VPRS 15170 County Court Special Summons Register

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This series consists of registers recording Civil Cases brought under the Special Complaints Jurisdiction of the County Court. The County Court was responsible for judgements in more substantial civil actions.

Within the County Court there were two mechanisms for the redress of Civil Complaints - Ordinary and Special Complaints. These had the opposite meaning to those that existed in the Magistrates Court that had the same names.

Ordinary Complaints concerned complaints for unliquidated damages where the Court was required to determine the appropriate level of redress. Claims for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident were typically handled in the ordinary jurisdiction.

Special Complaints were complaints where the precise amount of the claim could be determined by an objective scale. An example of this would be the recovery of debts for goods delivered.