Letter to Lawyer Requesting Information on Court Case Status

It is always important to keep a tab on your legal cases pending in a court of law or any other legal forum, no matter the fact that you have appointed one or more lawyers for handling the case. Sometimes lawyers or their assisting officers may forget to update you on the case, this may lead to problematic situation under certain circumstances.

Write a letter to your lawyer enquiring about the case status or you can even write an email regarding this or even you can call over phone directly to find out the status. Though it is advisable that you seek the information in writing by letter or email, so that the lawyer can provide the information after finding out the status and once given in writing he won't be able to deny it later.

(Attorney and Lawyer words are synonyms of each other. Though there is believed to be a small difference in their meaning i.e. Lawyer is a person who has passed the bar exam and when he gets the license to practice law he becomes an Attorney. No need to confuse yourself on this though.)

Following format could be used to write to your lawyer. Fill in the necessary details and modify it as may be necessary.

Sample #1

(Letter to Lawyer from a Person)

Date: .......................

To

(Name of the Lawyer)

(Address)

(Tel. No.)

Sub.: Need information on current case status of my pending court case

Dear Mr. ...............,

Greetings! I hope you are doing well.

It has been quite some time now I haven't been able to get in touch with you regarding my pending court case. I would therefore request you to kindly update me on the current status of the case. When is the next hearing due? What is the progress on the case so far?

Case no. ............. Court: ......................

If there is any information or documents needed from my side, then please let me know.

Looking forward to receive the information as soon as possible.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

signature

(Name of the Person)

Sample #2

(Letter to Law Firm from a Company)

Ref: ..................

Date: .................

To

(Name of the Attorney)

(Law Firm Name)

(Address)

(Tel. No.)

Sub.: Case status information needed

Ref: Case no. ................ court ...........

Dear Sir,

Greetings of the day! I hope all is going well at the office and personally.

Our MD/CEO was enquiring about the current status of our case no. ............... in the court ............... Would you be kind enough to update us on the latest status of the case please.

Kindly provide the following information:

(1) Progress of the case in court till date;

(2) Next hearing date and purpose;

(3) Documents or information, if any, required from us.

Looking forward to receive the information as soon as possible at your end.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
For (Name of the Company),

signature

(Name of the Officer)

(Designation)