Module 2 · Chapter 3

Issuing and Serving the Claim Form

A claim starts with one form from the court. This chapter shows how that form is issued, how it reaches the other side in a way the rules accept, and which deadlines that sets running.

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In this chapter

  • Where a business claim is issued, what the form says and what it costs
  • How to serve the claim on the other side’s solicitors, and when email is allowed
  • The deadlines that service starts, and what happens if one is missed

3.1Starting a claim in one paragraph

A claim starts when the court issues a claim form. The claim form is a short document that names the parties and says what is claimed. Issue means the court gives it a number and a date. The claim form must then be served on the other side, which means delivered in a way the rules accept. From the day it counts as served, the other side has a fixed number of days to answer, and a missed deadline can decide the claim.

Key point

The court issues the claim, but Ravensett serves it. Every deadline that follows runs from the day the claim form counts as served.

Also in this chapter

  1. Where Ravensett issues the claim, and the fee
  2. What goes with the claim form
  3. Serving the claim on Corledge’s solicitors
  4. When the claim form counts as served
  5. What Corledge must do, and by when
  6. Your job

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