Changes to the issue of money claims through the County Courts
February 21st, 2012
From 19th March 2012, all money claims issued in the County Court under the Civil Procedure Rules (Part 7) will be issued in the Northampton County Court.
The National Civil Business Centre based in Northampton will act as an administrative office and will manage the preliminary stages of actions commenced in the County Court including issuing Claim Forms, applying for Judgment and filing of acknowledgement of service and defences.
This change is being accompanied by increased automation and whilst this might ultimately speed up court process and turnaround volumes and times, we would like to warn all our clients in advance about potential delays in the first weeks of the new scheme.
Please note that there will be an opportunity to have an action transferred out of the Northampton County Court to a more local/convenient County Court at the allocation stage where the Defendant is not an individual. As is standard practice now, where the Defendant is an individual, the action will be automatically transferred to the Defendant’s home Court.
For more information, please contact Pitmans’ Debt Recovery team.
Donna Goddard
Director, Debt Recovery
T: 0118 957 0507
E: dgoddard@pitamns.com
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