How to use the HMCTS E-Filing service
Guides for registering and using the E-filing service in the High Court and the upper tribunals.
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The HMCTS E-Filing service can be used by legal professionals on behalf of their clients or by people who do not have a solicitor, known as ‘litigants in person’.
You can securely submit, pay for and manage your cases online for the:
- Business and Property Courts
- Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
- Employment Appeal Tribunal
- High Court Family Appeals
- King’s Bench Division, claims and appeals in the Royal Courts of Justice (London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle)
- Senior Courts Costs Office
- Upper Tribunal – Administrative Appeals Chamber
- Upper Tribunal – Immigration and Asylum Chamber
- Upper Tribunal – Lands Chamber
- Upper Tribunal – Tax and Chancery Chamber
These guides provide step-by-step instructions for using the service to:
- create and manage your account
- submit and manage your filings
- search for cases and request copies of documents (office copies)
Before using these guides or submitting any filings, please visit our main guidance page on the HMCTS E-Filing service for citizens and professionals. This explains:
- what the E-Filing service is
- what you need to know before you start
- what happens after you have submitted a filing
- other ways to submit filings (if you cannot use the E-Filing service)
- how to get further advice and support
If you cannot or prefer not to use the E-Filing service, you can submit paper copies of forms and documents to the court by post or by hand. Find the address of the address of the court.
E-Filing is mandatory in some jurisdictions for legally represented parties. Please refer to practice direction 510, paragraph 2.2.