<P> County Court matters can be lodged at a court in person, by post or via the internet in some cases through the County Court Bulk Centre . Cases are normally heard at the court having jurisdiction over the area where the claimant lives . Most matters are decided by a district judge or circuit judge sitting alone . Civil matters in England (with minor exceptions, e.g. in some actions against the police) do not have juries . Judges in the County Court are either former barristers or former solicitors, whereas in the High Court they are more likely to have formerly been a barrister . </P> <P> Civil claims with an amount in controversy under £ 10,000 (the Jackson Reforms have increased this from £ 5,000) are dealt with in the County Court under the small claims track (sometimes known to the lay public as "small claims court," although it is not a separate court). Claims between £ 5,000 and £ 25,000 (£ 15,000 for cases started before April 2009) that are capable of being tried within one day are allocated to the "fast track" and claims over £ 25,000 (£ 15,000 for cases started before April 2009) to the "multi track ." These' tracks' are labels for the use of the court system - the actual cases will be heard in the County Court or the High Court depending on their value . For personal injury, defamation, and some landlord - tenant dispute cases the thresholds for each track have different values . </P> <P> Appeals are to a higher judge (circuit judge hears district judge appeals), the High Court of Justice or to the Court of Appeal, as the case may be . </P> <P> In debt cases, the aim of a claimant taking County Court action against a defendant is to secure a County Court judgment . This is a legal order to pay the full amount of the debt . Judgments can be enforced at the request of the claimant in a number of ways, including requesting the Court Bailiffs to seize goods, the proceeds of any sale being used to pay the debt, or an Attachment of Earnings Order, where the defendant's employer is ordered to make deductions from the gross wages to pay the claimant . </P>

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