Questions tagged [county-court]
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Can a sheriff's department conceal the identity of the complainant?
For a citation issued by a county sheriff, can the sheriff's department conceal the identity of the complainant from the individual cited?
Jurisdiction: a Montana county Justice Court.
Citation: misdemeanor offense (non-violent) of a state law.
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Did regional county courts used to be separate courts?
The county court of England and Wales is now one big single court that sits in many locations but these are colloquially referred to as though separate courts (Bristol county court, Bath county court, etc.) though these are in fact merely distinct…
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What is the process for cancelling or setting aside a judgment
Suppose a county court judgment has been passed to the high court for enforcement, and High Court Enforcement has obtained a writ of control to seize goods belonging to the debtor.
Then the debtor approaches the creditor directly, wanting to pay…
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Is it normal for district judges first instance decisions to be appealed to circuit judges in other locations?
A judgment from clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court district judge (swan) was appealed to a circuit (?) judge in central London (Luba).
Isn’t the point of a circuit judge that they are the more senior appellate judges in a given location of the…
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If a Civil Part 8 claim is filed with the County Court, will, and must, it automatically be sent to the Defendant?
Online AI sources uniformly and firmly insist that, no, it will not be sent/served by the court, and that this is the Claimant's responsibility, and that until this duty is fulfilled by the Claimant, which they normally have a period of 4 months to…
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Why isn’t the county court binding upon itself?
Numerous sources state that the starting point for all common law systems is the cornerstone principle of stare decisis, ie that courts are in similar fact patterns bound to follow previous decisions of their own judicial rank or higher. There are…
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When and where are decisions by the various tiers of the county court binding?
Apparently there is only one county “court,” in that the county court throughout all of England if not also Wales is really just one big court that sits in various different locations throughout the country.
But apparently certain decisions in…
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Do general forms of judgments require judicial names or signatures?
Does Form N24 of the county court (general form of judgment or order) require a judge’s name or signature? If so, then what is the effect of one missing them? Does it have any implications on the validity of it at all?
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Why, in DR Sanchez v Simple PM Limited, did the County Court at Central London "sit at" Oxford Combined Court?
In Case No. F01CL101, Sanchez v. SPML (see note), the judgment says
IN THE COUNTY COURT AT CENTRAL LONDON
SITTING AT OXFORD COMBINED COURT
What does this mean, and why might a case being heard by CLCC conceivably hear a case pertaining to a…
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What connections do different locations of county court in Greater London area have with one another?
Do county courts throughout the London area share any closer of a connection than do a county court in Bristol and one in York?
And how do they all bind each other?
It has been said in past answers that all county courts in England are in fact just…
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When are county court decisions binding upon the “London region” of the county court?
And what unites or defines the “London region”?
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