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Civil Court Jursidictions:
There appears to be some confusuion regarding the place where any civil
action must be instituted.
All civil claims are processed by two courts the County Court and the High
Court.
There are County Courts all over the country where as there are only two
High Courts, one in London and the other in NI. The claims proceedure is now
identical for both courts, however the High Court is used for typically very
large sums of money. High Court fees are expensive and the proceedure will
require legal counsel.
In contrast the County Court, which can still handle quite substantial
claims up to 50,000 is more informal and laypersons can represent themselves
quite easily or with the help of a 'freind'. Consequently the costs involved
in the County Court are lower and the tolerance to grandstanding by big
agencies is lower. EG little insignificant shooter suing for a couple of
hundred quid vs a Treasury solicitor, it doesn't go down well.
The County Court is also known as the Small Claims Court, they are one in
the same. Claims below �3,000 are usually dealt with by arbitration. This is
the District Judge trying to find a solution rather than more formal
proceedings.
I would caution anybody going it alone on this one. For maximum effect and
the right result, it is far better, cheaper and more productive to organise
a class action suits where WE can put the Home Office on trial. Lets not
forget the NAO slated the compenstation scheme and we can revert to Hansard
(Pepper v's Hart)to pick through the broken promises made by both
Governments. This will be a Labour problem although:-)
guy
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I have to say I'm going to sue them myself, unless someone out there has
all the paperwork drawn up for a class-action suit.
Steve.
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