CASH RECOVERY IN THE UK SMALL CLAIMS COURT
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THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT
The Small Claims Court is a service provided by the Court Service and is designed to be as "user friendly" as possible. The upper limit on claims handled by the Small Claims Court is £5,000.00 for money claims and £1,000.00 for personal injury claims.

The ethos of the Small Claims Court is that Claimant's should be able to state their claim to a District Judge (formerly Stipendiary Magistrates) without the requirement for legal representation.

In general Civil Procedure Rules do not apply and this is very useful for the lay person who would normally be ensnared in complex legal requirements and the complicated rules in respect of evidence.

Because of the user friendly attitude to claims allocated to the Small Claims Track, Claimants are provided with Directions by the court which must be adhered to but prevent the Claimant from making avoidable errors.


Initially, the Claimant should follow a series of procedures which are fully explained on this web site at The Court Process and at Appearing In Court. The details are explained but please be aware that our service is designed to prompt you at each stage to ensure that the correct action is adopted. We have also included a Definitions page to dispel confusion about legal terms, various court procedures and Defendant behavior. In addition there is a page dealing with the court documents which explains the purpose of each document and can be used for reference purposes.


The Small Claims subject has been divided into "bite sized chunks" in order to make it as easy as possible for Claimants to follow the process.

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