Watford County Court

Absolutely disgusted. not only do they send your paperwork back regardless if it is filled in correctly or not (every time without fail). Men are completely discriminated against. There is no justice in this court. The lady judges are 100 times better and fair, it is a shame that there are not more women willing to be judges. I found this court to have no regard for what is right, just and fair. They only have a interest in taking your money, not even in the interests of a child!

Absolutely terrible. The judge arrived two hours late, and when she arrived she was flustered and uncoordinated. She had not read my witness statement. She refused to let me show key evidence.

This should have been a straightforward case in which I only had to show that water cannot flow uphill. My case was supported by two engineers' reports and a surveyor's report. But she dismissed my case, indicating that she believed (presumably) that water flowed uphill).

I appealed against this decision. My appeal was thrown out on the grounds that I had sent it in PDF format, despite that fact that I had called the court's number (which turned out to be a call centre in Leicestershire) and they had said that I could send the appeal electronically, and the PDF could not be signed.

What's more, the letter telling me my appeal was refused was itself not signed, and the idiot at Watford Crown Court had addressed it to the wrong name (using my middle name as my surname, for whatever reason the Watford Crown Court people use to justify such stupidity).

I am now past the deadline for appealing against this miscarriage of justice and there is nothing I can do about it. I am about to lose my home and I know to thank Watford Crown Court for its practice of encouraging injustice.

you cannot contact the court, except by post and the answer is arriving back after a very long time or it doesn't at all. you can't get recipes or you cannot contact them by any other way.
very bad experience!

Possibly the least helpful and most hostile staff I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. As if family court issues are not stressful enough this experience will make you're head explode.

Impossible to contact the court office except by post, no email address, 0300 phone number never answered, no local number, awkward and stroppy security staff whose job appears to be to read newspapers.
Impossible to get receipt for documents or cheques.
Really awful.

Never any delays in hearings. Good client courtesies -- drinks machines etc. available on third floor too. Lifts in buildings. Disabled Parking available. Good security for the vulnerable. Helpful staff. Base on three visits, as defendant, in 2015/6