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What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...

• Overview

  You may get a county court judgment (CCJ) or high court judgment if…

• Pay the judgment - if you do owe the money

  You’ll have to pay the person or business you owe the money to, or their…

• Cancel the judgment

  If you do not owe the money, you can ask the court to cancel the county…

• CCJs and your credit rating

  If you get a county court judgment (CCJ) or a high court judgment, it will…

Find out what you can do if the court has decided a defendant owes you money but they won't pay.

• Updated: 3 November 2025

Use this form to send a judgment to a defendant if they have not replied to the claim form.

Find out what an employment tribunal judgment means and when you can appeal it.

• Updated: 9 March 2026

Form No.47: Judgment after trial before a Master or District Judge (PD40B para 14).

Use this form to issue a writ of control to enforce a foreign registered judgement.

Claimants can use Form N225, a 'request for judgment', to ask the court to set out repayments a defendant should make to them.

Form No.45: Judgment after trial before Judge without jury (Practice Direction 40B para 14.1(1)).

Use this form if you need to file a draft of an order or judgment for a civil court.

Form No.46: Judgment after trial before Judge with jury (Practice Direction 40B para 14.1(2)).