Change the law around default County Court Judgements (CCJs)

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Anyone who receives a default County Court Judgement, if they challenge this via a set aside application, should receive a default set aside order if the Claimant doesn't bother to show up to the court.

Over 1 million CCJs are issued every year. 93% of these are default judgements meaning the defendant didn't have the opportunity to defend themselves. However, when these CCJs are challenged via a set aside application, in many cases because the defendant was unaware they even had a CCJ, the claimant doesn't even bother to turn up to court. This allows these companies (debt collectors, parking ticket companies) to hand out CCJs like confetti knowing they don't have to defend them when challenged

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about County Court Judgements are a matter for the courts, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

31 Mar 2025	Petition opened for signatures
30 Apr 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Apr 2025

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