Title: CBC News – Difficulty with Collecting Money after Judgment is Received
Date: November 13, 2023
Description: On November 13, 2023, Tanya Walker appeared on CBC television to discuss the difficulties with collecting money after judgment is obtained.
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when Peter Dobson sued his former
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contractor in small claims court he
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hoped it would be a slam dunk and at
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first it was he won the case and he had
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it in black and white a judgment from a
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Nova Scotia small claims court saying
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the contractor he’d hired to build a
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second story addition on his home owed
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him more than $20,000 for failing to
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finish the job if there could be more
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teeth in court order that definitely
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would be helpful because in many cases
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court orders as in my case are totally
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ignored and the court ORD therefore
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useless problem is there are no
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enforcement agencies for small claims
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courts so those who win are on their own
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to try and collect if the person they
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sued doesn’t want to pay go public spoke
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with five other people and companies who
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have successfully sued the same
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contractor none say they’ve been paid
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the total of more than
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$173,000 Auto civil litigation lawyer
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Tanya Walker says make sure someone is
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able to pay before filing a lawsuit and
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it may not be worth it when you do the
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research and realize other judgments are
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ahead of you the person doesn’t have
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assets and so it’s it’s important to
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make a good business decision whether or
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not to sue because you don’t want to end
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up um losing more money in the
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matter