England and Wales · Civil enforcement
When may an ordered attendee ask for information-hearing travel expenses?
Under CPR 71.4(1), the person ordered to attend may ask the judgment creditor for reasonable travelling expenses within seven days of service of the order.
- Period
- Seven days after service to ask the creditor for reasonable return travelling expenses
- Trigger
- Effective service on that person of the order to attend court
- Rule
- CPR 71.4; 71.5(1)(b); 71.8(2)
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The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts. Rule 71.4(2) requires payment if requested. Rule 71.8(2) makes compliance with rules 71.4 and 71.5 a prerequisite to the stated contempt power. The date alone cannot prove payment or contempt entitlement.
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When may an ordered attendee ask for information-hearing travel expenses?
Under CPR 71.4(1), the person ordered to attend may ask the judgment creditor for reasonable travelling expenses within seven days of service of the order.
Responsible actor. The person ordered to attend who elects to request travelling expenses.
Effective service on that person of the order to attend court.
The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts.
The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts.
CPR 71.4; 71.5(1)(b); 71.8(2)How does this provision count time?
- The ordinary within-seven-days period excludes the service day and includes the seventh following day. It does not become seven intervening days before the hearing.
- The request goes to the judgment creditor, rather than merely to the court office. A closed court office does not itself extend that request period under CPR 2.8(5).
The ordinary within-seven-days period excludes the service day and includes the seventh following day. It does not become seven intervening days before the hearing.
The request goes to the judgment creditor, rather than merely to the court office. A closed court office does not itself extend that request period under CPR 2.8(5).
CPR 71.4; 71.5(1)(b); 71.8(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts. Rule 71.4(2) requires payment if requested. Rule 71.8(2) makes compliance with rules 71.4 and 71.5 a prerequisite to the stated contempt power. The date alone cannot prove payment or contempt entitlement.
The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts. The ordinary within-seven-days period excludes the service day and includes the seventh following day. It does not become seven intervening days before the hearing. Seven days after service to ask the creditor for reasonable return travelling expenses. Establish the actual applicable procedure before completing the act.
The request goes to the judgment creditor, rather than merely to the court office. A closed court office does not itself extend that request period under CPR 2.8(5). The ordinary within-seven-days period excludes the service day and includes the seventh following day. It does not become seven intervening days before the hearing. No automatic computed date or purchase.
Rule 71.4(2) requires payment if requested. Rule 71.8(2) makes compliance with rules 71.4 and 71.5 a prerequisite to the stated contempt power. The date alone cannot prove payment or contempt entitlement. The attendee’s seven-day request differs from the fourteen-day personal-service interval before the hearing. The creditor’s affidavit must address whether expenses were requested and, if so, paid. Check the identified alternate procedure and actual direction or events.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Identified actor and operative event
- The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts.
- Provision-specific counting and closure
- The ordinary within-seven-days period excludes the service day and includes the seventh following day. It does not become seven intervening days before the hearing. The request goes to the judgment creditor, rather than merely to the court office. A closed court office does not itself extend that request period under CPR 2.8(5).
- Required completion and separate procedural route
- Rule 71.4(2) requires payment if requested. Rule 71.8(2) makes compliance with rules 71.4 and 71.5 a prerequisite to the stated contempt power. The date alone cannot prove payment or contempt entitlement.
- The request is an elected right of the person ordered to attend, not a duty imposed on every attendee. It concerns reasonable expenses to and from court. This source guide does not invent a paid date from incomplete service and request facts.
- The attendee’s seven-day request differs from the fourteen-day personal-service interval before the hearing. The creditor’s affidavit must address whether expenses were requested and, if so, paid.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When may an ordered attendee ask for information-hearing travel expenses?
Must every person ordered to attend request travelling expenses?
No. Paragraph (1) says the person may ask. The creditor’s payment duty under paragraph (2) follows a request.
CPR 71.4(1)–(2)Should the attendee address the expenses request only to the court?
The source identifies the judgment creditor as the person asked to pay. Sending a document only to the court does not establish that request.
CPR 71.4(1)Does the request cover only travel to the hearing?
The provision refers to a reasonably sufficient sum for travelling expenses to and from court. The return journey is part of the stated scope.
CPR 71.4(1)Must the judgment creditor pay a requested reasonable sum?
Yes. Paragraph (2) says the judgment creditor must pay such a sum if requested. Record actual payment rather than inferring it from the request.
CPR 71.4(2)What must the creditor’s affidavit say about travelling expenses?
It must state either that the attendee has not requested payment or that the creditor has paid a sum in accordance with the request.
CPR 71.5(1)(b)Why can the travel-payment facts matter to a later contempt application?
Rule 71.8(2) conditions the stated contempt power on creditor compliance with rules 71.4 and 71.5. A missed attendance alone does not establish those creditor prerequisites.
CPR 71.8(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| CPR 71.4; 71.5(1)(b); 71.8(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8(2)–(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 71.4(1)–(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 71.4(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 71.4(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 71.5(1)(b) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 71.8(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |