My right of reply and misuse of data.

silvercar

Options:

1. do nothing. Rise above it, Give someone enough rope….

2. Play passive aggressive. Respond to everyone that you are not commenting other than to say you hope people are getting the help they need. You could step it up, by saying this time of year can be difficult for some and list some crisis charities etc

3. go nuclear and threaten legal action. Tell everyone you are aware that you have been slandered/ libelled and are taking legal advice. Find a cease and desist template online and send it to her.

I’d avoid responding directly to her accusations, as this will just encourage a response.

MattMattMattUK

silvercar said:

Options:

1. do nothing. Rise above it, Give someone enough rope….

2. Play passive aggressive. Respond to everyone that you are not commenting other than to say you hope people are getting the help they need. You could step it up, by saying this time of year can be difficult for some and list some crisis charities etc

3. go nuclear and threaten legal action. Tell everyone you are aware that you have been slandered/ libelled and are taking legal advice. Find a cease and desist template online and send it to her.

I’d avoid responding directly to her accusations, as this will just encourage a response.

Go with three, send her a cease and desist, with an addition that she must retract any and all defamatory comments in writing to all parties involved.

born_again

Follow up to this thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6646485/as-both-landlord-and-tenant-were-in-a-massive-pickle-anyone-got-any-advice#latest

solidpro

Or any advice on where else I should be asking.... these are different queries as the situation has evolved since that. I'm trying to be more specific today.

solidpro

silvercar said:

Options:

1. do nothing. Rise above it, Give someone enough rope….

2. Play passive aggressive. Respond to everyone that you are not commenting other than to say you hope people are getting the help they need. You could step it up, by saying this time of year can be difficult for some and list some crisis charities etc

3. go nuclear and threaten legal action. Tell everyone you are aware that you have been slandered/ libelled and are taking legal advice. Find a cease and desist template online and send it to her.

I’d avoid responding directly to her accusations, as this will just encourage a response.

Thank you. I like all 3, although being silent feels like im hiding or scared to stand up for myself....

2 - I like it. Don't take the bait and just be quite sympathtic. I would mean I have to newsletter everyone around here which might me seem a bit mad too though.

3- she is a sole trader / partnership. I feel it would be satisfying but essentially be empty as I am not sure anything I can do about her sending all sorts of random stuff about me in emails if she wants...

born_again

solidpro said:

Or any advice on where else I should be asking.... these are different queries as the situation has evolved since that. I'm trying to be more specific today.

True, but it gives some background to the post.

elsien

MattMattMattUK said:

silvercar said:

Options:

1. do nothing. Rise above it, Give someone enough rope….

2. Play passive aggressive. Respond to everyone that you are not commenting other than to say you hope people are getting the help they need. You could step it up, by saying this time of year can be difficult for some and list some crisis charities etc

3. go nuclear and threaten legal action. Tell everyone you are aware that you have been slandered/ libelled and are taking legal advice. Find a cease and desist template online and send it to her.

I’d avoid responding directly to her accusations, as this will just encourage a response.

Go with three, send her a cease and desist, with an addition that she must retract any and all defamatory comments in writing to all parties involved.

Why?  very little the OP  can do about if if she doesn’t. Realistically, who is going to take legal action over a few letters - don’t make threats that you won’t follow up on. 

if the OP is a reasonable sort then other people in the block will know that and will probably discard everything as yesterday‘s chip paper. Unless the OP is not a reasonable sort and subsequently does something to inflame things further. 

For reference I would not consider any messages in this context private and would always carefully consider what I wrote and who might see it before sending. 

SiliconChip

How about a complaint to the ICO? I'd have thought that using the email addresses obtained while she was in an official position for personal purposes after she'd resigned would be a breach of GDPR. 

Those email addresses and the lack of access to them might also make it difficult for the OP to do either of @silvercar's options 2 and 3 electronically, they might have to consider posting a letter through every letterbox.

solidpro

I've sent a special recorded 'cease and desist' letter to the woman who used to be a managing agent. Polite but outlining why I'm sending it, that she immediately stops and apologises to me.

I lodged a formal GDPR complaint to the company on the 17th, which they have ignored.

As they have not responded, I'll submit a formal complaint to the ICO using a template I've been given. Sharing my emails with 3rd parties when legal secretary would be #1, emailing me and cc'ing neighbours saying a bunch of nonsense is #2 and then BCC'ing the company's mailing list addressing 'all shareholders' a week after formal/immediate resignation, particularly when a contractor should resign to the board, not all residents is #3....

theartfullodger

See citizens advice website on dealing with neighbours