HELP ME WITH Tenancy disputes
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Hello everyone, i need help. I have a partner who rented a room with me. We agreed to stay for 6months. now my partner backs out on me and in doing so, i cant pay the whole share of the rental. I have to move out too. In doing this i lose the deposit which we have spilt originally. She says she is willing to forfeit her side of the deposit, but i am not. So i told her to compensate me with my share of the deposit money. She refuses to and says she will forfeit her side and is not gonna care about my side. I feel that this is unfair. And i have found out that there is a law somewhere stating that in such a senario, she must pay me back my share of it. That is certain. The only problem is, i have been searching online all day and i cant seem to find that law. I need the law to show in court can someone pls provide me with the link? Thanks so much.
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plz help ):
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what i think is, you should go direct to court [as in go find a lawyer] and clarify ur doubts. searching online isnt going to help because not all information is correct ;D
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Unless there is some form of legal agreement from the 2 of you splitting the room rental, then nothing can be done.
No point engaging a lawyer since it will probably cost you more money.
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Originally posted by Mybluemoon:
what i think is, you should go direct to court [as in go find a lawyer] and clarify ur doubts. searching online isnt going to help because not all information is correct ;D
It's about forfeiting deposit money which I presume is probably a few hundred dollars at most.
You want to engage a lawyer to get back that few hundred dollars?
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Wait my bad, there are always lawyers who do pro bono.
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no black and white, can forget it
want to get lawyer? lose more money instead.
the fella who pang seh u is your friend? time to change friends
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Germaineyeo u can try to contact HDB for help on this kind of matter.
U can try to find a new roommate too.
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change friend.
I dont think HDB will get involved in tenancy disputes.
Best bet is go back to your housing agent if U had one.most likely agent also try to siam but try 1st lor...
few hundred bucks to know a "friend".
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You need to rely on what's written down.
If your name only is on the tenancy agreement then, its you only would be liable to the landlord. What agreement you made verbally with your friend will be a private arrangement separate from the tenancy. Try to get new roommate, this time make sure its on paper.
If its your friend's name only, then I suggest you fly-by-night and forfeit the deposit too.
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Alternatively, you should quickly find another room mate, preferably your friend/classmates/colleagues etc, if cannot, then have to put on paper slips advertisement for female room mates around your house or ask your agent for help.
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You are the plaintiff and your friend is the defendant.
Can probably state your claims in the small claims tribunal.
http://app.subcourts.gov.sg/sct/index.aspx
The breach of a partnership agreement or an operating agreement constitutes many breach of contract claims made by a business partner or member. A breach of contract occurs when any provision of a contract is not honored by a party to that contract. In order to win a lawsuit, there are four elements of a breach of contract claim that a plaintiff must prove:
- That the contract at issue is valid
- That the plaintiff performed their part of the contract
- That the defendant didn’t perform a certain aspect of the contract
- That the defendant’s breach caused damage to the plaintiff
The fourth element that must be proved is called causation. The plaintiff must be able to show that the defendant’s breach was the causal factor to the plaintiff’s loss. Generally, a plaintiff will have a good case when they are able to prove all four of these elements. However, even if a breach existed, if it did not cause any economic damage to the plaintiff there will usually not be any compensation awarded.
When a plaintiff wins, they are usually granted compensation for the amount of their loss. In a partnership, after finding a defendant guilty, the partners may have the option of voting out the guilty partner or keeping him onboard.
http://www.legalfish.com/business-attorney/business-litigation.htm
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where is the contract?
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A parol contract is also a valid contract.
Unless you are husband and wife, the court will deem the claim as valid.
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if there is no tenancy agreement
or got it stamp or so
Then i think TS, u can said bye bye
thats the problem when people want
to save money on this stuff
Then when things happen, make noise and etc
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i don't think there was any paper involved
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Ts, no paper involve?
Then i think u can just suck thumb
dun bother go to court
Court look at black and white documents
They dun have time for u one ...
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
i don't think there was any paper involved
No paper as in no tenancy agreement between tenant and landlord; or no paper as in no agreement between the two friends?
TS didn't state that there was no tenancy agreement.
Even if there are no tenancy agreement, the landlord can go to the SCT to testify that there was an oral agreement tenancy.
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
No paper as in no tenancy agreement between tenant and landlord; or no paper as in no agreement between the two friends?
TS didn't state that there was no tenancy agreement.
i dunno man.
not my problem
i wouldn't get myself into this kind of sh*t anyway