Hey Kevin

I didn't know you where a trouble maker !

Seriously though you may be able to pursue a case for slander. I would try the small claims court as you can do that yourself no lawyer involved.

You'd have to decide how damaged your reputation was and put a price on it.I think you would have to show some loss.

Your first step would probably be to write to the club owner letting him know what you intend to do (small claims court damages etc) and giving him a chance to retract etc.

Nick Mason
>This is what annoys me, he's willing to get involved to a certain degree, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty - not interested.
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>The only way of clearing my name, I think, would be to challenge the manager of the club about these claims, and ask them to provide me with all the details and the go from there. My only worry then is that they can't come up with the details, but still insist I was involved, in which case I will be shafted.
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>Kev
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>>seems to be more like a case of mistaken identity, but you are right about clearing your name. how can the owner support the views expressed by the others if they didn't list evidence?
>>Cheers
>>~M
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>>>I'm not too bothered about getting back in, what bothers me most is the fact they have chosen to make up these "incidents", and things like that tend to spread around the town, and I don't want that.
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>>>The owner can't give details of these incidents because he doesn't know what they were, so my last hope is to write a letter asking the manager for details, dates etc. to see if they really are just lying, or have confused me with someone else, they don't know me that well, and they certainly couldn't have put a name to my face previously.
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>>>Kev
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>>>>sounds like there is a bit of an old boys click going on within the inner circle of this club. to get on a high horse a bit if they treat you like this then it is not worth being part of this club. i think that as you are not a member you have very little rights, at least if you were there would have to be a formal decision with evidence, whereby because you are not a member they can just inforce a rule that already exists and this leaves you with very little come back. i would ask to speak to the owner friend of yours but in a more formal way about the reasons why you are barred and a list of any incidents presented against you, but to be honest in my experience in matters such as these very little changes.
>>>>Cheers
>>>>~M
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>>>>>Hi
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>>>>>I used to attend a (social) club in my town very regularly, I'm not a member (as I was never asked) but I spoke my mind to a member the other night who then complained, this got me barred.
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>>>>>Upon contacting the owner (through someone I knew) he said that he would've overlooked this incident, but was told (by the bar staff) that I had been involved in similar incidents previously.
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>>>>>This is a complete lie and it sounds like someone's got it in for me or something. Is there anything I can do about this to clear my name, is there any law against being wrongfully accused, surely it's defloration of character or something, I don't want my name spread around as a trouble-maker when this was the only incident.
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>>>>>Any suggestions?
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>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Kev