My fiancee and I had our wedding cancelled by our venue, just four and a half months before the big day. The venue claim they cancelled as a result of an unrelated meal where we asked for a discount against the bill having not received the items advertised on their promotional leaflet. They did return our deposit, but, apart from the stress of the whole episode, we incurred additional costs including re-registration of our wedding and finding an alternative venue at relatively short notice, which in terms of hire costs was much dearer. Having found a new venue and gotten our plans back on track, it would have been easy to have put the whole episode behind us. However, in written correspondence between us and the venue attempting to seek compensation, they continued to use defamatory language in describing our character and alleged behaviour on the night of the meal, all of which is untrue. Having sought advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau, we are now taking them to small claims court to recover costs for re-registering our wedding and additional venue hire costs. We believe we have a case as the venue were in breach of contract by cancelling our wedding at this point; none of their terms and conditions state that they could cancel at any time for any reason. As a result of this breach, we have incurred a loss for which we are seeking compensation. Does anyone have any similar experiences or advice to offer before we attend our court hearing in late July? Thanks