Civil Litigation

You are a paralegal and your supervisor, Hilary Helmore has asked you to prepare a note for a
meeting with a client called Kamran Gul and Associates Ltd (“KG Ltd”), a technology business,
which is trying to recover a debt from a business debtor, Adnan Khan. Ms Helmore has not yet met
the client, but their managing Director, Kamran Gul, has arranged to come to your firm’s offices
shortly for advice on the claim. Ms Helmore is unable to meet Mr Gul and has asked you to attend
the meeting and advise Mr Gul.

The background to the client’s claim is as follows. KG Ltd has designed and sells a software
package (known as KG Debt Management 2021) which enables businesses to process debts more
efficiently. KG Ltd delivered the software licence for KG Debt Management 2021 to Mr Khan on
1 st February 2021. Prior to this, a quote for £16,000 dated 13 th January 2021 was accepted by Mr
Khan for purchase and installation of KG Debt Management 2021. There was no contract other
than the quote dated 13 th January, a copy of which was countersigned by Mr Khan. In December
2020, Mr Khan had attended KG Ltd’s offices and had seen the KG Debt Management 2021 system
in operation at KG Ltd’s offices. Mr Khan paid £2,000 on 28 th January 2021, as obliged to do under
the quote which stipulated this was due before installation of the software. The quote stated that
the balance was due within 14 days of installation of the software. Mr Gul has attempted to speak
personally to Mr Khan about the debt, but none of his calls has been returned. The software was
installed by a technician, Paul Smith (trading as Saffron Walden Office Supplies Ltd), who has a
separate contract with KG Ltd to install KG Debt Management 2021. Mr Gul has received
complaints from other customers that Paul Smith has performed poorly on occasions and Mr Gul is
considering employing a specialist technician to allow KG Ltd in future to install the KG Debt
Management 2021 software itself rather than relying on Saffron Walden Office Supplies Ltd.

Mr Gul wants to recover the debt as soon as possible. In preparation for your meeting with Mr Gul,
Ms Helmore has asked you to draft a note (of not more than 1,200 words) dealing with the following
issues:

1 What steps would KG Ltd need to take prior to issuing
proceedings? 10 marks
2 What is meant by “disclosure” and what documents would KG Ltd disclose in this
action? 10 marks
3 Draft a Particulars of Claim in this action (up to but excluding the statement of
truth). 35 marks
4 Supposing KG Ltd were to succeed in their claim what options are available to the client
for enforcement of the award. 10 marks

Question 2
Word limit 800 words
‘Part 36 is the supreme achievement of the Civil Procedure Rules in assisting out of court
resolution of civil disputes, and thus best illustrates the presiding philosophy of those rules,
that restricting legal costs promotes better access to justice.’ Critically analyse this
statement. 35 marks