Civil / County Court Bundle Software

A civil trial bundle is the agreed set of documents the court and the parties use at trial. Under CPR rule 39.5 and Practice Direction 32 para 27.5 it should, unless the court orders otherwise, include the claim form and statements of case, a case summary and/or chronology where appropriate, requests for further information and responses, the witness statements and any witness summaries, hearsay and CPR 33.6 notices, medical and expert reports and responses, and the order giving directions for trial, plus any other necessary documents. BundleCreator organises these into sections with a hyperlinked index and continuous pagination.

Under CPR 39.5 the claimant must file the trial bundle not more than 7 days and not less than 3 days before the start of the trial, unless the court orders otherwise. Prepare it in good time so it can be agreed with the other side before filing.

Yes. The County Court hears claims for discrimination in services and public functions, premises, education (other than disability claims against schools) and associations (Equality Act 2010 s.114). Claims must be brought within 6 months of the act complained of, or such other period as the court thinks just and equitable (s.118). Employment discrimination goes to the Employment Tribunal, and disability discrimination claims against schools in England go to the First-tier Tribunal (SEND) (s.116).

They serve opposite purposes. A Case & Costs Management Conference bundle is forward-looking — it contains directions, disclosure proposals and costs budgets, and helps the court plan how the case will be run. It contains no witness or expert evidence. A trial bundle is the evidence for the hearing itself. BundleCreator keeps them as separate templates so the two are not confused.

The court allocates a track after reading the directions questionnaires. The small claims track is normally for claims of £10,000 or less (lower limits for personal injury and housing disrepair); the fast track for claims up to £25,000 with a trial of no more than a day; the intermediate track for claims up to £100,000 where the trial will not exceed three days and there are no more than two experts per party; otherwise the multi-track — and some claims (for example most clinical negligence claims, claims against the police for intentional or reckless torts, and claims for abuse of children or vulnerable adults) must go to the multi-track (CPR 26.9). The Civil / County Court templates are aimed at fast, intermediate and multi-track claims.