England & Wales · Contract disputes · Professional negligence
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Try: unpaid invoice, surveyor missed damp, is a verbal agreement binding, time limit.
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Which of these sounds like you?
“A customer won't pay an invoice for work we delivered.”
Unpaid invoice →02“The contractor took the deposit and walked off halfway through.”
Abandoned work →03“The survey said the roof and damp were fine. Within a year I was paying for both.”
Negligent survey →04“My conveyancer never mentioned the right of way across the garden.”
Conveyancing negligence →05“I think I have a case, but I don't know how much time I have left.”
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Every claim like this has a clock running.
This is the second question in the real check. Edit the example dates — the deadline updates live.
Question 2 of 6 — preview
When did this happen?
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Example dates shown — try your own.
Basis: 6 years from the negligent act (s.2 Limitation Act 1980).
Getting closeA simplified estimate under the Limitation Act 1980 for guidance only — not legal advice. Negligence: the later of six years from the act or three years from your date of knowledge, capped at fifteen years. Contract: six years from breach, or twelve for a deed. A solicitor will confirm your exact deadline from your documents.
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What the court expects you to do before you sue: pre-action conduct explained
The Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct, what a letter of claim must contain, why refusing mediation can cost you even if you win, and how the court tracks and fixed costs shape your decision.
Unpaid invoice: what are my options before going to court?
What you can claim on a late commercial invoice, what a letter before action must say, and when the small claims track is the right route.
My surveyor missed a defect. Can I claim, and what is the claim actually worth?
What a RICS survey has to do, why damages are measured by the drop in value rather than the repair bill, what evidence you need, and how the professional negligence pre-action protocol works.
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