SEPARATE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM OUTLINE

STATUS: Legal/procedural tool · legal information, not advice
REVIEWED: 18 August 2026
OFFICIAL SOURCES: CPR Part 16; Practice Direction 7C

1. Parties
- Exact legal names, capacities and addresses for service.
- Why the defendant is liable to this claimant.

2. Lease, demands and payments
- Property and lease date.
- Relevant service-charge clauses and percentage.
- Years, demands and payments relied upon.

3. FTT proceedings
- Case references, parties and decision dates.
- Findings relied upon, with paragraph references.
- Any express payment order stated separately.

4. Repayment basis
- Concise facts and the legal basis relied upon.
- Why the claim is fresh County Court proceedings rather than direct enforcement of a declaration.
- Why the findings bind the relevant parties and issues.

5. Calculation
- Schedule translating each finding into the account paid.
- Whole-building adjustment, lease share, credits and principal.

6. Pre-action steps
- Letter before claim, response and remaining dispute.

7. Interest and remedy
- Basis, rate, start date, accrued sum and daily rate.
- Principal, interest, fee and allowable costs kept separate.

8. Statement of truth
- Use the current prescribed wording and sign only after checking every fact.

If separate particulars are served after an MCOL claim, check PD 7C, CPR 7.4 and the current certificate-of-service requirements and deadlines.