£10k claim proposed for Fast Track, how do I ask for Small Claims? (England)

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Which means that one of the issues that the judge will have to decide is whether the engagement was on those terms or something else. This will be significant, as this will affect the question at what point you become entitled to be paid. Alot will turn on the judge's ruling whether those terms apply to the engagement.

This is a factor that militates against allocation to the Small Claims Track.

Thanks, understood. I’ll still ask for Small Claims allocation.

I have a contemporaneous letter praising my work from one of their own senior managers and am currently obtaining a witness statement from another former manager, so I hope that may encourage settlement once the evidence is properly presented. If not, and the claim is allocated to the Fast Track, I think I will obtain legal representation.