Drafting a summons yourself? Get free advice!

Questioner

You can therefore write a statement of claim yourself. However, how do you do that and what requirements should it meet? Are there any examples of this?

Lawyer

The case starts with a summons and not with a statement of claim. Nowadays, the summons is also the statement of claim and therefore a separate statement of claim no longer needs to be submitted. If you have no experience in drawing up a summons, I advise you to hire a lawyer or attorney to do so. The summons must meet a number of requirements and if you do not comply with them, you may lose the case. In addition, if you send a summons to a bailiff to serve that does not meet the requirements, you run the risk that the bailiff will return the summons or draw up a proper summons at your expense. By the way, you can find examples of different types of summons on the Internet.

Lawyer

In addition to the above correct answer, I would like to note that you can only litigate in summons cases yourself in subdistrict court cases. What is the dispute about? It is often not wise to do everything yourself. You can also give a lawyer a partial assignment, for example only the drafting/checking of a summons. Please feel free to contact us for a no-obligation consultation.

Lawyer

In addition to the above, you can write your own story and have it edited by a lawyer so that at least all legal grounds are mentioned, matters are omitted and supplemented. Also consider the e-district court procedure for private individuals, which can be started almost entirely online via digd.

Lawyer

Depending on the legal complexity of the dispute, I advise you to have the summons drawn up by a lawyer. To save costs, you can do the preliminary work yourself and draw up a document, which can be supplemented by the lawyer with the legal foundations and requirements for the procedure.