Transfer of Court Proceedings

[arwenboddy]

Hiya hope someone can help.

 

I issued my Claim On Line on the 31st October and it was allocated to Northampton County Court (not my choice) I live in Nottinghamshire! The claim was acknowledged on the 9th November and I received the Request for Further Information letter and notification of defence from Cobblers on the 1st December. I responded as per advice on this site.

 

I have now received a letter today 7th Dec from HMCS County Court Bulk Centre telling me that they want to transfer the claim to my local court (something I have not requested) and say they want another £100 to be paid to that local court IF my claim is over £1500. Although, the letter is badly punctuated and written so I can't tell whether that is actually what it means.

 

"You must complete the enclosed allocation questionnaire on or before the on 23 December 2006 and return it, where the claim is over £1500, the court fee of £100 to [my local] County Court". This is exactly as the text appears in the letter.

 

 

My claim in total including MCOL fees is just over £1440.

 

Didn't expect it to get to this stage but I aint stopping now.

 

Anybody got a similar format of letter?

 

TA!

Arwenboddy

[kateandpete]

This is pretty standard. MCOl is based in Northampton and they automatically transfer to somewhere near you if the defendent doesn't pay up.

Fill in the AQ and send the cheque (don't forget to ask the bank for this back too when they come begging to be let off the hook). {EDIT: whoops - you're under the 1500 so you don't need to send a cheque! sorry}

 

There is a template for filling in the AQ in the Templates section.

This part is the fun bit

I asked for "standard disclosure" in my AQ. The banks hate this as it means they have to disclose exactly how they come to their exhorbitant charges. If the judge orders this, they will settle ultra quick.

[quinny1]

I got this a few weeks ago,and basically,if your claim is under £1500,then you don't need to pay a further fee to the court that is now handling the claim.

 

If,however,the claim is more than £1500,then I'm afraid you'll have to stump up.

 

Ken.