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    From Fredxx@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 9 11:50:22 2025
    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not
    obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    I could well be wrong but I had heard that on receipt of a threat you
    could petition the potential claimant in such a way they had to put
    their claim to the courts within a certain time-frame and not simply
    within the normal 6 years.

    Is my memory playing tricks?

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Fri May 9 15:10:59 2025
    On 09/05/2025 11:50 AM, Fredxx wrote:

    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    Was the threat made by another family member?

    That's the inescapable implication of what you say, but somehow, doesn't
    sound right.

    I could well be wrong but I had heard that on receipt of a threat you
    could petition the potential claimant in such a way they had to put
    their claim to the courts within a certain time-frame and not simply
    within the normal 6 years.

    Is my memory playing tricks?


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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Fri May 9 15:57:54 2025
    On 09/05/2025 11:50, Fredxx wrote:
    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    I could well be wrong but I had heard that on receipt of a threat you
    could petition the potential claimant in such a way they had to put
    their claim to the courts within a certain time-frame and not simply
    within the normal 6 years.

    Is my memory playing tricks?


    Unless there's IP involved, I think your memory may be playing tricks. I suppose that the Harassment Act could come into play (eventually)?

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  • From The Todal@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Fri May 9 18:56:51 2025
    On 09/05/2025 11:50, Fredxx wrote:
    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    I could well be wrong but I had heard that on receipt of a threat you
    could petition the potential claimant in such a way they had to put
    their claim to the courts within a certain time-frame and not simply
    within the normal 6 years.

    Is my memory playing tricks?


    Your memory might be playing tricks, and I doubt if there is such a
    procedure apart from CPR 7.7 which says:

    Where a claim form has been issued against a defendant, but has not yet
    been served on him, the defendant may serve a notice on the claimant
    requiring him to serve the claim form or discontinue the claim within a
    period specified in the notice.

    Did you want to give more of the facts for the group to discuss?

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  • From Fredxx@21:1/5 to JNugent on Fri May 9 17:44:35 2025
    On 09/05/2025 15:10, JNugent wrote:
    On 09/05/2025 11:50 AM, Fredxx wrote:

    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not
    obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    Was the threat made by another family member?

    That's the inescapable implication of what you say, but somehow, doesn't sound right.

    No, it's from someone outside of the family.

    I could well be wrong but I had heard that on receipt of a threat you
    could petition the potential claimant in such a way they had to put
    their claim to the courts within a certain time-frame and not simply
    within the normal 6 years.

    Is my memory playing tricks?




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  • From Pancho@21:1/5 to JNugent on Fri May 9 16:18:53 2025
    On 5/9/25 15:10, JNugent wrote:
    On 09/05/2025 11:50 AM, Fredxx wrote:

    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not
    obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    Was the threat made by another family member?

    That's the inescapable implication of what you say, but somehow, doesn't sound right.

    No it's not. My assumption would be that the family member being
    threatened has a legitimate claim against the person threatening him.
    Which I would think is relatively common when relationships break down.

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Fri May 9 19:21:37 2025
    On 09/05/2025 05:44 PM, Fredxx wrote:
    On 09/05/2025 15:10, JNugent wrote:
    On 09/05/2025 11:50 AM, Fredxx wrote:

    A member of the family has been threatened with legal action, it's not
    obvious the claim has merit. The irony is that the family member does
    have a legitimate claim.

    Was the threat made by another family member?

    That's the inescapable implication of what you say, but somehow,
    doesn't sound right.

    No, it's from someone outside of the family.

    OK.

    I could well be wrong but I had heard that on receipt of a threat you
    could petition the potential claimant in such a way they had to put
    their claim to the courts within a certain time-frame and not simply
    within the normal 6 years.

    Is my memory playing tricks?






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