{"id":1070,"date":"2018-04-22T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T11:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atmateen.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T11:38:20","slug":"draft-legal-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/draft-legal-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Legal Notice And How To Draft It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In today’s world the importance of sending legal notice has increased due to rise in litigation between individuals and firms. That’s why complete procedure is explained to issue legal notices. When any civil dispute arises between persons it’s necessary to first issue legal notice instead of filing civil suits<\/a>. Beside, there are certain statutes which make legal notice requirement mandatory before initiating legal proceedings. It is therefore imperative for everyone to know what are legal notices? how to issued? what are the types and format of legal notices?<\/p>\n It is a written document sent to the person, a company or any other entity informing regarding a grievances. It’s a warning to the receiver that sender has certain grievances, which has not been addressed properly by the receiver. In this way sender give reasonable time to the receiver to resolve issue. Otherwise, sender has legal right to start civil proceeding<\/a> including lodging FIR<\/a> (if necessary).<\/p>\n Today, no matter where you go public legal notices still serve very important purpose. Though format of legal notice and specific requirements may vary by location.<\/span><\/p>\n The person whose right has been violated or any person duly appointed through special power of attorney can serve this notice on opposing party. While serving legal notices, bear in mind that it should be sent via registered postal services. In this way you have a valid proof to submit in court that you already informed the wrongdoer to resolve issue. If servers as a good gesture toward court that aggrieved party informed other party but it ignored.<\/p>\n Before you decide to start civil litigation, there are several methods that you should think about and use it. As we know today most of the cases are settled outside of court without commencing trial. So, If you think your case can be settled through this way you should issue notice first. And inform other party that you are willing to resolve the issue. These alternatives are;<\/p>\n These alternate dispute resolution mechanism can help you to arrive at effective solution. These days, all companies when enter into contacts with individuals\/firms makes it obligatory on their part to specify ADR clause stating that disputes are to be settled through arbitration instead of going to court.<\/p>\n This type of notice is based on\u00a0legal fiction which\u00a0signifies that a person or\u00a0entity\u00a0should have known facts, as a reasonable person would have, of a legal action taken or to be taken, even if they have no actual knowledge of it. According to Rule Of Law court presumes that a party can get information if proper diligence had been exercised.<\/p>\n There are some instances where parties can issue legal notices before opting to initiate legal proceedings;<\/p>\n In Pakistan, serving legal notices before initiating legal proceeding is a requirement. There are several laws which requires that when a party want to start litigation must send prior notice. This way party gives ample time to opposing party to start alternate methods and reach out on a solution. In following Pakistani statutes it’s mandatory to send notice;<\/p>\n Follow these tips when you send notice:<\/p>\n Sample of Legal Notice<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n There are different format of legal notices used in different proceeding. In the coming posts we will explain various drafts of legal notices.<\/p>\n ADVOCATE NAME\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 OFFICE ADDRESS Ref. No.________\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dated: ________<\/p>\n REGISTERED A.D.<\/p>\n To,<\/p>\n 1-\u00a0_______________<\/p>\n 2-\u00a0_______________ Dear Sirs,<\/strong><\/p>\n Under instruction and on behalf of our client _______ son of _______, resident of _______, I do hereby serve upon you with the following notice under section ___ of the _______ Act I therefore through this Notice call upon you ______________. ADVOCATE NAME<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today’s world the importance of sending legal notice has increased due to rise in litigation between individuals and firms. That’s why complete procedure is explained to issue legal notices. When any civil dispute arises between persons it’s necessary to first issue legal notice instead of filing civil suits. Beside, there are certain statutes which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[138,210,246,611,626,631],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is a Legal Notice?<\/h2>\n
Who Serve Legal Notice?<\/h2>\n
Importance of Filing a Legal Notice<\/span><\/h2>\n
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What are The Types of Legal Notices<\/h2>\n
Actual Legal Notice<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Express Legal Notice<\/h3>\n
Implied Legal Notice<\/h3>\n
Constructive Legal Notice<\/h3>\n
Other Types of Legal Notices<\/h2>\n
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Requirement of Legal Notices in Statutes<\/h2>\n
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Useful Tips While Serving Legal Notice<\/h2>\n
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\nDESIGNATION\u00a0 _____________
\nCONTACT NO.
\n__________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n
\nSUBJECT:\u00a0 LEGAL NOTICE UNDER SECTION ____OF _____ ACT, _____.<\/p>\n
\n1-\u00a0That my client ______________.
\n2-\u00a0That since ______________.
\n3-\u00a0That on ______________.
\n4-\u00a0That my client filed a Demand Notice ______________.<\/p>\n
\nA copy of this legal notice is retained in my office for further necessary action.<\/p>\n