Track System

Question 1

What are the 4 different tracks?

Answer 1

Small claims track
Fast track
Intermediate track
Multi track

Question 2

What claims are put through small claims track?

Answer 2

• contract and tort up to £10,000
• personal injury from road traffic accidents up to £5,000
• other personal injury up to £1,500
• Heard by District Judge in County Court
• usually in private
• represent themselves, cannot claim cost of lawyer from other side
• 2-3 hours, limited witnesses

Question 3

What claims are put through fast track!

Answer 3

• claims up to £25,000
• heard by circuit judge in county court
• once it is set down for hearing usually takes 50 weeks
• more formal, allocated in one day and no. Expert witness restricted
• pre trial matters given timetable

Question 4

What claims are put through intermediate track?

Answer 4

• claims between £25,000-£100,000
• triable I’m up to 3 days
• 2 or fewer expert witnesses per side
• complex cases must be allocated to multi track e.g. human rights, against police
• heard by circuit judge in county court

Question 5

What cases are put through multi track?

Answer 5

• cases over £100,000 heard by High Court Judge (£50,000 personal injury)
• complex cases over £25,000 given to Circuit Judge in County Court or High Court Judge in High Court

Question 6

What else do judges do with claims?

Answer 6

Manage the case including
- fixing a strict timetable with what must be disclosed, witnesses and how long it will last