Can you sue a pub landlord for slander

davo10 · 11-04-2018 01:22PM

AnneFrank wrote: »

May i ask, are you a traveller ?

Not long out from under the canvass?

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 01:31PM

AnneFrank wrote: »

May i ask, are you a traveller ?

In the Irish gypsy sense, dear gawd no.

If you mean do I frequently travel internationally then I would say I do.

AnneFrank · 11-04-2018 01:34PM

cryptocurrency wrote: »

In the Irish gypsy sense, dear gawd no.

If you mean do I frequently travel internationally then I would say I do.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with the gypsys.
I'd say it was your Uk accent so.

Uncharted · 11-04-2018 01:37PM

AnneFrank wrote: »

Hey, there's nothing wrong with the gypsys.
I'd say it was your Uk accent so.

"Dear gawd"..... lol.

PS..... Are you Philip Boucher Hayes?

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 01:39PM

Uncharted wrote: »

"Dear gawd"..... lol.

PS..... Are you Philip Boucher Hayes?

I just googled Phillip Boucher Hayes and seen him talking about Whey Protein on the late late show.

I don't get the link here at all.

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 01:49PM

AnneFrank wrote: »

Hey, there's nothing wrong with the gypsys.
I'd say it was your Uk accent so.

I never said their was, I'm sure they are fine but I've never really engaged with any or found common ground.

As for my accent, in my previous job there was often office banter about "how long i'd last in (insert name of notorious pub in notorious suburb)" ordering a pint. Now life seems to have imitated banter.

I was also once told it wasn't my English accent but the yep of English accent along with being refereed to as a landlord. Odd as I have a Irish family, from all over Ireland...both Southern Irish and Ulster Scots heritage.

Fighting Tao · 11-04-2018 01:53PM

cryptocurrency wrote: »

As for my accent, in my previous job there was often office banter about "how long i'd last in (insert name of notorious pub in notorious suburb)" ordering a pint. Now life seems to have imitated banter.

Well you left the pub alive and without any physical harm to you, so life hasn’t imitated banter.

wexie · 11-04-2018 01:53PM

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Well you left the pub alive and without any physical harm to you, so life hasn’t imitated banter.

Seems his ego got a good dent though

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 01:54PM

I'm looking forward to the update from the OP after his meeting with his solicitor tonight. Should be fun.

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 01:58PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

I'm looking forward to the update from the OP after his meeting with his solicitor tonight. Should be fun.

2734 posts in 8 months. I'd say your whole evening revolves around this update.

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 02:01PM

cryptocurrency wrote:

2734 posts in 8 months. I'd say your whole evening revolves around this update.

Not at all but I do enjoy seeing someone make a clown of themselves.
Not sure what relevence you think my posting count is, maybe you could enlighten me.

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 02:05PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Not at all but I do enjoy seeing someone make a clown of themselves.
Not sure what relevence you think my posting count is, maybe you could enlighten me.

I am far from making a clown of myself. I have the spine to stand up for myself.

Now what relevance a post count has...hmmm..go outside and breeeeeeathe. inhale...exhale.

AnneFrank · 11-04-2018 02:09PM

cryptocurrency wrote: »

I am far from making a clown of myself. I have the spine to stand up for myself.

Now what relevance a post count has...hmmm..go outside and breeeeeeathe. inhale...exhale.

No offence, but i agree with the hitman. Save yourself the money and go somewhere else.

wexie · 11-04-2018 02:10PM

cryptocurrency wrote: »

I am far from making a clown of myself. I have the spine to stand up for myself.

Quite a few of us here would disagree with you, but carry on, you're mildly entertaining

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 02:14PM

cryptocurrency wrote:

I am far from making a clown of myself. I have the spine to stand up for myself.

Actually anyone admitting to drink driving is a clown in my eyes no matter the quantity of drink involved especially with their family in the car.
Hope all goes well with you solicitor, not good though if the pub owner says their is no CCTV as you have already said, your word against theirs.

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 02:16PM

cryptocurrency wrote:

Now what relevance a post count has...hmmm..go outside and breeeeeeathe. inhale...exhale.

So no relevance then, thought so other than a childish remark.

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 02:20PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Actually anyone admitting to drink driving is a clown in my eyes no matter the quantity of drink involved especially with their family in the car.
Hope all goes well with you solicitor, not good though if the pub owner says their is no CCTV as you have already said, your word against theirs.

Glass of Guinness. Legal.

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 02:22PM

cryptocurrency wrote:

Glass of Guinness. Legal.

Still drink driving......

JoeyJJ · 11-04-2018 02:30PM

Please as much stick as you are getting her, give an honest update from your solicitor.

Also I agree on the drinking, legally you are fine morally I disagree esp if travelling with others.

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 02:34PM

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Please as much stick as you are getting her, give an honest update from your solicitor.

Also I agree on the drinking, legally you are fine morally I disagree esp if travelling with others.

Really. I would suspect that the day after the night before you are in a worse state to be riding a bike or driving a car then I would be after a glass of Guinness. As I am also a fairly infrequent and very moderate drinking I am always in full control of my faculties and that includes midnight NYE.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 11-04-2018 02:37PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Actually anyone admitting to drink driving is a clown in my eyes no matter the quantity of drink involved especially with their family in the car.
Hope all goes well with you solicitor, not good though if the pub owner says their is no CCTV as you have already said, your word against theirs.

Except he recorded it.

JoeyJJ · 11-04-2018 02:38PM

Jaysus you love an argument. Keep us posted. I am a zero tolerance driver would refuse to go somewhere even if I had a glass and if I do binge which I may do once every 6-8 weeks next morning I am only interested in getting hydrated and relaxing until hangover gone and wouldn't go near the car until afternoon. And my post count is minuscule per day so jog on.

11-04-2018 02:41PM

cryptocurrency wrote:

I am far from making a clown of myself. I have the spine to stand up for myself.

What pub is it? Pm me if you don't want to say here.

I think I'd like this pub.

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 03:04PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote:

Except he recorded it.

Means nothing...

cryptocurrency · 11-04-2018 03:14PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Means nothing...

Ok maybe it does. You seem certain. I have both the barman and later the landlord each claim the other seen me in this situation yet none had the claimed CCTV , time, dates or evidence never mind claimed to be the actual person that seen me.

Hitman3000 · 11-04-2018 03:28PM

cryptocurrency wrote:

Went into a pub today, one I have only been in few times before in two years and I remembered both dates a durations and was with my other half and child. I donâ€™t go there as I have to drive and itâ€™s out of my way. Today I called in and ordered a glass of Guinness only to be refused and told I was in there a few months ago with another guy and was causing a fight. This surprised me as itâ€™s not something Iâ€™ve ever done or been accused of, infact most people would laugh at that idea of me. I said to the bar man you have made a mistake, 100% there is no chance of this. He said there is CCTV footage of this incident and the landlord had it and said I was not to be served. I said what time was the landlord in..he said 7.30. I come back at 7.30, bar man said 8..waited till 8 till the landlord arrived. I asked the landlord for a word and explained the situation and he said that his barman said it was me and he will back his staff. I informed him I am certain it wasnâ€™t me as I have never been in the place with friends or a friend and just a few flying visits with family when we pop into the veg shop next door. He said there was no CCTV and repeated he will back his staff. I said ask all your staff as they are the ones I have dealt with and he said he will come back to me. He then said he has a right to do what he likes and I will have to put up with it. I said I would speak with a solicitor and he just laughed saying â€œIâ€™m insuredâ€ ..I sense this was just a chip at my UK accent. Now that this is clearly a mix up and he hasnâ€™t an ounce of proof to his or his staffs claims is this slander or defamation of character if they still stick to this wild claim? Iâ€™m happy to consider contacting a solicitor as I canâ€™t believe we live in a world where people can publicly point and people and make wild unsubstantiated claims about them.

Seems to be a bit of contradiction going on between what you are claiming now and your original post, regards the claim of CCTV footage.
I do find it laughable that you feel you have suffered reputational damage in a pub you rarely visit or do the regulars know you for other reasons?

Baron Kurtz · 11-04-2018 03:39PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

Oh man my pub, I dunno if it's a certain part of Dublin thing or what, the kids are there from opening at the weekend until you're telling the parents they have to go and then they start complaining that Tommy's kids are still here too. They almost throw the tantrum you'd expect from the children.
I did two years in Canada and most bars its illegal to be in them until your 18. Only right.

I worked in a pub in London for a short while. Funny old East-end establishment with its share of oddballs in the area that used to pop in. Pretty much all sound enough. Our landlord had a no-children policy (not sure if it was law, apparently it was) which was abided by and adhered by even the lads that were friendly with the landlord.

One woman who no one knew dropped in with a buggy. Ordered her drink. Sat just by the door and left the buggy (with baby) just outside the door. She was sitting about a foot from the child as she had her drink and cigarette! No one thought much about it. And she never asked could she bring the child in.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 11-04-2018 03:44PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Means nothing...

Kinda important for a slander case.

jamesbere · 11-04-2018 03:46PM

Careful lads he might sue us

Mossy Monk · 11-04-2018 03:46PM

The landlord is better off not having someone who asks "can i sue" about something so trivial as a customer.

Can you sue a pub landlord for slander

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