… In this comprehensive guide to the small claims track, Dominic Bright has set out all that a practitioner could possibly need to know about how to deal with a small claim, from allocation to judgment and through to any potential appeal. … Dominic Bright has included guidance on a wide range of matters, such as ethics and ways to behave when in court, which will be of assistance to any junior practitioner appearing in a civil case at an early stage of their career. The inclusion of the civil procedure rules and practice directions relating to the small claims track, and also to pre-action conduct and protocols and to the overriding objective and the court's duty to manage cases, means that this guide provides a useful toolkit of relevant rules and practice directions. …"Foreword by HHJ Karen Walden-SmithSenior Circuit JudgeDesignated Civil Judge for the County Court in East AngliaABOUT THE AUTHORDominic Bright is a barrister at Lamb Chambers, registered civil and commercial mediator with the Civil Mediation Council, and former judicial assistant to Sir Brian Leveson, then President of the Queen's Bench Division.His recent articles include: 'The CICC and the Rule of Law: Fair, Transparent and Convenient? What You Need to Know about China's New International Commercial Court' (Counsel Magazine, September 2019), and 'Section 21 Sent Packing' (New Law Journal, 2 May 2019).Dominic's forthcoming seminars include: 'Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Clauses in International Commercial Contracts' (November 2019), and 'Chattels, Fixtures, and Tenant's Improvements in Commercial Leases' (February 2020).He is a member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Property Bar Association, and Technology and Construction Bar Association.For daily case digests, follow Dominic on LinkedIn and Twitter (LondonComBar).