My fiancé and I bought a car from a guy online, we paid him in cash and we got the car. At the time we signed a paper

Hi, I am John Melis, solicitor, in Victoria. I appreciate you reaching out today with your critical comments.

Every legal matter has some form of complexity. It is either working out what the law says, or how to apply the law to the facts. Upon review of the information you have, a key element is to be able to address your entire circumstance in a clear and precise matter with the overall events that have occurred. One of the critical aspects which can help resolve your issue quickly and provide you with enough information to make an informed decision is to list everything in order by timeline. Completing this timeline structure will give you the ability to see how the actual events have unfolded more accurately. Then you can apply the law to your situation. Sometimes, when we think we have a straightforward problem, there are side aspects that need to be considered that could change the outcome of your decision-making. The first step in your essential matter is to create that listing of events. Then from that list, you can see if anything is missing, and then they could add support for your case to allow you to make an informed decision on the material that you have. I invite you to create a chronological list of events that have occurred. Once you have completed that list, I kindly ask you to post that in the chatbox. Then I can provide further options to help you make an informed decision.

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Thank you for the attachment. You have done a good job by putting everything in a chronological order. Now your Nextep is to raise the necessary claim in the Queensland civil administrative tribunal.

You can manage this process without a lawyer, in your local tribunal, QCAT.

The QCAT process is excellent to mediate disputes of this type as it forces the parties to come together to discuss the issues involved.

In most cases at mediation, the matter will settle.

You will be the applicant and the other party the respondent.

The important filing document is the points of claim. This document needs to careful preparation.

What you need to do is to write the complaint in a chronological order detailing what the issue is and what action you have taken to try and rectify the matter.

The chronological order needs to be numbered with points 1, 2, 3, etc. with each point being a separate item. I recommend that you download the application first, complete the same and then upload as required to commence the claim.

The following link will assist you further. http://www.qcat.qld.gov.au

Would you like to consider this option?

You have a legal right to protect your interests in this situation.

This link above will assist you in the requirements to complete the application form, and there are various help menus on the website that will also assist you in finalising the application.

Before you submit your application, make sure that you have all your evidence in hand for the hearing.

Keep in mind that once you have lodged your application, you need to serve the application on the other party once instructed by the tribunal.

Mediation is an option first, and you can utilise a mediator for that or a solicitor, and then if those don't work go straight to the tribunal.

Just type in Google mediator and your suburb area and you'll see several mediators come up that you can ring find out their prices to help you resolve the issue amicably.