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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 Includes information from the withdrawn...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…

Report to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the government’s response to human rights judgments 2024 to 2025.

• Updated: 19 December 2025

This report sets out the government’s position on the implementation of human rights judgments from the European Court of Human Rights and our domestic courts.

• Updated: 28 November 2024

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

• Updated: 26 January 2026

Annual reports to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the government's response to human rights judgments.

• Updated: 4 February 2015

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

Access HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) data. For example to support academic research, or the development or evaluation of policy and services.

• Updated: 14 August 2025

Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lord Fairley on 21 January 2026.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

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

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