Why Pre-action Protocol Number 13 is bad news for creditors

Pre-action Protocol Number 13 ‘must be the biggest turn-off for creditors since the Grayling hike in court fees’, Peter Thompson QC, general editor, Civil Court Practice (The Green Book), writes in this week’s NLJ.

Thompson says the protocol adds to the administrative burden for creditors, creating extra hurdles before they can go to court, and could act as a deterrent to some, Thompson says. For example, it requires creditors to produce an extra 10 pages of documents including an information sheet, response form and statement of income and expenditure, and builds an extra 30 days response time.