FAQs

  • Yes, all depends on your personal circumstance and the merit of the claim. We may ask you to pay an upfront fee to cover the expenses such as postage, travelling and legal costs. However, we will charge you a percentage on the total awarded amount from mediation or final outcome.

  • We may ask you for proof of income to allow us to assess your financial circumstances. If your case presents a merit of 60 % or above, we will bear the cost and charge a percentage on the total awarded amount.

  • We have low fixed fee. The cost will depend on the location of the Court or Tribunal. Feel free to contact us.

  • Yes we do.

  • No we are not a regulated law firm. We have purposefully remained unregulated so as to ensure that each clients received the highest level attention and legal services on low costs.

  • A regulated law firm is licenced by an approved Regulator for the purpose of Legal Services Act 2007 such as the Solicitor Regulation Authority (SRA) or Cilex.

  • There are six reserves legal activities that must be carried out by a regulated law firm; the exercise of a right of audience; the conduct of litigation; reserved instrument activities; probate activities; notarial activities and the administration of oaths. However, as un unregulated law firm, we are exempted under the Legal Services Act 2007 to exercise the right of audience and reserved instrument activities for small claims track. We can also represent you and correspond on your behalf

  • No we are not Solicitors, Barrister or Cilex. However, we can represent you in small track claim as Lay Representative pursuant to the Lay Representative Order 1999. As Mckenzie Friend in any Jurisdiction in the United Kingdom

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  • any claim which has a financial value of not more than £10,000 subject to the special provisions about claims for personal injuries and housing disrepair claims;

    any claim for personal injuries which has a financial value of not more than £10,000 where the claim for damages for personal injuries is not more than £1,000; and

    any claim which includes a claim by a tenant of residential premises against his landlord for repairs or other work to the premises where the estimated cost of the repairs or other work is not more than £1,000 and the financial value of any other claim for damages is not more than £1,000)

  • A Lay Representative is any person other than solicitor or barrister exercising the right of audience under the small claim track. In order to exercise the right of audience under CPR 27.3(1) and Lay Representative (Right of Audience) Order 1999, A Lay Representative must attend a hearing along with his or her client. Item description

  • Under CPR 27.14(4), The limits on costs imposed on small claim also apply to any fee or reward for a party to the proceedings charged by a person exercising a right of audience by virtue of a Lay Representative order 1999. However, if the opposite party behaves unreasonably, you will be entitled to recover your costs.

  • A conduct cannot be described as unreasonable simply because it leads in the event to an unsuccessful result or because other more cautious legal representatives would have acted differently. The acid test is whether the conduct permits of a reasonable explanation…. The unreasonableness acidity test for small claims is set in Dammermann v Lanyon Bowdler LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 269

  • A McKenzie Friend can best be described as anyone who accompanies you to court to help you as a Litigant in Person. A McKenzie Friend is able to sit with you in the court and offer advice and support as well as taking notes to help you.

  • A reserved instrument for the purpose of the Legal Services Act 2007 includes but not limited to any instrument relating to court proceedings in England and Wales. As we are exempted to exercise the right of audience under an enactment (Lay Representative order 1999, we are also exempted to carry reserved instrument for small claims under Schedule 3 para 3(7)(c) of the Legal Services Act 2007

  • There is no legal obligation for the registered keepers to identify the driver or even nominate themselves as driver of the vehicle. Furthermore, there is no assumption that the registered keeper is also the driver of the vehicle. The invitation to disclose the name and the address of the driver can simply be declined

  • As a tenant or Leaseholder, you are subject to terms and conditions set out in your tenancy agreement or Leasehold. If there is no clause within your tenancy agreement or Lease to display a permit, you will not be bound by the terms and conditions of any Parking company.

  • If a notice to driver was initially affixed to your vehicle, parking companies are legally bound to issue a notice to keeper within 28 days following the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice to driver was affixed. However, if no notice to driver was issued, parking company has to serve a notice to keeper within 14 days beginning with the day after that on which the specified period of parking ended

  • It is sometime worth to wait for a notice to keeper sent by post or given by hand before making any representation.

  • Parking ticket debt cannot affect your credit score without a final decision from the County Court. Even if there is a decision against you, A CCJ will not be registered against if you satisfy your liability within the time ordered by the Court.

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