If someone owes you money and you cannot settle things in any other way, you may decide to issue a claim through the county court. People also issue claims for other reasons see below.
County courts deal with all these types of claim or ‘small claims courts. Going to The small claims court should always be the last resort. There are now a number of other ways of sorting out complaints, disputes and legal problems without court action, including arbitration, mediation and ombudsmen schemes.
Legal page last ppdated on January 24, 2017