I have had legal issues with a former client (FC). He initiated legal action against my company after he failed an exam (I run an education "prep" company). He issued a mountain of commercial litigation against my company. A search of Austlii, etc, reveals he litigates regularly against a number of people and gov't organisations
I have two questions:
1. This guy has managed to find another client (AC) who I am in commercial dispute with (hasn't got legal yet). Anyway, FC has had the alleged debt "assigned" to him. My business is in Victoria as is the AC, the FC lives interstate. What are the options of FC here in terms of legal action? In my view, it is just designed to create trouble, nuisance stuff.
2. After failing his exam, the FC actually wound up my company (never ignore a creditor's letter of statutory demand) for a debt of just over $2000. In my view, it was just motivated out of spite, nothing else, so my company got wound up, administrator all that fun stuff. The original action was initiated in the Federal Magistrates Court.
The FC now has an application in front of VCAT essentially trying to get me held personally responsible for his failure of the job entry exam, damages, etc. Classic second bite of the cherry, again in my view solely motivated by spite, etc.
I have two questions:
1. This guy has managed to find another client (AC) who I am in commercial dispute with (hasn't got legal yet). Anyway, FC has had the alleged debt "assigned" to him. My business is in Victoria as is the AC, the FC lives interstate. What are the options of FC here in terms of legal action? In my view, it is just designed to create trouble, nuisance stuff.
2. After failing his exam, the FC actually wound up my company (never ignore a creditor's letter of statutory demand) for a debt of just over $2000. In my view, it was just motivated out of spite, nothing else, so my company got wound up, administrator all that fun stuff. The original action was initiated in the Federal Magistrates Court.
The FC now has an application in front of VCAT essentially trying to get me held personally responsible for his failure of the job entry exam, damages, etc. Classic second bite of the cherry, again in my view solely motivated by spite, etc.