CCBC Basics

Civil Procedure Rules part 7C

County Court Bulk Centre, 4th Floor, St Katherine's House, 21/27 St Katharine's Street, Northampton, NN1 2LH




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Signing up for the CCBC service

1) Complete the new enquiry form
2) Complete Form A - [Master Form A.DOC]
3) Transmit test XML files
4) Submit Direct Debit documentation

County Court Bulk Centre (Court number: 335)

The CCBC accepts Claims as XML, produces the forms N1 and sends them
to the defendant.
If initially accepted, a Claim number is issued immediately.
CCBC fees are cheaper than standard County Court fees.
XML is also transmitted to the CCBC for Judgments, Warrants and Case Updates.

CCBC - Bulk Claims - Set-up/settings

No.	Content
01	Unique Centre User Number - 4 x digits [National Creditor Code e.g. 1988]
02	Unique Customer Number e.g. 10000711
03	Unique System Number e.g. P1001988
04	Unique MCOL (Money Claim Online] Number e.g. MC0004441236
05	Data file is submitted over the Internet as XML using Security Certificate
06	Max number of Claims is 3000 per day
07	Name of authority for Particulars of Claim is supplied within the XML
08	Single statement of truth; Signature may be in electronic form
09	You may operate as a SOLICITOR or SOLE ORGANISATION (Apply MCOL)
10	CCBC sends Feedback to you as XML with case progress e.g. Case Number
11	Court fees are paid via Direct Debit weekly or Monthly

CCBC Restrictions

No.	Content
01	No claims for the High Court
02	Claims must be less than £100,000
03	No more than 2 x defendants
04	Not in foreign currency
05	Only in England and Wales

Defendant/Claimant data accuracy

Section	Content
Claimant	Limited company - describe address as R/O
Claimant	Other than own name - 'Trading as'
Claimant	Partners/ partnership - 'A Firm'
Defendant	Limited company - describe address as R/O
Defendant	Other than own name - 'Trading as'
Defendant	Partners/ partnership - 'A Firm'
Defendant	Joint defendants itemised
Defendant	Address lines 1+2 are mandatory
Defendant	Quality post code is mandatory

SDT Claim Request XSD Validation

SDT Judgment Request XSD Validation...
SDT Warrant Request XSD Validation...
SDT Claim Status Update Request XSD Validation...

N1 issue timetable - judgment entry

Claim issue	Issued by CCBC	Deemed served	Judgment entry
N1 issued - ignored (14)	Day 0	Day 5	Day 19
N1 issued - acknowledged (28)	Day 0	Day 5	Day 33