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Claim Link's fees |
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Additional Court Fees |
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Enforcement Fees |
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The Claim Link support service |
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| Court Fees
For Making a Claim |
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Below are listed the Court Fees which
were updated on 1st July 2009. The court fee must be paid when the Claim Form
(Summons) is submitted to the Court and will be added to your claim. In
addition there is now a fee when a hearing is appointed. These are listed
separately below.
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Court Fee |
Claim Link Fee |
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| Up to
£300.00 |
£30.00 |
£30.00 |
| £300.01 -
£500.00 |
£45.00 |
£45.00 |
| £500.01 - £1,000.00 |
£65.00 |
£50.00 |
| £1,000.01 -
£1,500.00 |
£75.00 |
£50.00 |
| £1,500.01 - £3,000.00 |
£85.00 |
£50.00 |
| £3,000.01 -
£5,000.00 |
£108.00 |
£80.00 |
| £5,000.01 - £15,000 |
£225.00 |
£100.00 |
The above fees are all added to your claim. On
a successful conclusion the other side will be sent a Court Order (Judgment) to
pay these.
| The Hearing Fee is payable by the Claimant
to the Court Service prior to a Court hearing date being allocated. Claim link
will carry out a full review of the claim and your documentation, advise you as
to how to conduct your claim and any special requests to make to the District
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| Claim Amount |
Court Fee |
Claim Link Fee |
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£300.00 |
£25.00 |
NIL |
| £300.01 -
£500.00 |
£50.00 |
NIL |
| £500.01 - £1,000.00 |
£75.00 |
NIL |
| £1,000.01 -
£1,500.00 |
£100.00 |
£50.00** |
| £1,500.01 - £3,000.00 |
£150.00 |
£50.00** |
| £3,000.01 -
£5,000.00 |
£300.00 |
£50.00** |
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£5,000.00 |
£300.00 |
£80.00** |
The above fees
are all added to your claim. On a successful conclusion the other side will be
receive a Court Order (Judgment) to pay these. ** Please note that these are optional fees as you may
not require this service.
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| Claim Link's
Processing Fee |
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Claim Link charges a fixed fee of
£25.00 if you are paid by the Defendant prior to any proceedings being
issued. This is purely a nominal charge for processing your claim and is a
success fee only. If you are not paid we charge the above fees for filing your
claim at court and as stated these are added to your claim. Additional charges
are shown below and should be taken into account when taking the decision to
commence a claim.
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- There is an allocation fee of
£35.00 which must be paid to the Court by the Claimant if the claim is
between £1,500.00 and £5,000.00 and is set down for a court
hearing. For claims over £5,000.00 the Allocation fee is
£200.00
- On obtaining judgment enforcement
may be required. A schedule of Court Fees for enforcing a judgment is listed
below.
- Claim Link do make a small charge
for processing some of the enforcement options and these are also listed
below.
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Court Fee |
Claim-Link Fee |
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| Warrant of
Execution (Court Bailiff) |
£100.00 |
£35.00 |
| Attachment of Earnings |
£100.00 |
£40.00 |
| Charging & Third Party Debt Orders |
£100.00 |
£45.00 |
| Winding Up/Bankruptcy
Petition |
£190.00 |
£60.00 |
| Consent
Order |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
| Order To Obtain Information
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£50.00 |
£75.00 |
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costs with this option and you should contact us so that we can explain
these. |
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After the issuing of proceedings the Defendant
has 21 days to reply. They have the following options:
- To ignore the claim
- To admit the claim in
full
- To defend the claim in
full
- To admit part of the
claim
If no response is received by the court Judgment in
Default can be applied for. |
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Claim Link will assess your claim and
advise you of the options in order to move forward. When you are happy to
proceed we will prepare your Court documents, file them at Court, liaise with
the Court and the Defendant and advise you as to how to prepare your document
bundle in the event that you should need to attend Court. |
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| Our Advice Service is
completely free and costs you nothing! Simply click on to the button below,
fill out the form and we will get straight back to you. |
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be processed efficiently by opening an account with us. This means that your
contact details etc do not need to be completed for each claim. Please click
below to set up your account. |
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