Rules of Membership
This document addresses the content of media relating to requests by claimants for entry of judgment.
A separate request must be provided for each defendant, even if two defendants share a joint judgment (jointly and severally). If a joint judgment is requested then the requests should follow one another on the file.
A request will consist of the claimant's unique CPC code, the Claim Number, defendant ID and address, and other Judgment data.
The date of judgment will be allocated by the CCBC system. It will be set equal to the date the file6 is received for processing by the CCBC.
Formats for NUMBER or MONEY attributes that allow for decimal places are specified "n1,n2" where "n1" is the number of digits before the decimal point and "n2" the number of digits following the decimal point. For example item "Amount" would be specified 999999.99 giving a total length of 9 bytes (inclusive of the decimal point).
| Name | Type | Length | Mandatory? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPC Code | Number | 4 | Y | The claimant's CPC Code |
| Claim Number | Char | 8 | Y | Claim Number of the request |
| Defendant Id | Number | 1 | Y | The identifier of the defendant. Either 1 or 2 |
| Defendant Add1 | Char | 30 | Y | The registration address for the defendant. Any alteration from the address details held for the defendant on the CCBC database will result in the new existing address being updated to reflect the new supplied address |
| Defendant Add2 | Char | 30 | Y | |
| Defendant Add3 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Defendant Add4 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Defendant Add5 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Defendant Postcode | Char | 8 | N | |
| Claim to Registered Office | Char | 1 | Y | Either 'Y' or 'N' indicates whether the address the claim was served at was a Registered Office or not. |
| Judgment Type | Char | 1 | Y | Either 'A' or 'D' whether judgment is "on admission" or "default" |
| Joint Judgment | Char | 1 | N | 'Y' or 'N' indicates, in a two defendant case, whether Judgment is joint or split. Null for single defendant cases |
| Amount | Money | 6,2 | Y | The amount adjudged (NOT including interest) |
| Interest | Money | 5,2 | N | Any interest to be added to the judgment |
| Total Costs | Money | 3,2 | N | Total costs incurred |
| Paid before judgment | Money | 6,2 | N | Any money paid to the claimant since claim issue |
| Total | Money | 6,2 | Y | Total of the judgment (Amount + Interest + Total Costs - Paid before Judgment) |
| Instalment Amount | Money | 4,2 | N | Amount to be paid as a regular instalment. (Null where judgment payable in full, or for a forthwith judgment) |
| Frequency | Char | 1 | N | 'M' 'F' or 'W' whether instalment to be monthly, fortnightly or weekly. (Null where judgment payable in full, or for a forthwith judgment |
| Date of First (or only) Payment | Date | 6 | N | Either the date the whole judgment is payable, or the date the first payment is to be made (format ddmmyy, eg 010999). This attribute will be null (ie space filled) for a forthwith judgment |
| Certain CCBC Creditors who act for more than one claimant may require judgment orders to be "personalised" with specific payment details (eg where a remittance is to be made payable/sent to a party other than the creditor themselves). In addition the CCBC offers the facility to print judgment orders with the payment slip attachments and personalised "Method of Payment" paragraphs. A creditor requiring the printing of a payment slip will have to supply additional attributes as part of the judgment request (eg the "OCR" codeline). Standard payment details (eg beneficiary, sort code, account number) can be stored on the CCBC system as defaults for a specific creditor and will be printed on all judgments. Creditors who require "case specific" details to be printed on judgment orders must supply the attributes as part of the judgment request. The following attributes must be supplied within the judgment request where they differ from creditor defaults. A creditor should supply only those items that differ from default information held on the CCBC system, space filling the remaining attributes to the length specified. Certain items however are related (eg payee name and address) and should be supplied as a set if any of those items differ from creditor defaults. | ||||
| Payee Name | Char | 70 | N | Name and address details for the payee of the judgment. This information will be printed in the "Name and address for payment" box on the front of the judgment order in addition to certain "Method of payment" paragraphs on the reverse. The items need only be supplied with a request if they differ from default data held on the CCBC system for a creditor (e.g. name and address). The items should be supplied as a set if any of the items differ from defaults |
| Payee Add 1 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Payee Add 2 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Payee Add 3 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Payee Add 4 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Payee Add 5 | Char | 30 | N | |
| Payee Postcode | Char | 8 | N | |
| Payee Tel Number | Char | 14 | N | Contact telephone number to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a default for the creditor |
| Payee Reference | Char | 24 | N | Reference to be printed on the judgment order where different from that supplied with the original CPC claim request |
| Payment Slip Codeline(1) | Char | 58 | N |
This item is a mandatory requirement for those creditors who require bank giro credit payment slips to be printed with judgement orders. It will contain data to be printed on the slip's codeline:
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| Payment Slip Codeline (2) | Char | 100 | N | Optional second codeline to be printed on payment slip. Certain creditors may require an additional codeline to be printed for processing via their own internal OCR machines. See "Payment Slip Codeline (1)" for formatting requirements |
| Payee Bank Sort Code | Char | 8 | N | Sort Code of payee's bank to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a default for creditor (format "nn-nn-nn") |
| Payee Account Holder | Char | 70 | N | Name of bank account holder (i.e. beneficiary to be named on cheques/printed on payment slips) where different from that held as a default for the creditor. This item, if supplied, may differ from "Payee Name" (i.e. if the judgment order directs that cheques/postal orders are made payable to the client but sent to the CCBC creditor) |
| Payee Bank Name | Char | 30 | N | Name of payee's bank to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a default for creditor |
| Payee Bank Info 1 | Char | 30 | N | Additional information re: payee's bank (e.g. branch name) to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a default for the creditor |
| Payee Bank Info 2 | Char | 30 | N | Additional information re: payee's bank to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a default for the creditor |
| Payee Girobank Account Number | Char | 8 | N | Number of payee's Girobank credit account to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a creditor default. Format "nnn nnnn". |
| Payee Bank Account Number | Char | 18 | N | Number of payee's bank account to be printed on the judgment order where different from that held as a default for the creditor |
| Girobank TransactionCode (1) | Char | 9 | N | Mandatory item for those creditors who require printing of joint giro credit payment slip. First part of Girobank transaction code to be printed on the judgment order payment slip where different from that held as creditor default. Code will be printed within solid lined transaction code box and will be either 3, 6 or 9 digits |
| Girobank Transaction Code (2) | Char | 2 | N | Mandatory item for those creditors who require printing of joint giro credit payment slip. Second part of Girobank transaction code to be printed on the judgment order payment slip where different from that held as a creditor default. Code will be printed within broken lined transaction code box and will be 2 digits |
| APACS Transaction Code | Char | 2 | N |
This two digit transaction code is assigned by APACS (Association for Payment Clearing Services) and is included within "Payment Slip Codeline (1)". The item should be supplied as additional data where:
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| Filler | Char | 100 | - | Record filler, space filled. This attribute may be used in the future, allowing additional data to be included with judgment requests |
Fixed length records of 960 bytes
