Who'd bear the Legal Fee if I'm going to take legal action actions a debtor?

Hi friend! I apologize if I may not be able to help you on this. When I saw your discussion, I want to help you on this. So, I checked on your profile to make sure my advise will apply to you. However, you are from Malaysia and I am afraid if we have different laws applying regarding legal actions on debts. By the way, here in the Philippines, when a creditor files a legal action against his/her debtor for failure to pay his/her debts, the case is a civil liability, hence an action for "collection for sum of money". Initially, the creditor has to pay for the fees, but in his/her action, he can pray and claim for Attorney's fees and other legal fees or expenses aside from the debt which has to be claimed. Therefore, it is of course will be refunded or reimbursed to you after. The above is applicable here in the Philippines. I am not sure if we have the same applying rules.

Depends on where you are, really. Do you live in the US? Just out of curiousity. Because if you did, you could probably take them to Small Claims Court, which is a (pretty) low-cost way to get about up to $7500 in collections back. The person who files the claim would be paying the filing fee (it's said about $30-$50) plus different fees. You don't really need a lawyer (few states and places even ALLOW for a lawyer in small claims court) as you can just speak for yourself in front of a claim. Hopefully you have your debtors signature and what he/she owes in writing. I've read that there are other fees to it, too, and can mean a couple hundred dollars. However, perhaps you could put whatever you spend toward what you're sueing this person for - because you had to PAY that much. And hopefully you'd win. But where are you located? Judicial systems are different everywhere...Check out a local government or district court website, they might even have a toll-free number you can call with questions. Good luck & I hope you get your money back!