If someone brings a civil case against you do you have to respond?

i.e. if there has been a police case that has been dropped due to lack of evidence can the individual behind the charges then take out a civil case against you even though there is no evidence you committed the offence. If they do bring charges via a civil case do you have to respond or can you ignore it..?If someone brings a civil case against you do you have to respond?
If you have ALOT of money, you can ignore it. Because by ignoring it you are taking a chance that a judge will award tehm what they are asking for.





Me, I would immediatly COUNTER SUE. Sue them for ALL of your costs related to this suit PLUS lost time, lost wages, and some punative amount.





If they have no evidence as you suggest, then you should have a reasonable chance to have them pay you for your time and costs.





Consult a lawyer and get a lawyers with guts and who cvan be hard. Cede nothing!If someone brings a civil case against you do you have to respond?
yes you have to. otherwise they have have a summary judgment against you.
Whatever you do do not ignore any papers relating to the case. Get advice, preferably from a solicitor, as soon as you hear something.
It should state right on the front page what happens if you ignore it. I believe it says that you will be considered guilty if you ignore it.





If you ignore something it does NOT go away.
You had better get a lawyer and make sure they do not win by defualt.
Sure you can ignore it. Then the opposing party wins by default.





Not a good idea to ignore a court summons.
yes you do have to respond - the major difference is the criminal justice system must have proof beyond reasonable doubt - the civil courts work on the balance of probability - which means the victim is more likely to get a result - so you had best get some legal advice
A response to the summons and ignoring the case are two different things.





While you are NOT obligated to file an answer to the summons, (response) and not required to show up, failure to do so will result in the civil case being heard on the basis of only one set of facts.





While it is not required nor a foregone conclusion that you will lose, it most likely will be the result should the complaining side have sufficient evidence of culpability.
Yes, you must respond.


A civil case will not end in Jail. However, the civil case must be looking for damages of some sort.
Dont ignore it whatever you do.





The civil courts work on a different system to the criminal courts. Criminal courts rely on ';beyond reasonable doubt'; where as civil courts go on ';Balance of probability'; if you fail to respond to a civil court matter the court can %26amp; will find you guilty in yor absence through failure to respond.
If you do not respond they may get a default judgment against you.





Civil court BTW requires a LOT less 'hard' evidence then criminal court.
depends .Can be settled in chambers or out of courts.
Yes, you still have to respond. If you don't, you can be found in contempt of court, and the judge can rule in favor of the other party. So don't ignore it. Get legal advice.