making a high court claim for damages

[postggj]

i am totally at home making a claim in the county court via the n1 form

 

ime doing some reserch on making a claim in the high court

 

my questions are

 

what form is used

cost of application

does it need to be passed up from the lower courts (county court)

 

any such action will be represented by qc but this is just educating myself

 

many thanks

[Ruprecht]

The costs are here:-

 

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/ex50_e.pdf

 

under "Civil Court Fees" section.

 

Basically, starting a claim for something other than money in the CC is £150, the High Court is £400.

 

Unless the CPR state you have to go through the High Court I am not sure why you would go near it. They might just bounce it back to the County Court eventually and you might be out £250 when you go for costs.

 

Were you thinking of defamation/libel sorts of claims? You can do that in the County Court as long as both sides agree. Then again those sort of claims bankrupt everyone so the costs at the end might not matter.

 

Or do you just want Judge Deed to hear it? :-P

 

I know you said you just want to know for education reasons. I have found studying the Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions the best way to discover how the machine works.

 

Check this out, should answer all your questions: http://www.justice.gov.uk/civil/procrules_fin/contents/practice_directions/pd_part07.htm

Edited December 26, 2009 by Ruprecht
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