Emailing the civil and family courts
When you email the court the subject line of your mail must contain (in the following order): -
The claim number
The title of the claim (abbreviated if necessary) **
The subject matter (e.g. defence)
If relating to a hearing the date and time of hearing
The judge or legal advisers name, where the correspondence/document is for their attention
**If your email is in relation to a family matter, please refer to the initials only.
Your message should also contain the name, telephone number and email address of the sender. If you email they will normally send any reply to you by email.
Correspondence and documents may be sent as either text or attachments. Where there is a practice form, it must be sent in that form by attachment.
Attachments must be in one of the following formats and the complete email (including any attachment(s)) must not exceed 10Mb
Document file types
Rich Text Format files (.rtf)
Plain/Formatted Text files (.txt)
Hypertext documents files (.htm)
Microsoft Word viewer/reader files (.doc) minimum Word '97 format
Adobe Acrobat files (.pdf) minimum viewer version 4
- What you can file by email
- What you cannot file by email
- What the court can send via email
- Which address to send emails
- Form and content of emails
- Where to send your email
- What the court will do with your email
- Points to remember
When you email the court the subject line of your mail must contain (in the following order): -
The claim number
The title of the claim (abbreviated if necessary) **
The subject matter (e.g. defence)
If relating to a hearing the date and time of hearing
The judge or legal advisers name, where the correspondence/document is for their attention
**If your email is in relation to a family matter, please refer to the initials only.
Your message should also contain the name, telephone number and email address of the sender. If you email they will normally send any reply to you by email.
Correspondence and documents may be sent as either text or attachments. Where there is a practice form, it must be sent in that form by attachment.
Attachments must be in one of the following formats and the complete email (including any attachment(s)) must not exceed 10Mb
Document file types
Rich Text Format files (.rtf)
Plain/Formatted Text files (.txt)
Hypertext documents files (.htm)
Microsoft Word viewer/reader files (.doc) minimum Word '97 format
Adobe Acrobat files (.pdf) minimum viewer version 4
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