​Part 1: SOME FUNNY THINGS HAPPENED TO ME ON THE WAY TO COURT

Part 2: HELP!!!

Part 3: IS THE REST OF THIS BOOK WORTH READING?

7. Preserving My Premium Bonds

Part 4: STARTING A CASE AND BEFORE

8. Pre-match muscle flexing
9. Where To Start “This was a court. Do you want mushy peas with your fish and chips?”
10. Time Limits For Starting Court Proceedings - Disaster or Windfall?
11. Getting Your Opponent’s Documents - The sooner the better
12. In Full And Final Settlement - Take it or leave it
13. Court Fees - Save £s £s £s

Part 5 CRIKEY! PROCEEDINGS HAVE STARTED

14. Witnesses And Their Statements - Sock it to ‘em in writing
15. Daft Cases And Daft Responses - The early kill
16. Outside The Court Room For A Civil Case - Waiting around
17. In Court For Your Civil Case - “What am I doing here?”
18. Small Claims - Small but beautiful
19. The Tomlin Order - Kissing and making up after proceedings started

Part 6 JUDGMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN

20. The Register Of Judgments - The ugly face of proceedings
21. Challenging The Judge’s Decision - After court
22. Getting Your Money Under A Judgment - Can’t pay, won’t pay
23. Execution - The bailiff strikes

Part 7 RIGHTS AND WRONGS

24. Interest On Debt, Compensation And Judgments - and now for something completely interesting
25. Compensation For Hassle And Mental Distress - Inconvenience, distress, disappointment, annoyance, frustration, anxiety, displeasure, upset, vexation, tension, aggravation
26. The Litigant In Person’s Bill - And why not?!
27. Court Error Compensation - HMCTS blunder money
28. Money Wrongly Paid To You - Estoppel does you good
29. Company Down Drain: Directors Laughing - Squeezing money out of the culpable
30. Protection From Your Creditors - Though shalt not harass me
31. Claiming On Your Credit Card - The joy of equal responsibility
32. Neglected On Death - Gone but not forgotten
33. Adverse Possession - How to become a landowner without really trying
34. Libel, Slander And Malicious Falsehood - Troublesore v Whitecock - Statement in Open Court
35. Bankruptcy - The ecstasy and the agony
36. Ragbag

Part 8 GONE SHOPPING: SEE YOU IN COURT?

37. At The Supermarket - Lousy plastic bags, parking machine clocks and suspected shoplifting
38. Receipts And Sale Goods And Cheques - and Planes and Boats and Trains
39. The New Consumer Laws - Buyers’ Kit to be carried at all times when away from home
40. Unfair Trading - The Price (and possibly any one of a dozen other things) Is Wrong
41. Small Print - And bigger print

Part 9 HOME UNDER ATTACK

42. Behind With The Mortgage
43. At War With Your Landlord - Home attack

Part 10 RELATIONSHIPS: BEFORE AND AFTER

44. Domestic Violence Damages Claims
45. Cohabitation - The Scandal
46. Pre-Nuptial Agreements With What Should Happen To Fifi Thrown In
47. The No Sex Agreement - A customised marriage or civil partnership
48. Divorce, Judicial Separation, Nullity And Dissolution
59. After The Breakdown
60. Money For The Kids