reply to good will gesture, what do i say?

deb54

hi , ive been offered a good will gesture of £1800 even though im claiming £2800. im going to refuse but what do i write in my letter? i need to start court proceedings. please help im running out of time to write back i only have a week

hula-hoops

Write back and say you cannot accept this as full and final settlement. Say that you will accept this without prejudice as a partial payment of the full amount owed and that you will continue with legal action if the rest is not paid.

MimiJane

You don't have to accept this as partial payment (it can be a bit complicated). I wrote back, returned the cheque, asked them if they'd pass on the correspondence to their legal department and stated that I had begun legal proceedings and would be pursuing the full amount through the courts. There's a template on the CAG site if you want the exact wording.