From time to time, it may feel necessary for a business or individual to pursue a litigation claim if they feel that they have been treated unfairly or if something has gone wrong.
The Basics of Civil Litigation
Simply put, civil litigation is the name given to the process of resolving a dispute between individuals. Unlike criminal cases, civil litigation cases seek monetary compensation or specific actions to resolve the dispute.
What might Litigation Cover?
Litigation cases can be wide ranging and varied, but can include situations such as personal injury claims, a contract dispute, or a civil matter, such as neighbourly disputes about boundaries, or property disagreements.
What Form Does it Take?
To begin with, anyone considering pursuing a civil litigation claim will likely need to seek UK litigation funding to help them cover the legal costs of such a claim. In order to get started in finding suitable funding for a case, potential claimants are strongly advised to seek legal expertise through a firm who specialise in UK litigation funding.
The process of pursuing a civil litigation case begins with an investigation stage, before a discovery stage where evidence is exchanged, before the case moves to trial. The whole process can take a year or more.
The Preponderance of the Evidence
In civil litigation, the outcome is decided based on a process called the preponderance of the evidence. Simply put, this means that the judge looks at all the information available and decides which side’s argument is more likely to be true.
