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• Updated: 21 December 2017

Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.

• Updated: 31 March 2017

What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself

• Overview

  You’ll get a letter or email if someone claims you owe them money. You…

• Respond to a claim online

  You’ll need to know which service was used to make the claim. Check your…

• Respond to a claim by post

  If the claim was made using a paper form, you should respond by post. You…

• Resolve the claim through mediation

  Mediation is when an impartial professional (the mediator) helps both…

• Going to a court hearing

  You might have to give more information at a hearing if your offer is…

How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.

How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.

Search for unclaimed money in a Court Funds Office account - find account, get information and claim

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 Includes information from the withdrawn...

Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions

Learn more about money laundering regulations, your responsibilities and how to report suspicious activity.

• Updated: 19 August 2026

Make a payment to the Court Funds Office - pay a settlement, deposit money as part of a defence of tender before claim or repay an overpayment