Small Claims Procedure: A Practical Guide - Judge Patricia Pearl

[BankFodder]

If you are tired of being sad and if you are tired of being alone at parties and you want to meet people and you want to impress new acquaintances then this book is for you.

Small Claims Procedure: A Practical Guide
Judge Patricia Pearl a District Judge at the County Court has produced an excellent guide to the whole business of litigating in the small claims court.

This is not only a book that is going to be useful to you if you are suing your bank. This is going to be invaluable to you in any aspect at all where you attempt to Reclaim the Right. This book is much larger that I would normally have expected to be recommending for the lay person seeking to bring their own action in the County Court without professional legal help. At 300 pages I would normally have expected something far more technical and less successful than Patricia Pearl’s book. However this book is beautifully laid out informative, explanatory, full of detailed tables, check lists, cross references, sample forms and many many reminders as to the basic principles of each particular stage that Patricia Pearl happens to be dealing with at that particular point.

As can be expected the book deals with all aspects of bringing a case to court from the preliminary steps of attempting to negotiate, attempting to achieve an out of court settlement before the action starts, letters before action, drafting the claim and there are helpful forms included in the book where the steps to be taken are outlined on the forms themselves.

Patricia Pearl goes through the business of filling out a claim form from dealing with the identity of the claimant and the defendant all the way through to dealing with the value of the claim with the amount claimed, calculating the court fee and of course this knotty problem that we all have of what interest to apply to the claim. She then talks about the defence and of course the allocation questionnaire.

The book goes on to talk about costs in the Small Claims Court and a very good chapter on the hearing itself, lots of information about what is expected of you and how to conduct it.

Finally Patricia Pearl deals with the whole question of applications to set aside judgement which is something we are finding more and more on the Forum as the banks are receiving judgements against them. She then goes on to discuss the process of enforcing the judgement..

In the last chapter or so of the book Patricia Pearl deals with drafting of various documents including drafting letters before action and includes samples, she deals with other correspondence gives examples of advice on drafting claims, defences, counter claims, admissions -- and once again deals with the calculations of statutory interest.

Eventually a number of appendices deal with various issues including court fees, costs and appendix 5 contains a very useful selection of sample forms.

It is difficult to see how any particular aspect of small claims process has been not dealt with in this book. Any litigant in person who uses this book as his guide will find that he has very few questions to ask at the end. At £17.10 this is not a cheap book but on the other hand no law books are cheap. This book has the advantage of qualifying for free delivery under the Amazon rules.

I have been looking at quite a number of much smaller guides that I first imagined would be more far more suitable for the users of The Consumer Action Group forum but in fact when I compare them to this book by Patricia Pearl I find that they are really very scant in the amount of information that they give and they are still as much as half of the price of Patricia Pearl’s book but probably less than a quarter of the value.

This book demystifies the Small Claims process and is wholeheartedly recommended for anyone who wants to feel in control of their litigation.

If you are interested in buying this book please use one of the specific links in the announcement at the top of this forum. We actually get a slightly larger commission if you buy through a specific link than if you use our general Amazon link. www.consumeractiongroup.c o.uk/forum/announcement.php?f=74&a=1 3

[Spiceskull]

You have it in three words: "reclaim the right..." - perhaps we should send a copy to David Cameron...

[Switch]

Looks like a very good book.

Have just purchased from Amazon using the link at the head of this forum.

Hope it helped.

Switch

[BankFodder]

Let us know if we made the right recommendation when you get it.

(Actually, the link to use is the one within the announcement itself.) www.consumeractiongroup.c o.uk/forum/announcement.php?f=74&a=1 3

[Switch]

What a great book.

The book arrived yesterday and I have been stuck to it like the majority of the population are when a new Harry Potter book is released.

This book has without doubt been purposely written in laymen terms aimed for the self litigant person who has no or little knowledge of the legal claims system. It is a very easy but yet informative read.

Overall I would recommend it to anyone thinking about acting as litigant in person.

[Spiceskull]

My copy turned up yesterday, and although I have not had time to get started on it, you just know that any book that has a claims process flowchart on the inside cover is going to be good!

Seriously though, I turned straight to the section I am immediately interested in...well, I will be writing some notes and posting an idea over the weekend.

I am seriously looking forward to reading this book...

[Spiceskull]

Originally Posted by Switch

What a great book.

The book arrived yesterday and I have been stuck to it like the majority of the population are when a new Harry Potter book is released.

This book has without doubt been purposely written in laymen terms aimed for the self litigant person who has no or little knowledge of the legal claims system. It is a very easy but yet informative read.

Overall I would recommend it to anyone thinking about acting as litigant in person.

I must concur - the thought of reading a book about law is enough to put people off. Admittedly, it is not the next bestselling spy thriller, but it is an easy-going book to read, well laid out, and when you need to reference a certain word or topic, the information can be found very quickly...

[sequenci]

just awaiting for mine to arrive

[BankFodder]

If you ordered less than about 2 days ago, I'm afraid that there will be a delay.
The publisgers have run our and expect to be able to let us have more stock in about 10 days.
Not good but we can't do anything about it, I'm afraid.

Let us know if you want a refund - which will incude your paypal fees, of course.

[sequenci]

Originally Posted by BankFodder

If you ordered less than about 2 days ago, I'm afraid that there will be a delay.
The publisgers have run our and expect to be able to let us have more stock in about 10 days.
Not good but we can't do anything about it, I'm afraid.

Let us know if you want a refund - which will incude your paypal fees, of course.

will wait, it's no biggie

[Switch]

Originally Posted by sequenci

will wait, it's no biggie

It will be well worth the wait sequenci, it's a great book.

I never thought I would ever hear myself saying that about a law book.

[whsa]

Originally Posted by BankFodder

If you ordered less than about 2 days ago, I'm afraid that there will be a delay.
The publisgers have run our and expect to be able to let us have more stock in about 10 days.
Not good but we can't do anything about it, I'm afraid.

Let us know if you want a refund - which will incude your paypal fees, of course.

I placed my order on 19th June so I may, or may not have just made it...

I am supposed to enter my claim on 4th July, should I wait for the book to arrive in the post or look in the high street for it?

[mechs]

Originally Posted by BankFodder

If you ordered less than about 2 days ago, I'm afraid that there will be a delay.
The publisgers have run our and expect to be able to let us have more stock in about 10 days.
Not good but we can't do anything about it, I'm afraid.

Let us know if you want a refund - which will incude your paypal fees, of course.

We've just bought this one from the CAG link ... and we have no problem waiting for you to get more stock in.

with so many of us buying it will Judge Patricia Pearl be a best seller!!

[BankFodder]

Originally Posted by ashw

I placed my order on 19th June so I may, or may not have just made it...

I am supposed to enter my claim on 4th July, should I wait for the book to arrive in the post or look in the high street for it?

If you need it now then you should try to find one elsewhere. we are sorry about the delay. I suggest that you keep your ordr with us so that you keep your place in the queue but look around elsewhere. If you find one, then let us know quickly and we will refund you including you paypal fee.

[whsa]

Is there any news on availability of this book?

I'm still waiting for my order.