Litigation Solicitors in Crouch End

The Victorian terraces that give Crouch End its character sit close together, and boundary and party wall disputes are a recurring source of litigation here - an extension built without the right consents, a shared drain that one neighbour won't contribute to repairing, or a dispute over who's responsible for a wall that's started to lean.

Litigation solicitors also handle contract disputes among the area's large population of freelancers and small creative businesses, where the absence of a clear written agreement often turns a straightforward disagreement over payment or ownership of work into something that needs a court, or at least a solicitor's letter, to resolve. Before issuing any claim, the Civil Procedure Rules expect parties to have followed the relevant pre-action protocol, exchanging information and attempting to settle before litigation starts.

Mediation is often used in these disputes, partly because a neighbour dispute rarely improves once it becomes a court case, and partly because the costs of full litigation can quickly outstrip what's actually at stake.