To sue or not to sue: deciding whether to pursue a court case
The last option to close a dispute is litigation. In this article, I would like to list two preliminary questions litigants should ask themselves before deciding whether to pursue a court case. Question 1: What is your end goal? Before diving straight into litigation, litigants should take a moment and evaluate their end goal. More often than not, the judgment delivered by civil courts may not be ideal. Therefore, litigants considering a claim should assess these two questions: • What do you want to achieve from this whole process? • What can you realistically get – this is something that can be awarded by the court. The answers to these two questions may not align. What you want and what you can get may be vastly different things. Take an example, if your main consideration comes from a purely financial aspect, consider the table below: Options for Employer From a purely financial aspect, it may be more beneficial to consider a settlement of £8500. Purely from a dollar and ce...
