Small Claims in the County Court - A Simplified Flowchart

AuthorPatricia Pearl/Tim Parker
Pages21-23

Small Claims in the County Court – A Simplified Flowchart

A simplified flowchart is set out on the following two pages.

xxii Small Claims Procedure in the County Court

Letter before action

Settlement

Road traffic accident involving injury worth under £5,000

Claimant pursues claim through the

RTA Portal

Case is not settled

Claimant prints out Court Pack using online Portal

information and starts proceedings (by post)

Acknowledgment of Service (no defence needed)

No agreement

Case settles by agreement before court action

Proceedings started (usually online)

Both parties complete directions questionnaires

No defence

Judgment

Defence

Referral to district judge

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Case allocated to small claims track

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