Why do people get taken to court using small claims procedure?
You may get taken to court under the small claims procedure if you owe someone money, or if you haven’t done something you should have done. For example, you may be taken to court if: • you owe your landlord rent • your tenancy agreement says you are responsible for carrying out certain repairs or maintaining parts of your home and you haven’t done so • you live in a flat or tenement building and haven’t paid your share of repairs to a common area such as the roof. The amount of money you owe or the work you haven’t done must be worth less than £3,000. Our page on small claims actions has more information.
