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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Based on the information provided by OP, the only sensible option remaining is to issue a Statement of Claim suing the neighbour for harassment and financial damages
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Harassment is not a legal cause of action (it's not an independent tort). Nuisance is, though: it is the frustration of the reasonable use of a person's property. This sure sounds a lot like nuisance. You don't need to look for legal damages, because those might be tough to prove - better option would be to sue for a prohibitory injunction preventing the offending behaviour, combined with costs. However, like all lawsuits, this is not free. What is free? As noted, if you can identify a by-law offense (city, not condo, condo by-laws are merely a set of instructions on how to run your condo corporation and have no real legal force), and can convince the people in charge of enforcing that by-law to do something, the cost is passed on to your municipality. Joy!
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
As I implied in my earlier post, a Statement of Claim is nothing but a legal threat telling the other party that you're serious about the dispute and do not wish to tolerate their behaviour any longer.
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This is absolutely not the case. A statement of claim is a pleading that commences a lawsuit. As soon as it's filed and served on the defendant, you are suing them and they have to draft and file a statement of defense.
Best advice you gave was really to call that guy who does condo law, which is honestly a practice area I've never heard of but I assume it's code for "boutique real estate".