Witness statement A witness statement contain the evidence in support of your case. As such your witness statement is critical and winning or losing might well turn on how witness statements are prepared. If something you wish to put before the court is not in a...
Statutory demands can be very effective. Serving a statutory demand upon someone who owes you money together with the threat of bankruptcy will concentrate a debtors mind on resolving matters. Court proceedings are one only way of enforcing payment of money owed to...
What is meant by ‘without prejudice’ when it is put on the top of a letter? Many people think they know that very well. They will say that without prejudice correspondence cannot be used or brought to the attention of the court should the matter go to trial. They...
A person who receives money as the result of a mistake made by someone else is not entitled to keep the money. The position with money paid by mistake is much the same as if you find a £20 note in the street. The money received by mistake does not belong to you as it...
When a case is lost, and you are ordered to pay a judgment together most probably with legal costs, the usual order will usually be for payment within 14 days. But what if you do not have the money to pay the judgment debt and cannot pay? This will very often be the...
Court rules allow a party to litigation to make an offer to settle the claim at any stage of the proceedings. Indeed you will be encouraged throughout to make an offer to settle the claim and agree an out of court settlement. There is no need to pay the money offered...
