legal cases
Problem
A long-standing client of mine received a letter from a debt collection company asking him to pay a debt he allegedly owed since many years. He was generously offered that if he paid half of the capital debt, the other half of the capital debt would be waived, together with a substantial amount of interest for late payment.
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Solution
Fortunately, my client did not take advantage of this great opportunity, but asked for my advice. After reviewing the case file, I found that the claim could not be enforced in court. After a duly reasoned letter of response from my client refusing to pay the debt, the debt collection agency sent 2-3 more letters, but no legal action was taken and no further letters have been received since. Never pay a penny if you have the slightest doubt.
legal cases
Problem
Another client of mine had a debt collector calling his mobile phone number several times a week, which understandably disturbed the client, who actually works as a doctor in a hospital, especially as he was not in any way averse to paying the debt, but the caller, when asked, refused to prove or at least plausibly allege the existence of the debt.
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Solution
At my client’s request, I called the debt collector, who never called my client again, nor did they otherwise claim the alleged debt. As to how I persuaded the debt collector not to continue to call, I can only say that I did not have any unlawful threat from me, I simply outlined the facts and the legal position. If you have a similar problem, I may be able to help you too.
legal cases
Problem
A new client contacted me because their invoice had not been settled by one of his partners.
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Solution
A review of the debtor’s publicly available company documents revealed that they had decided about the transformation of their company and to do so in such a way that the registered seat of the legal successor company would be moved to another EU Member State. The company documents showed that the company had undertaken to publish its notices on its website rather than in the Official Gazette, and they had published the notice of the transformation on that platform. Fortunately, we were still in time to claim for a security in the transformation process within the legal deadline. The debtor was probably in a hurry to register the transformation because they paid the invoice rather than contest its legal ground. The devil – even in law – is always in the detail.
