Pre-Litigation Services

APS UK - Pre-Litigation

Everyone assumes that to litigate, a person needs to go direct to a lawyer where you sit down with him, tell him your story and the lawyer engages, and for which you are charged a considerable sum. Prices are very often in excess of £150 per hour plus VAT.

APS-UK have much reduced charges where we take the time to listen, analyse the items and points of view that our client has, and from those points of view, find genuine and legitimate structures on which we can build a case, and in doing so bypass a considerable cost of time that would be incurred with a lawyer, and to be in a position to present ultimately a much stronger case when the time comes engage a solicitor.

APS-UK can also act in any pre-action protocol and the initial correspondence with a third party, again reducing costs in the process.

Case History

Settlement through pre-litigation

Mr X approached APS-UK in relation to a poor build of an extension to his property, which had been undertaken by a local builder.

During the build numerous faults had been found and Mr X spoke to the builder who felt that these complaints were unjustified. Ultimately the relationship between client and builder deteriorated and the faults remained unrectified.

On instruction from Mr X, APS engaged the builder in correspondence where, after a short period of time, the builder agreed to meet with APS-UK and an amicable agreement between both client and the builder was reached where the builder completed all works to the required standard within the costings as originally agreed when the job was undertaken.