How we may assist
- Demand letters and proportionate pre-action correspondence
- Responses to disputed invoices or payment demands
- Payment-plan and settlement proposals
- Assistance organising information for a claim or defence that you remain responsible for filing
- Witness statement, chronology and evidence preparation support
- Preparation for a small-claims hearing as a litigant in person
When this service may be useful
- A business invoice or other straightforward contractual sum remains unpaid.
- You dispute a demand and need a concise written response.
- You are considering a small claim and want to assess the evidence and proportionality first.
- Proceedings already exist but you remain responsible for managing them yourself.
What you can expect
We focus on the specific legal task you want completed. We review the available information, identify any important date, clarify the outcome you are seeking and then confirm the proposed work before substantive time is incurred.
- Pre-action letter or response
- Debt or loss schedule
- Litigant-in-person preparation documents
- Clear statement of which procedural steps remain your responsibility
How it works
- Send the essentials: a concise summary, the key document and any deadline.
- Suitability check: we assess whether the requested task falls within our lawful and professional scope.
- Scope and price: we confirm what is included, important exclusions, who will undertake or supervise the work and the fee or charging basis.
- Advice or drafting: we complete the agreed work and explain the practical next step.
- Referral where required: if reserved, separately regulated or specialist work is needed, we explain that clearly rather than extending the service beyond its proper scope.
Guide fees for this service
These guide prices apply to clearly defined work of ordinary complexity. Before substantive work begins, we confirm the task, the person providing or supervising it and the price or charging basis in writing. Consumer prices are shown inclusive of VAT where VAT applies.
| Letter before action or reasoned response | £225–£350 |
| Litigant-in-person case review | £250–£450 |
| Witness statement drafting | from £350 |
| Hearing preparation pack | £450–£750 |
Urgency, unusually large document volumes, additional conferences or work outside the agreed scope may require a revised quote. We will normally agree that with you before carrying out the additional work.
Scope and regulatory limits
Phrasing Legal does not issue, serve, prosecute or defend court proceedings on your behalf and does not go on the court record. Regulated claims-management activity is excluded. Debt collection, debt adjusting, debt counselling or other activity connected with regulated consumer-credit agreements may require FCA permission and will not be accepted unless the regulatory position has been checked.
Whether an activity is reserved or separately regulated depends on the substance of the work, not merely the name used for the service. We therefore assess the requested task before accepting instructions.
Discuss this service
Tell us what has happened, the outcome you want and any deadline. We will confirm whether Phrasing Legal can assist and, if so, the proposed scope and fee.