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Free N293A Builder: Transfer Up for a Writ of Control

Led by Diellza Nika Hyseni and Mentor Nika · Updated 22 October 2026

Fill in the official HMCTS Form N293A to transfer a County Court judgment up to the High Court for a writ of control, or a writ of possession against trespassers: the interest and daily rate worked out, the £600 and £5,000 limits checked, the court fee shown and the words that do not apply struck through. From DMD Costs, law costs draftsmen in Westhoughton, Bolton.

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Fill in the boxes below; the figures, the checks and the form update as you type. Nothing leaves your browser.

The judgment
Enforce it in the High Court by
The money
Where the enforcement officer is to take control of goods: page 2 of the form.
Shown at (b) costs and interest.
Shown at (c) subsequent costs.

Payments since judgment

Judgment interest to date

County Court judgment interest, from the judgment interest calculator: 8% a year on a judgment of £5,000 or more, or on a Late Payment Act debt.

Interest stops from then (County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 art 4(1)). Not a charging order.
Part 3 B: “interest thereon at …% per annum from the date of transfer”. See the note in the checks: the builder never fills this in for you.
Before the court certifies it
The writ
Direct the writ to
Part 3 reads “(Sent from the … County Court by”. Left blank, the builder uses the hearing centre’s name, or CNBC, CCBC or CCMCC for the national centres.
Signing
Signed by
Interest is worked out to this day.

The builder applies CPR Parts 40 and 83 and the 1991 Jurisdiction and Interest Orders, as they stood on 22 October 2026, to the official form N293A (09.22). It sets out the rules and the figures; it does not say whether to enforce, or how. Check every box against your file before sending. It is a guide, not legal advice.

Key points

  • DMD Costs’ N293A builder is a free online tool that fills in the official HMCTS Form N293A, the combined certificate of judgment and request for a writ of control or writ of possession, and downloads it as a PDF ready to sign and send.
  • It is completely free, with no sign-up or paywall, and runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent to DMD Costs.
  • Form N293A transfers a County Court judgment up to the High Court for enforcement. The grant of the certificate of judgment takes effect as an order transferring the proceedings to the High Court (CPR 40.14A and 83.19(2)).
  • A County Court money judgment enforced against goods must be enforced in the High Court where the sum to be enforced is £5,000 or more, must stay in the County Court where it is less than £600, and may be enforced in either court in between; one on a Consumer Credit Act 1974 regulated agreement is enforced only in the County Court (High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991, art 8).
  • The court fee is £82.00 on sealing the writ (fee 7.1). Where the creditor is legally represented, the fixed costs of issuing a writ are £51.75 (PD 45 Table 7).
  • The builder works out County Court judgment interest to the date of the request with the daily rate, splits the sum between the debt, the costs and interest, and the costs since judgment, and checks the £600 and £5,000 limits.
  • A writ needs the court’s permission where six years or more have passed since the judgment or the parties have changed (CPR 83.2(3)); a writ of possession against trespassers needs it after three months (CPR 83.13(3)).

How to use the N293A builder

  1. Enter the judgment. Enter the County Court hearing centre, the claim number, the creditor and the debtor with references, and the date of the judgment, and choose a writ of control or a writ of possession against trespassers.
  2. Enter the money. For a writ of control, enter the judgment sum, any costs in it, any costs allowed since and any payments. The builder works out the County Court judgment interest to the date of the request, or you can enter it yourself.
  3. Confirm nothing is pending. Confirm that no application to vary, set aside or stay the judgment, and no request for an administration order, is pending, and say whether the parties have changed or permission has already been given.
  4. Direct the writ. Choose a named High Court enforcement officer, or the officers assigned to a district. The builder strikes through the option you do not use.
  5. Sign and date. Choose who signs, the creditor or its legal representative, and enter the address for service and the date of the request.
  6. Download and send. Download the filled N293A, check it, sign parts 1 and 3, and send part 1 to the court that made the judgment or to the Civil National Business Centre.

The £600 and £5,000 limits

A County Court judgment for a sum of money that is to be enforced against goods is enforced only in the High Court where the sum to be enforced is £5,000 or more, only in the County Court where it is less than £600, and in either court in between (High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991, art 8(1)). A judgment in proceedings on a Consumer Credit Act 1974 regulated agreement stays in the County Court whatever its size (art 8(1A)). The £600 floor does not apply to an employment tribunal award or Acas settlement sum recoverable under s.15(1) or 19A(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (art 8(3)). The builder tests everything the writ is for, the debt, the costs and the interest to date: that is our reading of “the sum which it is sought to enforce”.

The figures on the form

Part 1 asks for the date of the judgment, the total of the judgment including any costs, and the interest accrued with the daily rate. GOV.UK says the total should include any costs the court has allowed since judgment. Part 3 sets out the sum the writ is for: (a) the debt, (b) costs and interest, and (c) any subsequent costs. The builder takes payments from the judgment before the interest, as the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 requires (art 6(2)); within the judgment it takes them from the debt before the costs (our reading: no rule fixes that split, and the total is the same). County Court judgment interest runs only on a judgment of £5,000 or more or a Late Payment Act debt, and the builder works it out with the free judgment interest calculator’s engine. Interest that fell due more than six years ago cannot be recovered (Limitation Act 1980 s.24(2)), so for an older judgment the form shows only the last six years’.

Interest after transfer

Part 3 asks for any interest “at …% per annum from the date of transfer”. Our reading is that a transferred judgment carries 8% a year from the date of transfer, even one under £5,000 that carries no interest in the County Court: the grant of the certificate transfers the enforcement proceedings to the High Court (CPR 83.19(2)), and a judgment whose enforcement is transferred under s.42 of the County Courts Act 1984 is treated as a High Court judgment for all purposes except setting aside and appeals (s.42(5) and (6)), where judgment debts carry 8% (Judgments Act 1838 s.17). Some debt advisers argue that a certificate under CPR 40.14A is not a transfer under s.42 and adds no interest. No court has decided the point: in Bevans v Buckenham [2023] EWHC 746 (KB) at [23] the court treated the certificate as a deemed transfer under CPR 83.19 but left the effect of s.42(5) and (6) undecided. The builder never fills in the rate for you.

The court fee and fixed costs

The fee is £82.00 on sealing the writ (fee 7.1); our reading, as in the civil court fees calculator, is that the certificate in part 1 has no fee of its own. A legally represented creditor’s fixed costs of issuing a writ of control or of execution are £51.75 (PD 45 Table 7). For the officer’s fees and the other ways of enforcing, use the enforcement options calculator.

A writ of possession against trespassers

N293A also transfers a possession order made in a possession claim against trespassers (CPR 83.19(1)(b); art 8B of the 1991 Order). A writ of possession against a trespasser needs the court’s permission once three months have passed since the order (CPR 83.13(3)), and the applicant files a certificate that the land has not been vacated (CPR 83.13(6)). Other County Court possession orders need an order under s.42 of the County Courts Act 1984 to be enforced in the High Court (CPR 40.14A(4)(b)).

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. It is completely free, with no sign-up, no paywall and no limit. It fills in the official HMCTS form in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to DMD Costs.
It is the combined certificate of judgment and request for a writ of control or writ of possession. Part 1 asks the County Court for a certificate of judgment for enforcement in the High Court; part 2 is completed by the court; part 3 is the request to seal the writ. A request for a certificate to enforce in the High Court must state that the creditor intends to enforce by execution against goods, or that the order is for possession in a possession claim against trespassers (CPR 40.14A(4)), or else confirm that an application for a transfer order under s.42 of the County Courts Act 1984 has been made (CPR 40.14A(4)(b)), and the grant of the certificate takes effect as an order transferring the proceedings to the High Court (CPR 83.19(2)).
For enforcement against goods, a County Court money judgment is enforced only in the High Court where the sum to be enforced is £5,000 or more, only in the County Court where it is less than £600, and in either court otherwise (High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991, art 8(1)). A judgment in proceedings on a Consumer Credit Act 1974 regulated agreement is enforced only in the County Court (art 8(1A)). A possession order made in a possession claim against trespassers may be enforced in either court (art 8B).
GOV.UK says to send part 1 to the court where the judgment was made or to the Civil National Business Centre. Once the certificate is granted, the County Court notifies the debtor that the proceedings have been transferred (CPR 83.19(3)). The request in part 3 then goes with the writ itself, in the practice form, to the High Court for sealing, with the judgment or an office copy (CPR 83.9(3) and (5); PD 83 para 3.1).
£82.00 on sealing a writ of control, possession or delivery (Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008, Schedule 1, fee 7.1, from 13 July 2026). Schedule 1 sets no separate fee for the certificate of judgment in part 1, and GOV.UK’s guide names one fee, so on our reading the writ fee is the whole court fee. The court fees calculator lists every civil court fee.
Where the creditor is legally represented, £51.75 where a writ of control is issued, and the same where a writ of execution, which includes a writ of possession, is issued (CPR 45.23; PD 45 Table 7; CPR 83.1(2)(l)). The High Court enforcement officer’s own fees are separate: they are set by the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, as amended from 1 May 2026.
A County Court judgment for £5,000 or more, or for a Late Payment Act debt, carries interest at 8% a year under the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991, and goes on carrying 8% after transfer. A judgment under £5,000 carries none in the County Court. Our reading is that it carries 8% a year from the date of transfer: the grant of the certificate transfers the enforcement proceedings to the High Court (CPR 83.19(2)), a County Court judgment whose enforcement is transferred under s.42 of the County Courts Act 1984 is treated as a High Court judgment for all purposes except setting aside and appeals (s.42(5) and (6)), and High Court judgment debts carry 8% (Judgments Act 1838 s.17). Form N293A itself asks for interest “from the date of transfer”. No court has decided the point, and some debt advisers argue that the certificate route is not a transfer under s.42, so the builder never fills in the rate for you.
Where six years or more have passed since the judgment, or the parties entitled to enforce it or liable under it have changed, among other cases (CPR 83.2(3)). The application is made under Part 23 and must give the information in CPR 83.2(4). A writ of possession against a trespasser needs permission once three months have passed since the order (CPR 83.13(3)).
Part 1 certifies that, to the creditor’s knowledge, nothing is pending that would hold up the certificate. The court will not deal with a request for a certificate to enforce in the High Court while an application to vary the date or rate of payment, an application to set aside or vary the judgment, a request for an administration order, or an application for a stay of execution under s.88 of the County Courts Act 1984 is pending (CPR 83.19(4)).
Either to a named High Court enforcement officer, or to the enforcement officers assigned to a district of England and Wales. The form says that a writ directed to a district must be sent to the National Information Centre for Enforcement for allocation. The builder strikes through the alternative that is not used.

Costs to recover before you can enforce them?

DMD Costs does not act in enforcement. We work for claimant solicitor firms on the costs: we prepare the bill, answer the Points of Dispute and negotiate the costs, which ends in an agreed sum or a costs certificate that is enforced like a judgment. The fee is fixed and agreed before any work begins.

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