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You must pay into the Court Funds Office if:

• you鈥檝e been ordered to make a payment to settle a court case
• you offered to settle in full before the case started - but it was not accepted and you want to use a 鈥榙efence of tender before claim鈥�
• you have to refund an overpayment

There鈥檚 a different process if you鈥檙e managing money as someone鈥檚 deputy or managing money as a child鈥檚 litigation friend.

Making a payment

Send the Court Funds Office:

• your completed request for deposit form CFO 100
• a copy of the court order (one with a seal on it)
• a cheque dated in the last 6 months and made payable to the 鈥楢ccountant General of the Senior Courts鈥�

You must physically sign the deposit form - this is also known as a 鈥榳et signature鈥�. Electronic signatures will not be accepted.

You鈥檒l get a receipt for your payment about 1 week after the Court Funds Office receives your cheque.

Payments for a 鈥榙efence of tender before claim鈥�

Inform the claimant that you鈥檝e made a payment to the Court Funds Office by giving them a copy of your completed request for deposit form (CFO 100) (sometimes called 鈥榮erving the form鈥�).

Send the court confirming that you gave the form to the claimant

Your money will be held in a Court Funds Office basic account until the case is settled and the claimant or the court makes a request to pay it out.

Basic accounts currently pay 3.38% interest. The rate is not fixed - it is set by the Lord Chancellor. You鈥檒l be told if the rate changes.

Payments in foreign currency

You can pay into the Court Funds Office from a foreign currency account if you鈥檝e got permission from the court. Ask the judge at your hearing or contact the relevant court to ask how to apply for permission.

Send the Court Funds Office:

• your deposit form (CFO 100)
• a copy of the court order with an official seal (a 鈥榮ealed鈥� copy)

The Court Funds Office will confirm their bank details for you to pay by either:

• electronic transfer from your bank - 4 to 5 days to clear
• banker鈥檚 draft - 6 to 8 weeks to clear

You鈥檒l get a temporary receipt when the money arrives and a final receipt when it clears into the Court Funds Office account.

Interest on foreign currency accounts

You鈥檒l get details of interest-paying accounts you can use from the Court Funds Office. Tell the court which one you want to use and they鈥檒l arrange for the money to be held in that type of account.

The Court Funds Office uses Royal Bank of Scotland interest rates for foreign currency accounts.