Suing for deposit - does it matter where the court is?

Fang_3

Hi all,

I will be taking action against my landlord early next week and I was just wondering whether I had to file at the court local to him, or local to me? It was a house I lived in at university and so it would be preferable for me to claim here and not there. Is there anything preventing me from doing this?

Thanks!

Owain_Moneysaver

Actor sequitor forum rei. The plaintiff must follow the forum of the thing in dispute.You can sue either in the court where the landlord lives, or in the court where the house was. If you can't find the landlord, or he lives abroad, sue in the court where the house was.

You can download the court forms online from the relevant courts service.

Fang_3

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Actor sequitor forum rei. The plaintiff must follow the forum of the thing in dispute.You can sue either in the court where the landlord lives, or in the court where the house was. If you can't find the landlord, or he lives abroad, sue in the court where the house was.

You can download the court forms online from the relevant courts service.

Thank you. Looks like I'll be taking a trip then. I've tried downloading the N208 form and printing it out but it just comes out with big black boxes all over it, so I'll just have to get one from the court.

clutton_2

once the court has accepted the case you can always ask for it to be tranferred to your local court .. they may say yes.. they may say no

lynzpower

Fang wrote: »

Thank you. Looks like I'll be taking a trip then. I've tried downloading the N208 form and printing it out but it just comes out with big black boxes all over it, so I'll just have to get one from the court.

They might post it to you if you ask, save yourself the journey?