FILING, FORMS AND FEES

Filing

A document may be filed (lodged) at the court office where the claim is proceeding or intended to proceed by any of the following ways: delivery in person, posting it, or sending it by FAX.

A document is filed on the day when it is received at the court office or, if it is received at a time when the court office is closed, on the next day on which the court office is open.
If a fee is to be paid, a document is not to be treated as filed until the fee is paid or an undertaking to pay the fee, acceptable to the Registrar, is received.

Filing by Fax

Complete a cover sheet which clearly states:

Name, address and telephone number of the sender;
date and time of transmission;
total number of pages transmitted, including the cover page;
number of the FAX Machine at which documents may be received; and
name and telephone number of a person to contact if problems occur in transmission.

Forms

All forms of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court must be used only in the cases to which they apply.

A form may be varied if the variation is required by the circumstances of a particular case.

A form must not be varied so as to leave out any information or guidance which the form gives to the intended recipient of the form.

Fees

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court imposes various fees for an application or appeal filed in the Court. These Court fees are different from the fees that lawyers charge their clients.

See individual Member State for relevant fees.

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(Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules: 3.7, 3.8, 3.10)

Further information can be obtained by contacting your local High Court Registry.