These fees apply to, and are the same in, each the High Court, County Court and the Household Court, unless otherwise stated. Amendments to the rules permit for implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (the Protection Measures Regulation”). Amendments are also produced to present that charges claimed in every single phase of the proceedings, are created offered to the court when assessing costs at the end of a case.

Guidelines 103 and 403 dealing with garnishments in district and county court were amended to give that for pro se judgment creditors, indebtedness must be paid into the registry of the court, whereas judgment creditors represented by attorneys and collection agencies could receive funds directly. A correction is made to reinstate words omitted from Statutory Instrument 610/2014 in relation to the establishment of the Preparing Court. Following the hearing, the parties will be sent an order of judgment named a County Court Judgment (CCJ) , setting out the judges selection.

Considering that the guidelines were substantially amended in 2007 there has been a huge amount of case law in respect of the application of the guidelines to numerous elements of settlement such as fraudulent claims and offers in respect of a split trial). In other kinds of case the court will have the discretion to implement charges management and parties will be able to apply for charges management if it is deemed proper by … Read the rest >>>