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Suing Landlady
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We recently took our LL to court and won back all but £300 of our deposit.
This is because a carpet had been water damaged and the judge believed her that we didn't clean the place on leaving, despite having a cleaning rota all the time we were there and spending a day scrubbing the place and cleaning carpets.
Her claims were generally bizarre though - saying we had a litter of kittens in the house and bailiffs coming to the door (one neutered cat and a couple of late bills while our postal divert went through).
I know how much hard work can go into a case and how stressful CC can be so you have my sympathies.
I work in courts on a daily basis and it was still gruelling.DEBT FREE! Sep '08/£9,800 in Oct '06 :beer:0 -
Guy_Montag wrote: »What is steak echallot(sp?)
Steak Echallot a la Generali (serves 2)
Ingredients:
2 sirloin steaks from the local butcher
5 shallots very finely chopped
A little reduced home made stock
A good sized glass of red wine*
Butter
Sunflower/groundnut oil
Salt and pepper
Method:
1. Take the heaviest frying pan you can find and put on a very low heat and sweat the shallots in some butter having very lightly seasoned them.
2. Scrape the shallots into a bowl. Whack the temperature right up on the pan and add a little tiny bit of butter and some oil (oil raises the burning point of the butter).
3. While the pan is getting hot, Lightly salt and pepper the outside of the steaks.
4. Once the pan is good and hot (just smoking) put in the steaks and cook to taste. 2.5 mins on one side and 2 on the other works well for a rare-ish thickish steak.
5. Once the steak is cooked, deglaze the pan with the red wine and stock and reduce to about half the original amount of liquid. Stir in the onions and whisk in a little cold butter at the last second to make the sauce nice and glossy. Adjust seasoning.
6. The sauce making time should be at least 5 mins to let the steak rest when it comes out of the pan.
7. Eat and enjoy!!!
It's great with fried pots/home made chips/green salad with a good vinaigrette/crusty bread. A huge treat.
*Generali's Golden rule #94 - never cook with anything you wouldn't drink.0 -
Indeed spend the money on a nice little holiday for you and Mrs Generali.
Don't forget that the OP mentioned his wife was pregnant two years ago, so it'll presumably be Mr, Mrs and Sprog Generali!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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budget_counsellor_shaz wrote: »I was so sorry to read this!!! Poor Mrs G and you Generali
Can you appeal?
The judge is the fact-finder in the County Court. You can only appeal on a point of law, not just not liking the decision....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Don't forget that the OP mentioned his wife was pregnant two years ago, so it'll presumably be Mr, Mrs and Sprog Generali!
Actually there are 2 Generalissimos, one 3 years old and one 19 months.
This is Generalissimo #1 (in the flat owned by the LL I had the dispute with when he was very young). This is Generalissimo #2 (with Special Guest Star Chocolate!).0 -
thats so out of order the judge acusses Mrs g of lying when the LL has clearly lied about broken furniture and a dirty house .
The judge has to make findings of fact, that's his job....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »The judge is the fact-finder in the County Court. You can only appeal on a point of law, not just not liking the decision.
I think I should have the right of appeal based on the fact that the judge disagreed with Mrs Generali and thus clearly an idiot. Perhaps English law isn't ready for that yet.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »The judge has to make findings of fact, that's his job.
I'm pretty relaxed about it TBH. The judge had to say one or other party was lying. That we got half what we sued for makes me think that he couldn't really decide.0 -
Nice photos! Love the chocolate (-:
There is one NDG-ling, in my avatar (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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