📌 When you are in dispute with another person
sometimes it is necessary to start a claim in the
civil court. We sometimes call this process ‘filing a claim’ or ‘issuing a claim’. Lawyers also say, ‘starting proceedings’.

❗️We do not use the verb ‘to prosecute’ in civil law because that verb is only used in criminal law.

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▪️The person who starts the claim is called the claimant in the UK.

This person was called the *plaintiff* until 1999, when there were new court rules in England to make everything easier for people to understand.

▪️ However, in the USA the claimant is still called the plaintiff.

▪️In both England
and the USA the other party is called the defendant.

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👌A claim form is the document that a claimant uses to start legal action against the defendant.
🧐In the claim form, the claimant must state the amount of his or her claim and request the defendant to pay all of the legal costs of the case.

🖇Sometimes people talk about ‘the small claims court’. They really mean the special procedure that exists at the County Court for small claims. A small claim is a claim for a maximum amount of £5000.

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​​Тhe more words you know the better 🤓

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Save it and learn the words☝️🏻

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