Issuing Proceedings
Issuing Proceedings
Information on how to complete a claim form is available from the Government’s website.
Complete Claim Form (N1) online, using previous cases as examples.
The website is justice.gov.uk. The form cannot be saved online, so, if the form contains an error, it must be completed again. Therefore, if possible, keep the online form open until the paper version of the form has been signed.
Ensure that the correct fee is applied, by checking the relevant fee for the amount claimed in the Court Fees List online or in the county court file.
The claim form comprises two pages and it is recommended that double-sided copies are sent to the court. The upstairs photocopier prints double-sided documents, so the form should be printed using that photocopier. When printing the document enter ‘Top Floor Photocopier 2’ in the Select Printer option. Print five copies of the form and pass them to Martin, together with the relevant paperwork, so that he may sign the forms and raise a cheque for the court fees.
Martin will retain one copy and when the other four forms and cheque are returned, three copies, together with the cheque, should be sent to:
County Court Money Claims Centre
PO Box 527
Salford
M5 0BY
The final copy is kept, together with any relevant paperwork.
Arrange for an invoice to be raised for the court fees by Colin (for Sales) or Brenda (for Association). The Sales invoice comprises three sheets: Invoice, Accounts Copy and File Copy. The first two are sent to the member and the third (File Copy) is kept with our paperwork. Two copies of the Association invoice are produced, one of which is sent to the member and the other is retained with our paperwork.
Brighton County Court spreadsheet is located in Tim’s shared directory.
Enter the following information from the claim form in the next available row (if necessary insert additional lines into the spreadsheet):
- Date Passed (row A): Date of claim
- M’ship Number (row B): Membership number
- Name (row C): Member’s name
- Address (row D): Member’s address
- Fifth column (row E): A (if Association), S (if Encore Sales) or P (if Pegasus Sales)
- IDTA Balance (row F): Amount claimed
- Court Fee (row G): Court fee
- Result / Comments (row M): ‘Claim Form sent’ and date of claim
Copy cells from columns H:J and column L from the row above and paste them in the current row. Total Debt (row H) and Outstanding Debt (row J) should equal the Total amount on the claim form. Payments Rec’d (row I) should be nil at present.
File paperwork in the Court File Unpaid file (for Association cases) or Outstanding Sales Invoices with the Court file (for Sales cases).
Request for Judgment
