Procedure to Trial

Try to resolve outside of court.

ADR: Negotiation/ Mediation/ Concilation/ Arbitration

Pre- action protocol

NI form - details of C & D and particulars of claim

14 days to reply

Track system - civil procedure act 1997 (lord woolf)

3 Track System

1) small claims/ county court - Over 10,000 (informal/district judge)

2) fast track - from 10,000 to 25,000 - 35 weeks - county court

3) Multi- track - county court - over 100,000 - high court - over 100,000 - complex point of law