small claims track การใช้

• Under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, civil claims under ?0, 000 are dealt with in a county court under the'small claims track '.
• A claim for a remedy for harassment or unlawful eviction relating to residential premises will not be allocated to the Small Claims Track even if it meets the financial limits.
• The court may allocate a case to the small claim track where the claim is over the guideline if it is considered that the case is simple enough that it is an appropriate way of disposing of the matter.
• The government also committed to introducing a small claims track in the Patents County Court ( PCC ), which is to be renamed the Intellectual Property County Court, for cases worth less than ?, 000 ( $ 8, 000 ).
• The small claims track would be designed to provide access to the courts in straightforward, low-value disputes, and should particularly benefit small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) in relation to copyright, design and possibly trade mark cases.
• Civil claims with an amount in controversy under ?0, 000 ( the Jackson Reforms have increased this from ?, 000 ) are dealt with in the County Court under the small claims track ( sometimes known to the lay public as " small claims court, " although it is not a separate court ).
• Claims with a financial value of no more than ?5, 000 ( ?5, 000 for claims issued before 6 April 2009 ), for which the Small Claims Track is not the normal track are usually allocated to the Fast Track unless : the trial is likely to last for more than one day; oral expert evidence at trial will be in more than two fields; or there will be more than one expert per party in each field.
• Claims with a value of not more than ?0, 000 ( the amount increased on 1 April 2013 ) are usually allocated to the Small Claims Track unless : the amount claimed for pain, suffering, and loss of amenity is more than ?, 000.00 .; or the cost of the repairs or other work to residential premises claimed against the landlord by a tenant is estimated to be more than ?, 000-whether or not they are also seeking another remedy-or the financial value of any claim in addition to those repairs is more than ?, 000.