I am not a solicitor.

Unless you engage with a solicitor who will then represent you, you are otherwise a litigant in person with a right to undertake your eviction process to which we offer assistance. Even a solicitor firm is most likely to agree to not try to do this process yourself without guidance

Why choose us Because we only specialise in possession claims in England, and as much a s possible we are engaged by referral.

It will cost you nothing to find out how we can help. We will first gather the info and discuss a plan. If you would like us to assist, well we are very happy to help subject to our modest fees. Below is our remit to assist.

Practice Guidance: McKenzie Friends (Civil and Family Courts)

1) This Guidance applies to civil and family proceedings in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), the High Court of Justice, the County Courts, and the Family Proceedings Court in the Magistrates’ Courts.1 It is issued as guidance (not as a Practice Direction) by the Master of the Rolls, as Head of Civil Justice, and the President of the Family Division, as Head of Family Justice. It is intended to remind courts and litigants of the principles set out in the authorities and supersedes the guidance contained in Practice Note (Family Courts: McKenzie Friends) (No 2) [2008] 1 WLR 2757, which is now withdrawn.2 It is issued in light of the increase in litigants-in-person (litigants) in all levels of the civil and family courts.

The Right to Reasonable Assistance

2) Litigants have the right to have reasonable assistance from a layperson, sometimes called a McKenzie Friend (MF)(that’s me). Litigant (this is you) assisted by MFs remain litigants-in-person. MFs have no independent right to assist. They have no right to act as advocates or to carry out the conduct of litigation.

What McKenzie Friends may do

3) MFs may: i) provide moral support for litigants; ii) take notes; iii) help with case papers; iv) quietly offer advice on any aspect of the conduct of the case.

What McKenzie Friends may not do

4) MFs may not: i) act as the litigants’ agent in relation to the proceedings; ii) manage litigants’ cases outside court, for example by signing court documents; or iii) address the court, make oral submissions or examine witnesses.

I will not do anything that is not contained in The McKenzie Friends remit. The time when you will need a legal advocate is if or when there is a hearing – this is at the final stage of the Journey, not at the start. All the hard work we will have been done, and the advocate has the right of audience at the hearing.