Our court advocates have attended over 15,000 landlord & tenant related court hearings between them. Our team of case handlers includes dedicated solicitors and experienced team members who are ready to take the stress out of court proceedings.
We have. Many eviction companies, either directly or through firms of solicitors, instruct LPC Landlord or firms like us to arrange court representation. Some may give the impression that they have their own advocates when in fact they don't. At LPC Landlord we only use advocates that are retained by us. Did you know only 3 people can represent you in court; a firm of solicitors, a barrister or yourself?
They either simply commit an offence under the Legal Service Act 2007 or they pass on your claim to a firm of solicitors. They may even ask you to sign the court papers yourself which means you will actually be a litigant in person. If they pass your claim to a firm of solicitors then you are engaging the tenant eviction company and a firm of solicitors. Either way they must arrange and pay for court representation. LPC Landlord are solicitors and court advocates so all the work is done by us.
That's right. So the cost of this is passed on to you through their charges. At LPC Landlord we retain our own advocates so can keep costs low. This means you can benefit from instructing qualified solicitors at a highly competitive price.
You will not be represented by qualified lawyers, you will not be covered by solicitors professional indemnity insurance, you may not be able to recover any of your legal costs.
Yes if you instruct a firm of solicitors. Using solicitors means that legal costs can form part of your claim against the tenant. A litigant in person (without a solicitor on court record) is only able to seek recovery of the court fee and in some cases disbursements which cannot include "legal costs" for work done by an eviction firm that is not a firm of Solicitors. Our costs fact sheet gives more information.
Simply complete our online instruction form, give us a call or use our contact form. Using our online service means you can give us all the information we need and upload relevant documents. We will get started straight away.
