Make an application to a court (application notice): Form N244
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-23)

Use the N244 form to ask a court to set aside or vary a judgment, or suspend an enforcement process. Evidence of identity and declaration form (CH60) also included on this page.

Read the guidance notes before filling in this application notice.

Domestic abuse protection orders

You must read guidance on applying for a DAPO in the county court (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-domestic-abuse-protection-order-in-a-county-court) before completing this form.

If you do not have an ongoing civil case in the county court with the person you need protection from, you must apply to a family court instead.

Read the guidance on applying for a DAPO in a family court (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-domestic-abuse-protection-order-in-a-family-court)

Defendants

You might also find it useful to read the ‘notes for defendant’ on:
- Form N119: Give details of a claim to gain possession of a rented residential property (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n119-particulars-of-claim-for-possession)
- Form N120: Particulars of claim (Mortgaged residential premises) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n120-particulars-of-claim-mortgaged-residential-premises)
Commercial court forms

You may need a different type of N244 form, depending on the court you’re applying to:
- apply to the Commercial Court for an order (‘application notice’): Form N244(CC) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-the-commercial-court-for-an-order-application-notice-n244-cc)
- application notice (Commercial Court Financial List): Form N244(CCFL) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n244ccfl-application-notice-commercial-court-financial-list)
- application notice (Chancery Division Financial List): Form N244(CHFL) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n244ccfl-application-notice-commercial-court-financial-list)
Check court and tribunal fees (https://www.gov.uk/court-fees-what-they-are) and find out if you can get help with fees (https://www.gov.uk/get-help-with-court-fees).

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