Bournemouth Solicitors

CIVIL LITIGATION & DISPUTES SERVICE BOURNEMOUTH

If you have visited or perhaps will visit other pages on this site, you will note that we have specific pages which deal with our services in areas such as commercial litigation, debt recovery and negligence claims.

In our experience, there is a different category of disputes, generally involving individuals against other individuals. These types of issues have their own particular set of problems, they tend to become very personal very quickly, and rarely do they result in either side “winning” if they reach trial. By “winning” we mean a result which is a total victory and results in either complete success in ether claiming or defending, a damages award plus receipt of those damages and costs. This is  a rare occurence.

We of course understand that some matters are very difficult to simply drop or for rights to simply be ignored or breached. However, it is extremely important in these circumstances to keep a clear head, and perhaps take some advice.

The service we offer is to assess your case with you at an early stage, for a fixed fee, to provide the most realistic and clear opinion possible on the likely legal prospects and risks. We will also assist in seeking to determine whether it is worthwhile pursuing a claim against the defendant in question. Put simply, if they don’t appear to have assets, you need to know at the earliest opportunity. Instructing a solicitor on a fixed fee basis can also quite often improve the chances of a mediated solution, poarticularly if 2 sensible sets of solicitors are representing the parties. In those circumstances the solicitors can seek to quickly get a fuller  picture of each side’s case and encourage the parties to find a mediated solution, which can be backed up by a formal order, enforceable at court if breached.

Bournemouth litigation solicitors can help with the following matters :-

Landlord & tenant or property related disputes

• Disputed rights of way over land
• Issues arising from co-ownership of property
• Disputes with builders or tradesmen
• Rent arrears claims
• Property disrepair claims
• Tree root issues
• Access to neighbour’s property & party wall act issues
• Landlord & Tenant Disputes

Consumer law claims & disputes

• Misrepresentation & misdescription of goods or services
• faulty goods claims
• hire purchase and credit agreements for unsatisfactory goods
• faulty or incomplete work by builders or other tradesmen
• unfair consumer contracts
• holiday disputes

Inheritance  & wills disputes

• Claims for inheritance
• (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
• Claims relating to undue influence in the execution of Wills
• Claims for or against executors and trustees
• The deceased lacked the mental capacity to make a Will.