cpr-letter-drafter-andrew-bird
Writes the formal letter you send before suing someone in a civil case in England & Wales — the Letter Before Claim that starts the pre-action clock. The part it gets right is which pre-action protocol applies — debt, professional negligence, housing disrepair, personal injury, or the default Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct — each of which has its own rules a generic letter misses (the 30-day debt window, the professional-negligence preliminary-notice step). It also flags the limitation deadline for a solicitor to confirm rather than stating it as fact. Built for litigation juniors, i
npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill cpr-letter-drafter-andrew-bird --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# /cpr-letter-drafter 1. Identify whether a specific pre-action protocol applies (debt, professional negligence, housing disrepair, personal injury, construction, judicial review, etc.) or whether the default Practice Direction — Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols (PACC) applies. 2. Apply the relevant timing, content, and disclosure requirements. 3. Draft the LBC with the structure that protocol expects. 4. Surface costs and CPR Part 36 consequences if the matter proceeds. --- # Letter Before Claim (England & Wales civil) ## Purpose The pre-action regime narrows issues, encourages settlement, and exposes parties who don't engage to costs sanctions. Non-compliance with PACC or a specific protocol can result in: - Stay of proceedings until compliance. - Adverse costs orders (CPR 44). - Lost interest entitlement. - Adverse inferences on conduct under CPR 44.2. ## Choosing the framework | Claim type | Protocol | |---|---| | Debt claim where debtor is an individual (incl. sole trader) | Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims (Oct 2017) | | Professional negligence (solicitors, accountants, surveyors, etc.) | Pre-Action Protocol for Professional Negligence | | Personal injury (≤ £25k portal; >
- Purpose
- Choosing the framework
- PACC core requirements (default)
- Debt Claims Protocol specifics
- Professional Negligence Protocol specifics
- Inputs
- Limitation gate
- Workflow
- Step 1 — Identify protocol
- Step 2 — Limitation check
- Step 3 — Draft per protocol
- Step 4 — Disclosure with LBC
- Step 5 — ADR signal
- Output template (PACC default)
What does the cpr-letter-drafter-andrew-bird skill do?
Writes the formal letter you send before suing someone in a civil case in England & Wales — the Letter Before Claim that starts the pre-action clock. The part it gets right is which pre-action protocol applies — debt, professional negligence, housing disrepair, personal injury, or the default Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct — each of which has its own rules a generic letter misses (the 30-day debt window, the professional-negligence preliminary-notice step). It also flags the limitation deadline for a solicitor to confirm rather than stating it as fact. Built for litigation juniors, i
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill cpr-letter-drafter-andrew-bird --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, a repository with 618 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.