Amount
£2,400
Small claims under £10,000 · England & Wales
Get what you’re owed.
Unpaid invoices, returned deposits, rent arrears, dodgy builders. CourtPilot walks you through court using the latest AI — without paying a solicitor £300 an hour to do it.
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Assessments where we tell you not to bother. We’d rather lose £9.97 than waste your week.
14 days
The CPR pre-action protocol gives recipients 14 days to respond to a Letter Before Action. Most do.
£97
All-in for what CourtPilot does. A solicitor charges that in 20 minutes. Court fees are paid separately to HMCTS.
Step one
Start with a letter. It’s £9.97 and it works.
A proper Letter Before Action — drafted to the Civil Procedure Rules, signed by you, posted or emailed by you. Most disputes settle right here.
1
Answer a handful of questions about your dispute — five minutes, tops.
2
We draft the letter, with the right citations and a 14-day deadline.
3
You download, print, and post. Or send by email if that’s how you’ve been dealing.
9:415G
Re: Unpaid invoice 2271 — £2,400
Dear Sir or Madam,
I write before issuing a claim in the County Court Money Claims Centre. On 03 March 2026 I supplied services pursuant to invoice 2271 in the agreed sum of £2,400.00, payment of which remains outstanding.
In accordance with the Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct, this letter affords you 14 days to settle…
Deadline
27 May
Pages
2
Status
Ready
Download & send →
If they don’t pay
Take it all the way — for one flat fee.
If the letter doesn’t work, upgrade to the full toolkit. Claim form, witness statement, court bundle, hearing script, enforcement guidance — everything you need to see it through.
✓
Particulars of Claim drafted to CPR Part 16, ready for Money Claim Online.
✓
Witness statement and evidence bundle, paginated and indexed.
✓
A hearing-day script — what to say, in what order, with the case law to hand.
✓
Six lawful ways to enforce a judgment, if it gets that far.
50
pages
indexed
indexed
Trial Bundle
ClaimantMR KING
—v—
DefendantFITLIFE GYM GROUP LTD
- APleadingsp. 1 — 6
- BMediationp. 7 — 10
- CCorrespondencep. 11 — 18
- DEvidencep. 19 — 38
- EWitness Statementsp. 39 — 46
- FTimelinep. 47 — 50
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
Hearing script
What to say, in order
- 1. Introduce yourself to the bench.
- 2. State the agreed sum and date.
- 3. Refer to bundle p. 22, Section D.
FILED
CPR §27
14 May 2026
Pricing, in one breath
The £9.97 isn’t lost. It’s a deposit.
Try the letter first. If the dispute settles — great, you’re done. If it doesn’t, the £9.97 comes off the full toolkit. Same total either way.
01 · Today
£9.97
Letter Before Action
A CPR-compliant letter. You sign it. You send it. Most recipients respond within the 14-day deadline.
02 · If they don’t pay
£97
Upgrade to the toolkit
Everything below — minus the £9.97 you already paid. Credited automatically, so your net cost stays £97.
03 · Either way
£97
Total. Ever.
One-off. No subscription. No hourly rate. No upsells. Yours for life. Court fees are paid separately to HMCTS — see pricing for the table.
What people bring us
If it’s a small claim, we’ve seen it.
Distribution from 323 real case checks completed since December 2025. Unpaid invoices and rent arrears top the list — and we’re best at the rent ones.
22%
Debt recovery
Unpaid invoices, lent money, services delivered and not paid for.
9.3%
Consumer disputes
Faulty goods, services not as described. Consumer Rights Act 2015.
9%
Poor workmanship
Builders, plumbers, decorators. Work abandoned, work not to spec.
8%
Vehicle disputes
Used-car defects, dealership disputes, hidden faults.
6.8%
Faulty goods
Phones, appliances, furniture — refunds and replacements.
6.8%
Contract breach
Supplier failures, partnership disputes, agreed work undelivered.
26%
Everything else
Deposit disputes, holiday claims, neighbour disputes, and the long tail.
Worked example
£2,400 back. No solicitor.
You’ve been chasing a £2,400 invoice for six months. You send the CourtPilot letter on Tuesday. By Friday the full amount lands in your account. Total cost to you: £9.97.
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Recovered without proceedings
3 days
From letter sent to money in account
£9.97
Your total cost
Illustrative example based on the kind of outcome a strong, properly-evidenced unpaid-invoice case can have on a Letter Before Action. Not a specific customer.
The maths
A solicitor charges by the hour.
We charge once.
Solicitor figures from typical undefended-claim engagement letters, high-street firms in England & Wales, 2024–25. Court fees not included on either side.
Step of procedure
With a solicitor
With CourtPilot
Letter Before Action
£250 — 350
Included
Particulars of Claim & N1 form pack
£600 — 900
Included
Witness statement & evidence bundle
£500 — 800
Included
Hearing preparation & script
£600 — 1,000
Included
Enforcement of judgment
£300 — 500
Included
Total, typical
£2,250 — 3,550
£97
Range based on typical undefended small-claims of £2,500–£7,500. Solicitor figures assume associate-level rates; partners are higher. CourtPilot is a document-preparation service. We are not a law firm and do not give legal advice.
Questions, plainly answered
Things people ask us before signing up.
Is CourtPilot a law firm?+
No, and we’re upfront about it. We’re a document-preparation service. We draft letters, claim forms, witness statements, and court bundles to the procedural standard the Civil Procedure Rules require. We don’t represent you in court — you do, as a litigant in person.
Why is it so much cheaper than a solicitor?+
Because we don’t charge by the hour. Most small claims follow a tightly-defined procedure — Letter Before Action, particulars, statement, bundle, hearing. We’ve automated the drafting from your evidence. The thinking is still yours. The hours billed are not.
What happens to the £9.97 if I upgrade?+
It’s credited in full toward the £97 toolkit, so your total cost stays £97 either way — never £9.97 + £97.
What if my claim is over £10,000?+
The small-claims track tops out at £10,000 in England & Wales. Above that you’re into the fast-track or multi-track, costs are recoverable, and you should instruct a solicitor. We’ll tell you at the case-check stage.
Will I have to go to court?+
Most claims settle before hearing — many after a Letter Before Action, another good chunk after the claim is issued. Of the cases that do reach hearing, small-claims hearings are informal: a district judge, you, and the other party. We’ll write you a script.
Do you handle Scotland or Northern Ireland?+
Not yet. CourtPilot is built for the County Court of England & Wales. The procedure in Scotland and Northern Ireland is different, and we’d rather build it properly than fudge it.
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