Williams Litigation Lawyers LLP

Before you call about civil lawsuit / litigation

General guidance for this kind of matter, not advice about your situation and not specific to this firm.

Questions worth asking

• What is a realistic budget through each stage, not just to start?
• What are the odds honestly, and what is my exposure if I lose?
• Would mediation get me a comparable result for less?
• How long is something like this likely to take?

How this work is usually billed

Hourly against a retainer is standard. Because litigation runs long, the useful question is not the hourly rate but the estimated cost to reach each stage, and the risk of paying the other side's costs if you lose.

What to have ready

The contract or documents at the centre of the dispute, correspondence between the parties, and a dated timeline of what happened.