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New Civil National Business Centre in Northampton

21 Aug 2023News

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New Civil National Business Centre in Northampton

A national business centre for Civil has been created, which will be known as the Civil National Business Centre, based in Northampton.

New Civil National Business Centre in Northampton

The centre merges the work of the County Court Money Claims Centre at Prince William House in Salford, which is now closed, and the County Court Business Centre in Northampton.

There will be no changes to their existing contact telephone numbers, any new claim or application received on or after 1 September 2023 addressed to either of the old names and not the new 'Civil National Business Centre' name will be returned to the sender.

The address for the filing of paper documents is:

Civil National Business Centre
St. Katharine's House
21-27 St. Katharine's Street
Northampton
NN1 2LH
DX: 702885 Northampton 7

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