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its only libellous if
You know that the onus is on you to prove the accuracy of your statement, right?
hugo7-
what like providing evidence of 3 other situations where communication has been non-existant?
such as the vendor being in the property for a 2 day period and contacting the agent saying i could pop down and have a look (i hadn’t yet viewed in person after offer accepted) and not passing that info on to me?
Our surveyor being unable to book an appointment despite calling and emailing for 3 days?
No Memorandum of sale produced after offer accepted effectively stopping the sale process from starting?all backed up by broker/vendor/surveyor.
anyway i don’t want to discuss legal minutia i just want people to do their jobs properly.
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You know that the onus is on you to prove the accuracy of your statement, right?
Not unless you say it to someone else. Libel or slander requires publication. You can say anything you like to someone's face in private and it's not defamation.
Mr_Smyth
Brommers
and the agent has just told me ‘it’s libellous’ that he isn’t answering emails and the valuation surveyor hasn’t contacted him despite showing him an email from the broker on the contrary.
which is bollocks because they are short staffed and our surveyor had no response trying to book an appointment and i had to get the seller to intervene.
(its only libellous if i publicly name and shame and its provable in a court of law that the statement is incorrect, people love to throw the words ‘slander’ and ‘libel’ around but nobody has ever paid thousands to prosecute over a slightly angry email about pulling their finger out)