An allocation questionnaire is a form used in English legal practice. After a claim is made, each party completes and returns an allocation questionnaire to the court within 14 days, so that the judge may properly allocate the claim to a track and hearing date.

Contents 1 Forms on the Internet 2 The form itself 3 Tracks 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Forms on the Internet

Sample allocation questionnaires are available on the Internet. The official UK Courts web site has many forms available, including the allocation questionnaire. ^[1] The actual form is available, as of March 2007, as a pdf file.^[2]

The Citizens Advice Bureau provides a generic legal advice web site with information about the words and phrases used in small claims procedure in UK Courts.^[3]

[edit] The form itself

The allocation questionnaire requests the following information:

• Whether you wish to have a month to settle the case.
• What is the location or venue of the case, and why it is chosen.
• What pre-action protocol is needed (equivalent to legal discovery).
• What is the amount of the claim in dispute.
• Who you will call as lay or expert witnesses.
• Whether the case should be considered small claims, or another track.
• How long you think the trial will take.
• How much your costs will be (in Pounds sterling).^[2]

[edit] Tracks

There are three tracks^[4]:

1. Small claims - any claim up to £5,000 and certain personal injury and tenant claims
2. Fast track - disputes involving between £5,000 and £15,000.
3. Multi-track - disputes that are claimed to be over £5,000.^[2]

The Woolf Report had recommended these changes in 1999 to the Lord Chancellor.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Interrogatories
• Unspecified claim
• Settlement conference
• Small claims court

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