LETTER BEFORE CLAIM — OUTLINE ONLY

STATUS: Legal/procedural tool · legal information, not advice
REVIEWED: 18 August 2026
OFFICIAL SOURCES: Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct; Termhouse appeal

1. Parties and capacity
Identify the proposed claimant and defendant by correct legal name and explain their relationship to the lease, demands and payments.

2. Background
Give a short chronology. Identify the FTT decision(s), case reference(s), date(s) and the findings relied on.

3. Legal basis
Explain why the defendant is said to owe the money. Distinguish a fresh repayment claim from enforcement of an express payment order.

4. Calculation
Attach a row-by-row schedule showing demands, FTT-determined figures, actual payments, lease share, credits and principal sought.

5. Interest and costs
State the basis, rate, start date and calculation. Keep these separate from principal.

6. Documents
List the key documents supplied and any specific document reasonably requested from the proposed defendant.

7. Required response
Request payment or a reasoned row-by-row response by a reasonable date. Give safe payment/contact details separately.

8. Next step
State that court proceedings may be issued if the matter is not resolved, subject to the applicable pre-action rules.

This is generic information, not a completed letter or legal advice.