Claim form (Directors disqualification proceedings)
| Published date | 21 March 2018 |
| Subject Matter | County Court forms |
Responding to this claim
Time for responding
The completed acknowledgment of service must be
returned to the court ofce and a copy sent to the
claimant named on the claim form within 14 days of
the date on which the claim form was served on you.
If the claim form was
• sent by post, the 14 days begins 7 days from the
date of the postmark on the envelope.
• delivered or left at your address, the 14 days
begins the day after it was delivered or left.
• handed to you personally, the 14 days begins on
the day it was given to you.
Completing the acknowledgment of service (N502)
You should complete section A, B, or C as appropriate
and all of section D.
Section A - contesting the claim
If you wish to contest the remedy sought by the
claimant in the claim form, you should complete
section A.
Section B - mitigation
If you do not wish to resist the claim for a
disqualication order, but would like to offer evidence
of mitigating circumstances with a view to justifying a
shorter period of disqualication, you should complete
section B.
Section C - disputing the court’s jurisdiction
You should indicate your intention by completing
section C and ling an application disputing the
court’s jurisdiction within 14 days of ling your
acknowledgment of service at the court. The court will
arrange a hearing date for the application and tell you
and the claimant when and where to attend.
Notes for defendant
Directors disqualication application
Please read these notes carefully - they will help you to decide what to do about this claim.
• You have 14 days from the date on which you were served with the claim form (see below) in which to
respond to the claim by completing and returning the acknowledgment of service enclosed with this claim
form. The acknowledgement of service should be completed and returned to the court ofce and a copy
sent to the claimant named on the claim form.
• If you do not return the acknowledgment of service (Form N502), you will be allowed to attend any hearing
of this claim but you will not be allowed to take part in the hearing unless the court gives you permission to
do so.
Court staff can tell you about procedures but they cannot give legal advice. If you need legal advice,
you should contact a solicitor or Citizens Advice Bureau immediately
Section D - Statement of truth
This must be signed by you, by your solicitor or your
litigation friend, as appropriate.
Where the defendant is a registered company or
a corporation the claim must be signed by either
the director, treasurer, secretary, chief executive,
manager or other ofcer of the company or (in the
case of a corporation) the mayor, chairman, president
or town clerk.
Written evidence
Any evidence which you wish to be taken into
consideration by the court must be led in court within
28 days from the date of service of the claim form
upon you. The evidence must be in the form of an
afdavit.
Serving other parties
At the same time as you le your afdavit evidence
with the court, you must also send copies of both the
form and any written evidence to the claimant named
on the claim form.
What happens next
The date of the rst hearing of the claim is set out
under ‘Hearing’.
N500B Notes for defendant - Directors disqualication application (06.05) HMCS
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