I’m from the UK suing isn’t as big a thing here. I’m 30 and I have never even spoke to a lawyer/ solicitor once so that whole world is a mystery to me. TIA!
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There are a lot of personal anecdotes in this thread, but from an ELI5 point of view:
When you believe someone has wronged you by acting in a way that goes against the way we as a society expect people to behave, you can ask a third party (a judge, or multiple judges depending on your jurisdiction) for their impartial and binding opinion on your dispute. This will always involve two things: notifying the court so they can schedule your case and notifying the other party.
Sometimes you’ll need a legal professional to assist you, and sometimes you can represent yourself in court. There are also various requirements to the way you notify the other party, intended to protect them, like requiring a certain way of delivering the court summons and a certain time between the delivery and the actual trial. But that’s jurisdiction-specific.
The consequences of winning or losing depend on the jurisdiction as well. Typically the losing party has to pay the costs of the winning party, but this is not a hard rule.
The winning party is entitled to whatever the judgment is. If the other party does not cooperate, there are ways to enforce the judgment without the cooperation of the losing party.
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