{"id":2383,"date":"2023-09-11T17:35:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chuatan.com.au\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:35:19","slug":"the-benefits-of-settling-your-disputes-without-going-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuatan.com.au\/en\/2383\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of settling your disputes without going to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is stressful, time-consuming and expensive (regardless of which law firm you engage) for people to go to court over a civil dispute. If you have a dispute over money or property, you need to consider your chances of success and how long you can wait to receive your desired outcome. It is stressful time-consuming and expensive (regardless of which law firm you engage) for people to go to court over a civil dispute. The greater your chance of success, the more confident you should be to immediately commence formal court proceedings, as the Court would more likely get the other party to pay for a portion of your legal costs and interest. The greater your chance of success, the more confident you should be to immediately commence formal court proceedings, as the Court would be more likely to get the other party to pay for a portion of your legal costs and interest. Conversely, if you are not confident in your chances of success due to there being circumstances which might result in a counterclaim and\/or lack of fault of the other side, you want to establish whether negotiating a settlement payout would be more appropriate than obtaining a court judgement. Regardless of your situation, it is important to immediately seek legal advice as there is often a time restraint and significant consequences the longer you leave the issue. Regardless of your situation, it is important to immediately seek legal advice as there is often a time restraint and significant consequences the longer you leave the issue unresolved. Chua Tan Associates can help you resolve your disputes and provide you with practical strategies to obtain a favourable outcome.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is stressful, time-consuming and expensive (regardle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-24"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.2 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ 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