How much in Court costs?

joolywooly

Thanks for your help - I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and pay the £120. Trouble is, the son and heir is stony broke at the moment so it will be good old Mum who forks out and takes the loss if we don't win! So fingers crossed....!

Penalty_charges

hi if there broke or on some benefits then they might be exempt form paying the court fees, when you go to file your claim in the couty court ask them for a exception form and fill it in.
it only take about 5mins to do, if they are on benefits they will need to take in evidence of this.

Hope that helps

Stephen_Leak

joolywooly wrote: »

Thanks for your help - I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and pay the £120. Trouble is, the son and heir is stony broke at the moment so it will be good old Mum who forks out and takes the loss if we don't win! So fingers crossed....!

He might be eligible for "fee relief". Again, check on on the MCOL website.

And you won't not win - unless you make a complete "pigs ear" of the claim form, which again you won't, if you follow the advice on the Reclaim Bank Charges Help thread.

joolywooly

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

He might be eligible for "fee relief". Again, check on on the MCOL website.

And you won't not win - unless you make a complete "pigs ear" of the claim form, which again you won't, if you follow the advice on the Reclaim Bank Charges Help thread.

Thanks Stephen and Penalty Charges - I'm sorry to say that the reason he's broke isn't because he's on benefits, in fact he has a good job - just champagne taste and spends beyonds his means, hence the huge overdraft charges! I keep telling him to join MSE....!

I have followed the guidelines very carefully but am a bit pessimistic because of both the Lloyds case and the Hull business - it's good to know that you are still upbeat about our chances!

Thanks again - Julie

Stephen_Leak

joolywooly wrote: »

Thanks Stephen and Penalty Charges - I'm sorry to say that the reason he's broke isn't because he's on benefits, in fact he has a good job - just champagne taste and spends beyonds his means, hence the huge overdraft charges! I keep telling him to join MSE....!

I have followed the guidelines very carefully but am a bit pessimistic because of both the Lloyds case and the Hull business - it's good to know that you are still upbeat about our chances!

Thanks again - Julie

The Lloyds TSB cases (there were actually two of them) were down to poor preparation. The situation in Hull is only one judge and (at the last count) 20 cases. And what he has succeeded in doing is bring the various parties fighting these charges together in a way that I've never seen before. By doing this, he's probably less popular with the banks and CCCs than we are!

angel1533

Sorry if this has been posted before, but am up against time. Claiming charges back from Barclays, went the whole hog, and applied to Moneyclaim on line and paid them the £120 fee.Barclays put in their defense etc, but I have now accepted a very good offer from them,and do not want to proceed with the court claim.BUT yesterday I received a letter "Notice of Transfer of Proceedings" and a letter "Notice to Pay Fee", saying that That I had to pay them £100 by 10th JUne, or my claim will be automatically struck out,(thats okay, I have settled out of court) BUT I will be liable for the costs the defendent has incurred.
Is this right ? I have checked through the instructions given on this site, but I can not find anything that says I have to pay this extra fee.I phoned the court, but the Lady was not at all helpfull, needed a lesson in customer service, and said whatever I had to pay this fee.Anyone Know about this?

Edinburghlass_2

I'd say that letters have crossed and the request for the "trial fees" of £100 were because your claim was more than £1500 and you can ignore this now you have settled.

However I would ensure that the bank add the court fee of £120 to their offer as had they made the offer earlier you would not have had to pay this.

Once the money is in your account make sure you let the court know that you want to cancel your case.

Antoinette1976

Does it cost per claim on MCOL? and if so how much?

cdjarrey

Hi, I recently returned from honeymoon to find a letter from Worcester Court asking for an additional £100 for the allocation of the claim because the case was transferred to them from my online application. I had already paid £120 court fees when I made the online application, are these extra fees correct?
To make matters worse the letter gave a 14 day time limit to pay the extra fees, which expired whilst I was away and they have now struck out the claim! I have applied to have it re-instated, at a further cost of £65, but it appears that this will be entirely at a judges discretion. Has anyone else had a similar experience or any comments on the extra fees?

Beate

The £100 for the Allocation Questionnaire are correct, see post 7 of the Reclaim Bank Charges Help Thread.