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How to report a case of Perjury

  • 01-11-2022 4:52pm
    #1
    TenMoreMinutes
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭


    Recently I was in an RTB Tribunal, and my tenant perjured himself several times, as of now two counts of which I have concrete evidence of. I am struggling to find the best course of action to go about taking a case against him and was hoping anyone had any insight?



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  • #2
    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,306 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058269985/how-to-report-a-case-of-perjury

    Tenants have been prosecuted in the District Court by their landlords for doing this.



  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,501 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    OP, do you have evidence other than your version of the events? If it's simply your word against the tenant, there is no possibility of a conviction for perjury. The bar is for a conviction is fairly high, the prosecution has to show both that (1) he gave false evidence and (2) he knew at the time that what he said was false or he gave evidence with a reckless disregard for whether it was true or not i.e. at the time, he had no way of knowing if it was true or false.

    Just because you get in the witness box and contradict him won't satisfy the first requirement. Even if it's established that what he said was not true, he can still claim that he genuinely felt that what he said was true. And he will be entitled to the benefit of the doubt (as to his guilt) that that creates.



  • #4
    TenMoreMinutes
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭TenMoreMinutes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119829655#Comment_119829655

    I have documented evidence that directly contradicts what he explicitly and repeatedly claimed was true in the tribunal.



  • #5
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,537 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119829907#Comment_119829907

    that only satisfies the first requirement. how do you prove he knew it was a lie?



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