County Court money claims—how and where to issue

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Published by a LexisNexis Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes

County Court money claims—how and where to issue

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Published by a LexisNexis Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes

imgtext

This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Starting civil claims in the County Court, which considers starting civil claims in the County Court in general.

This Practice Note considers where and how to issue a County Court money claim (CCMC) under CPR 7.

For information on bringing a claim in the County Court under CPR 8 (which deals with claims where there is no substantial dispute of fact and claims in specific types of proceedings), see Practice Note: Starting civil claims in the County Court—Where to issue CPR 8 claims in the County Court.

What is a County Court money claim (CCMC)?

A claim for money can be for a specified or unspecified amount of money (CPR PD 7A, para 5.1(1)(b)) and includes a claim for damages—the CPR glossary defines damages as a ‘sum of money awarded by the court as compensation to the claimant’.

Most CCMCs are issued in the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC)—see: Where and how do you issue a County Court money claim (CCMC)?

The

Powered by Lexis+^®

Jurisdiction(s):

United Kingdom

Key definition:

Money definition

What does Money mean?

Money may be defined as a medium of exchange and is generally accepted in the final discharge of debts and the payment of goods and services.

Popular documents

Online Civil Money Claims pilot scheme—CPR PD 51R

Online Civil Money Claims pilot scheme—CPR PD 51RThis Practice Note considers CPR PD 51R, which establishes a pilot scheme to test an online claims process for specified money claims in the County Court called the Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) pilot (CPR PD 51R, para 2.1). The pilot is available

Interest on judgment debts

Interest on judgment debtsThis Practice Note provides guidance on claiming interest on judgment debts.For information on claiming interest when issuing:•a claim, see Practice Note: Claiming interest•a foreign currency claim, see Practice Note: Foreign currency claims—interest on damages claims,

Where a company changed its name but proceedings have been commenced under the old name, have proceedings

Where a company changed its name but proceedings have been commenced under the old name, have proceedings been correctly issued? The company number, officers, registered office address, etc all remained the same.The company nameThe name of a company is not an immutable part of its identity. A

Late payment penalties—inheritance tax

Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid