On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:37:54 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:37:52 +0100, Mark wrote:

IIRC Moneyclaim online just allows you to file the claim without
filling in paper forms and delivering them to your local court. If
the defendent files a defence the case is reallocated to a court
local to the customer.
^^^^^^^^^

Supplier. When I sued a 2nd hand car dealer in Small Claims Court, the
case was heard in the vendors local court.

That's unusal. It is normally the customer that gets the choice. Was
there any special circumstances?

I thought it was local to the orginal plaintiff.

The default is that the claim will be heard in the court nearest the
defendant. However, if the defendant is a business and the claimant a
consumer the case will be allocated to a court near the claimant if
they so request.