Either party may offer to settle a case at any time, up until when the judge makes his ruling. The CPR encourage offers of settlement to be made, and if offers are made in accordance with the rules there can be very significant costs savings for the party making the...
If you are a tenant whose landlord has failed or is refusing to carry out necessary repairs to your home having been informed of the problem your first step should be complaining to your local council. They have a statutory duty to investigate cases of disrepair and...
A litigant in person is entitled to their legal costs under CPR 46.5 as a litigant in person much as as a litigant represented by a solicitor or barrister is entitled to the costs of representation. Costs can be claimed by a litigant in person for work carried out...
Although a verbal business contract will be legal and binding in most situations they are difficult to enforce when there is a dispute. You could end up in court spending vast sums of money arguing who said what to whom when and where. In business your agreements...
If you are in business and are owed money by another business as a business debt you are entitled to interest on the debt and amount owed. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998 (as amended by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002) give you a...
Drafting a Statement of Claim Your Statement of Claim or Particulars of Claim is the document which sets out what you are claiming and gives details of why you say you are entitled to a judgment from the court. It is sometimes called the Statement of Claim or Points...
