Small Claims Court - Questions

[earthdome]

I will confirm what the others have said. I also had a positive resolution from an issue brought before the barangay captain.

[Gator]

19 minutes ago, earthdome said:

I will confirm what the others have said. I also had a positive resolution from an issue brought before the barangay captain.

Me too.

Barangay captains yield quite a bit of power and influence; plus its very likely it'll be quicker. The court may even ask if you tired that route first. Having dealt with the extremely slow and inefficient court system, I would first seek any alternative route available.

[SNAFU]

15 hours ago, Gator said:

Barangay captains yield quite a bit of power and influence;

Well said, Gator, and so true in our experience. The Captain was very professional, cordial and her English flawless - I could tell she'd been around the block many a time! My tips would be: dress neatly, be respectful, concise and have your documents and story squared away, we had a witness that helped, too. In our case the Barangay "fetched" the other party because he was hesitant to appear. To me, the Captain's approach was pretty much "counselling" the other party to do the right thing and make good on our contract, at the risk of his business reputation and possible "shame" (my word, not hers) within the local community. No threats were made, and things never went "legalese". One visit and done. Yes, I was amazed.

[Jake]

2 hours ago, SNAFU said:

Well said, Gator, and so true in our experience. 

Another snafu avoided....well done SNAFU!

[thailend19]

5 hours ago, Jake said:

Another snafu avoided....well done SNAFU!

Thanks to all of you who offered an alternative that I hope proves to get her the money she's entitled to. I'll let you know the outcome(in the next mnth).

[Jack Peterson]

5 minutes ago, thailend19 said:

I'll let you know the outcome(in the next mnth).

 Best of luck my friend, new budgets are out next month you may be Lucky 

 

Jack

Morning all ( not stopping long this morning  Gonna meet the others at 1pm) 

Edited March 9, 2017 by Jack Peterson
a little punctuation if you don't mind

[sonjack2847]

2 hours ago, Jack Peterson said:

 Best of luck my friend, new budgets are out next month you may be Lucky 

 

Jack

Morning all ( not stopping long this morning  Gonna meet the others at 1pm) 

Who is who?

[earthdome]

19 hours ago, SNAFU said:

Well said, Gator, and so true in our experience. The Captain was very professional, cordial and her English flawless - I could tell she'd been around the block many a time! My tips would be: dress neatly, be respectful, concise and have your documents and story squared away, we had a witness that helped, too. In our case the Barangay "fetched" the other party because he was hesitant to appear. To me, the Captain's approach was pretty much "counselling" the other party to do the right thing and make good on our contract, at the risk of his business reputation and possible "shame" (my word, not hers) within the local community. No threats were made, and things never went "legalese". One visit and done. Yes, I was amazed.

That is a great summary and is very similar to my experience.

[sonjack2847]

19 hours ago, earthdome said:

That is a great summary and is very similar to my experience.

Yes and my experience also ended this way.