Small claims and low-value disputes

Work out whether your dispute fits the small-claims route, and prepare properly if it does.

DlíWise helps you understand your situation, get your facts and documents in order, and take the next practical step — in Ireland, with the source and date shown.

What DlíWise does here

  • Help you check whether your dispute is the type the procedure covers
  • Organise your evidence, amounts and dates into a clear bundle
  • Explain the steps in the official process and what each one asks of you
  • Draft the correspondence that normally comes first

What it will not do

  • File or run the claim for you
  • Promise an outcome or an amount
  • Provide legal advice on the merits of your case
Guides for this topic are being written and reviewed. We publish a guide only when a named Irish legal professional has reviewed it and it carries its sources and effective date. Nothing on this page tells you what the law says.

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