and misrepresented their services to their clients? Would third-party references on their own be sufficient to back up the argument?
2. Where exactly does one put the endnotes in a petition letter? Or is there a better way to include references? Isn't it better for a petition to include bibliographic references so as to add power to the petition?

Again, any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!

Gazzetta

It is too difficult to see what you are trying to do without the detail you accept is missing. You want the institution to change their ways. And asking how much you information you should give to convince them. But you either have a personal interest in their activities or you are concerned about revealing information you have got from third parties about their dealings with the institution. If either then of course you should err on the side of less detail unless you want to (and have permission to) make those incidences and core to your petition.

If the institution is unregulated or are not under contract or do not owe a duty of care then they will have complete freedom whether or not to accept your entreaties or engage with you. Otherwise you will need to invoke the contractual, regulatory or licensing conditions by which they operate.

Gazzetta

Gazzetta wrote: »

It is too difficult to see what you are trying to do without the detail you accept is missing. You want the institution to change their ways. And asking how much you information you should give to convince them. But you either have a personal interest in their activities or you are concerned about revealing information you have got from third parties about their dealings with the institution. If either then of course you should err on the side of less detail unless you want to (and have permission to) make those incidences and core to your petition.

If the institution is unregulated or are not under contract or do not owe a duty of care then they will have complete freedom whether or not to accept your entreaties or engage with you. Otherwise you will need to invoke the contractual, regulatory or licensing conditions by which they operate.

Thank you, Gazzetta. Yes, very important: they do have a duty of care by the nature of the services that they provide. I'll make sure there's some reference to that. Thank you for helping!