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Originally Posted by Stuartbe
Dont forget that you have to tell the person that you are recording the calls though !
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FWIW you don't have to advise a malicious caller that you are recording their conversation. You can record any calls on your own phone. The only time you would have to make them aware is if the recipient of the calls were to make these voice recordings available to a third party ie: broadcasting the calls down the phone to another person for instance.
The usual method of doing this sort of thing is to aquire suitable recordings. Transcribe them to paper and make them available to your legal representative. Making them aware that you have "recordings" should they be needed. Though stipulating, you would like advice on any penalties involved in playing these recordings to that party ie: get some advice from your solicitor.
The problem with these sorts of issues is the "Burden of Proof", it comes down to the recipient having as much "Proof" on their side as possible. Otherwise the situations becomes "your word against theirs".
If this were to goto court. Then a transcript could be supplied to the defense. It is then upto them to dispute it. Or provide their interpretation of what was said and the way it was said.
Getting back to the main point. If it's your phone line. You can record any and all traffic over that line. It's just making others aware of the content of that call\s.
FWIW IANAL
Here are a few links:
A Practical guide to dealing with malicious\nuissance calls:
http://www.bullyonline.org/related/malcalls.htm
UK Telephone Recording Laws
http://www.callcorder.com/phone-recording-law-uk.htm
Dealing with Malicious Calls
http://www.bt.com/customerservices/c..._work_together
(.pdf file attached)
http://www.bt.com/customerservices/d...ious_calls.pdf