What is a small claim? Small claims are defined in the court rules as claims for sums of money of under £10,000. Every case before the court is allocated to a “track” and each track has different rules. One of the three tracks is for small claims defined...
6 weeks into the Covid-19 lockdown, and this is my first blog. I have started several others, but one of the features of this strange time is that as soon as you have found a subject that might be interesting to write about, we are into another phase. My...
Problem one: Delays to dispute resolution The civil justice system in the UK will inevitably slow as a result of the government measures. In one of my cases, despite ACAS Early Conciliation seemingly operating as well as could be expected, it was in fact the parties...
As we find ourselves in these very different times, it is causing many families with working parents to try and juggle conflicting areas of their family homes. I’ve been a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer for over 10 years and have been involved in some...