Civil disputes are where legal costs most easily outrun the thing being fought over. The discipline is an early, honest read of the merits, then the cheapest route that resolves it: a letter, an ombudsman, mediation, and court only when it earns its keep.
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Neighbour disputes are the cases where winning can cost more than losing: legal fees outrun the strip of land, and a formal dispute must be disclosed when you sell, denting the price.
Read the guide →Being chased for a debt you dispute, or can't pay?A demand is not proof.
Read the guide →Let down by a professional you paid to protect you?Solicitors, surveyors, accountants and advisers owe you reasonable skill and care, and they carry compulsory insurance against failing in it.
Read the guide →Left out of a will, or doubt the will itself?Will disputes run on two distinct tracks.
Read the guide →Being defamed online or in your trade?A defamation claim needs a statement published to others that seriously harms your reputation, and for businesses that means serious financial loss, a deliberately high bar.
Read the guide →Any hour. It explains where you stand and books civil disputes help for the morning.
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