Procedures and processes relevant to costs involved in dispute resolution

Question 1

Small claims track (CPR 27)

Answer 1

a value of not more than £10,000 and also claims bya tenant of residential premises against a landlord for repairs where neither the repairs nor any claim for damages total more than £1,000.

Question 2

Fast track (CPR 28)

Answer 2

up to £25,000, provided that:
(a) the trial is likely to last no longer than one
day (five hours); and
(b) there will only be oral expert evidence
from one expert per party in each of no
more than two expert fields (CPR 26.6(4)
and (5)).

Question 3

Intermediate track (CPR 28)

Answer 3

fixed recoverable costs for less complex claims valued at more than £25,000, but not more than £100,000.

• the trial will not last longer than three days;
• oral expert evidence is likely to be limited to two experts per claim;
• the claim may be justly and proportionately managed under the procedure set out in CPR 28 Section IV; and
• there are no additional factors which make the claim inappropriate for the intermediate track.

Question 4

Multi-track (CPR 29)

Answer 4

The multi-track is the normal track for all
other types of case (CPR 26.6(6))