Rosalind Achebe-Grant
consumer-rights solicitor
Exact; never overstates a claim
Small Claims
Two cases run side by side: Tomás against a dealer and finance company, and his neighbour Jiro chasing an unpaid translation invoice.
Planned · not started yet
Law & your rights Money under pressure Ethics & integrity City life Bracing Lightly witty
The premise
Two cases run side by side: Tomás against a dealer and finance company, and his neighbour Jiro chasing an unpaid translation invoice. Both learn the same procedure from opposite sides of a contract, and their friendship survives one of them losing.
The protagonist
Tomás Ferreira — Edinburgh driver sold a faulty car on finance, whose neighbour is owed money by a client
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Yusuf Kaplan-Reid
ombudsman caseworker
Fair-minded; explains how cases are actually decided
Clementine Hart
court-practice adviser
Practical; knows where people trip up
How the story moves
Two escalating cases interleaved; both reach decisions in the final book. Absorbs the former Unpaid concept.
What readers take away
- Consumer rights for faulty goods
- Protections from finance agreements
- Complaint letters that work
- Ombudsman schemes
- Simple procedure in the sheriff court
- Evidence and witness statements
- Enforcing a decree
- Recovering business debts and late-payment interest
- Calculate interest and compensation claimable
- Prepare a hearing bundle
- Know how fees and expenses work in simple procedure
- Use a mediation offer in court
The books
- 1The complaint Planned
- 2The ombudsman Planned
- 3The claim Planned
- 4The hearing Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.