Letter of claim—claim for money had and received

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Letter of claim—claim for money had and received

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Lynne Counsell of Addington Chambers

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[ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF Claimant’S SOLICITORS]

Our reference: [insert your file reference for this matter]

FAO [RELEVANT NAME]

[NAME OF PROPOSED Defendant’S SOLICITORS, IF ANY]

[ADDRESS LINE 1]

[ADDRESS LINE 2]

[POSTCODE]

[DATE]

Dear [insert name]

RE [PROSPECTIVE CLAIMANT’S NAME] AND [PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANT’S NAME]

LETTER OF CLAIM

[[We write further to our letter dated [insert date of previous correspondence, if any]].]

[As you know, we OR We] act on behalf of [insert client’s full name], whose address is [insert full address]. This is our client’s letter of claim, sent in accordance with the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols of the Civil Procedure Rules (the Practice Direction), a copy of which is enclosed for your ease of reference. We draw your attention to the final section of this letter, which sets out the deadline by which your response is required, and the consequences of failing to respond properly within that time.

[Your client should notify their insurer of this claim immediately. We would be grateful if you could kindly confirm the identity of your client’s insurer by return].

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      Overview

Lynne Counsell
Lynne Counsell

Barrister, Addington Chambers

Lynne has been in traditional Chancery practice for some thirty years, specialising in probate matters, construction of wills and trusts and also financial services and drafting.

Lynne was for some years counsel for Tower Hamlets, representing them on landlord and tenant cases and counsel for Bedford Building Society representing it on mortgage cases.

Lynne has written or updated over fifty books, including writing the initial volume of Atkin’s Court Forms “Financial Services” and updating Halsbury’s Laws on Injunctions. Lynne was also co-author of two editions of “Insider Trading” and co-editor and one of the writers of “Chancery Practice and Procedure.”

Articles include “Marketing of Investments” for the Law Society Gazette and “The Doctrine of Mutual Wills” for the Trust Quarterly Review. Lynne won one of the few cases on mutual wills in the last fifty years – Charles v Fraser (2010).

Lynne has drafted the standard unit trust for the government of Nigeria, the rules and related documentation for various building societies and clubs, shareholder agreements, company takeovers compliance documentation for certain banks as well as wills and trusts.

Lynne was awarded the 2017 Corporate international Magazine Global Award – “Investment Contracts Barrister of the Year in England”.

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United Kingdom
Key definition:
Money definition
What does Money mean?

Money may be defined as a medium of exchange and is generally accepted in the final discharge of debts and the payment of goods and services.

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