Hi all, I have written a detailed particulars of claim and now wish to take the next step. I noticed that in the help guide for MCOL it states: "If you don't have space for all the details, provide a summary of your claim and say you will send the details separately. You will then have to send the detailed particulars to the defendant within 14 days of submitting the claim. You will also have to send the court a 'certificate of service' form. If your case is transferred to a local court, you will need to send a copy of the details to the court within seven days." I have the following questions about the above and I would be extremely grateful if anyone could help answer them: 1) Which court do I send the 'certificate of service' form to? Do I have to do this immediately? 2) On the 'certificate of service' form it asks for the name of the court and a claim number- where do I get these details from? 3) On the 'certificate of service' form it asks for "The date of service is" - what is this and where can I get this date from? 4) On the 'certificate of service' form it asks for the documents that I have served and requests to attach copies of these with the form. Does this mean that I should say I have sent my detailed POC, and then attach a copy of these? Does this include evidence e.g. invoices etc, or is this requested at a later date? 5) On the 'certificate of service' form it states: "Give the address where service effected, include fax or DX number, e-mail address or other electronic identification" - is this asking for the details of where I sent my detailed POC to ? 6) When I submit the claim, will a letter be sent to the defendant containing the details that I have entered in the MCOL i.e. will they be made aware that I am claiming against them? 7) Do I have to say in my detailed POC that the defendant has to defend themselves or will they get some kind of information pack explaining this etc? 8) How will I know if the defendant has responded within 14 days, and if the case is being transferred to the local court? Sorry for all the questions, this is my first claim and it is all very confusing Many thanks. regards Jonathan

Hi all, This is my first post, and the first time that I have had to try and claim money from someone. So please have patience with me! I am using the MCOL system and have become a little confused at the "details of particluars" section. I have already wrote to the person I am trying to claim money from explaining that I wanted compensation from them, and that I reserve the right to take them to court if they were not willing to. They replied in writing, offering their side of the story and didn't offer any compensation, so here we are. In my letter I gave dates of where and when events took place, and details of money that I have lost. I didn't provide any copies of invoices or photographic evidence etc. I was hoping to keep these up my sleeve until they were really needed i.e. in court. So taking the above into consideration, what do I actually need to send as details of particulars? Do I need to send a detailed account of all dates, costs, copies of invoices, evidence etc? Or is it just an overview that I need to send (which is basically what I've done already)? My main question is whether I need to send the defendant copies of the evidence that I have obtained? On MCOL it states: If you don't have space for all the details, provide a summary of your claim and say you will send the details separately. You will then have to send the detailed particulars to the defendant within 14 days of submitting the claim. You will also have to send the court a 'certificate of service' form. I will have to send details separately, as my original letter outlining the details was quite long. On the 'certificate of service' form it asks to attach documents that I have served to the defendant. Is this the only way that I can provide the court with my evidence, and at the same time make the defendant aware of what I posses? Or will there be another chance for me to present my evidence, and if so, how and when would I do this? If anyone can help me answer any of these questions I would appreciate it greatly. If you need any further information about my story / case, please don't hesitate to ask. Kind regards Jonathan

Hiya! I was wondering if anyone could help me. I apologise if any of this has been asked before. Basically, my boyfriend moved in with the flatmate from hell last year and now she owes approximately £1,300 to date in unpaid rent, utilities, council tax and other miscellaneous expenses that they agreed to each pay half of whilst living together. We have already sent a letter of intent and she has not replied (it's confirmed she's received it) and the month we gave her in the letter to respond has run out. I have a couple of questions about the N1 form: 1) My boyfriend is still paying the full amount of rent on the property as the contract is not up yet. Is it possible to sue for money that has not yet been charged to my boyfriend, but he will have to pay in the next few months? Or would that require another court case? If it is possible, how would this be written in the particulars of claim? 2) The ex-flatmate owes a significant amount of money from many different charges. Do all of these have to be referenced individually in the particulars of claim? How do I reference? 3) I made an Excel document breaking down the amount of money the ex-flatmate gave vs. the amount she owes. All the information was taken from my boyfriends bank details. Would it be useful or a good idea to send this off with the N1 form? Thank you very, very much for any help you can give me with this! AB