Chapter 5
Letter of Demand for the Small Claims Court
NOTE: Letters of demand MUST be delivered by hand or sent by registered post with an A.R card filled in at the Post Office. You must keep the proof of posting (registered slip), the A.R. card, when the Post Office sends it back to you, and an exact copy of the letter, to hand to the Clerk of the Court if you issue the summons.
EXAMPLE
FROM
(your name and address, and your contact telephone number)
TO (name and address of defendant)
Date
Dear (name of defendant)
WRITTEN DEMAND IN TERMS OF SECTION 29(1) OF THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT ACT, 1984:
Take note that the undersigned hereby claims from you the sum of R……, in respect of
(give brief details, such as ‘unpaid loan’, or ‘collision damage’)
Take note further that unless the said sum is paid to the undersigned within 14 days from receipt of this letter, summons will immediately be issued against you.
Yours faithfully…………………. (your own signature)
YOUR NAME IN FULL