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A Court User's Guide to the Civil Justice Reforms

Part 2 -- Procedural Flowcharts

The flowcharts set out in this part of the guide are intended as a useful reference to a number of the procedures which will operate from 26 April 1999. A list of the flowcharts and the procedures they cover is on the following page.

Each flowchart deals with a procedure, or a discrete element of it. Opposite each flowchart are some additional notes which give more detail about the procedures they relate to.

Index of flowcharts

1AIssue of claim form with particulars of claim
1BIssue of claim form without particulars of claim
2Default judgment
3Acknowledgment of service
4AAdmission of whole claim for specified amount of money and request for time to pay
4BPart admission (specified amount of money)
4CAdmissions where unspecified amount claimed (and only remedy claimant seeks is a payment of money) and amount offered in satisfaction
4DAdmission where unspecified amount claimed and liability admitted
5Objection to determination and re-determination
6Setting aside/varying default judgment
7AFiling a defence that the amount claimed has already been paid
7BFiling a defence (and counterclaim)
7CFiling a counterclaim other then with the defence
8AIssue of claim form under CPR Part 20 (third party and other additional claims)
9Allocation questionnaire
10Small claims track
11Fast track and multi-track
12Filing of listing questionnaire in the fast track and multi-track
13AIssue of claim form under CPR Part 8 (alternative procedure for claim)
13BReplying to a CPR Part 8 claim form
14Detailed assessment
15Appeals against detailed assessment