Small claims costs checker (CPR 26.9 and 27.14)
check_small_claims_costsChecks whether a claim in England and Wales normally goes to the small claims track (CPR 26.9 to 26.12: £10,000; personal injury limits for pain, suffering and loss of amenity; housing disrepair with an order for repairs; never harassment or unlawful eviction) and adds up what CPR 27.14(2) allows on your figures: the Table 2 fixed issue costs, court fees paid, reasonable travel, lost earnings up to £95 a day for each person, experts up to £750 each, up to £260 for advice on an injunction or specific performance claim, and an appeal transcript. Optionally it also covers the small claims mediation pilot (PD 51ZE: claims issued from 22 May 2024 to 6 April 2027) and the costs of refusing ADR (Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil; CPR 44.2(5)(e)), and a small claims appeal: the route, permission, the N164 and its 21-day deadline, and the fee. Allocation is the court's decision, and further costs for unreasonable behaviour are for the court: never estimated.
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| who | No | Who is claiming the costs, for what can be recovered. | |
| kind | No | The kind of claim, for the track: "general" (a money claim or other claim, not personal injury or disrepair), "disrepair" (housing disrepair: a tenant's claim), "pi-rta" (personal injury: a road traffic accident), "pi-other" (personal injury: anything else), "eviction" (a tenant's claim for harassment or unlawful eviction). | |
| ocmc | No | The claim was started in Online Civil Money Claims. | |
| psla | No | Personal injury: damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| value | No | The value of the claim (personal injury: the total); for "disrepair", only where no order for repairs is sought, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| advice | No | With injunction: legal advice on that claim (capped at £260), in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| issued | No | Optional: the date the claim was issued, for the PD 51ZE small claims mediation pilot. | |
| travel | No | Reasonable travel and overnight expenses for attending a hearing, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| claimed | No | Claimant: the amount claimed on the claim form, for the fixed issue costs, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| decided | No | Optional, for an appeal: the date of the decision (the hearing at which it was made). | |
| experts | No | Experts' fees, one entry per expert (each capped at £750), each in pounds, e.g. ["120", "95.50"]. In a query string, leave out thousands separators. | |
| repairs | No | "disrepair": the estimated cost of the repairs, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| earnings | No | Lost earnings or leave, one entry per person per day (each capped at £95), each in pounds, e.g. ["120", "95.50"]. In a query string, leave out thousands separators. | |
| courtFees | No | Court fees actually paid, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| adrRefused | No | A party refused or ignored an invitation to use ADR, or did not comply with an order to use it. | |
| appealFrom | No | Optional, for an appeal: who made the small claims decision: "dj" (a District Judge or deputy), "cj" (a Circuit Judge or Recorder). | |
| injunction | No | The claim includes an injunction or specific performance. | |
| rtaSpecial | No | "pi-rta": an accident before 31 May 2021, or a claimant in a CPR 26.10 group (cyclist, pedestrian, motorcyclist and so on). | |
| transcript | No | On an appeal: an approved transcript, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| represented | No | The claimant has a solicitor (default true), for the fixed issue costs. | |
| roadTraffic | No | A money claim from a road traffic accident with no injury claimed (referred to mediation only if started in Online Civil Money Claims). | |
| otherDamages | No | "disrepair": the other damages claimed, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| piBefore2022 | No | "pi-other": the cause of action accrued before 6 April 2022. | |
| repairsOrder | No | "disrepair": the tenant seeks an order for repairs (default true). | |
| unreasonable | No | The court found a party behaved unreasonably (CPR 27.14(2)(g)). | |
| specifiedOnly | No | The only remedy claimed is a specified sum of money (the PD 51ZE pilot covers only those claims). | |
| extraDefendants | No | Further defendants personally served at separate addresses: a whole number, e.g. "1". | |
| missedMediation | No | A party did not attend the Small Claims Mediation Service appointment. | |
| personalService | No | The claim form was served personally by the claimant. | |
| rtaChildWhiplash | No | "pi-rta": a child or protected party with a whiplash injury, accident on or after 31 May 2021. |