You can claim expenses to cover the cost of getting from your home (the address on your citation<\/a>) to the court. You can be refunded for travelling by:<\/p>\n You’re entitled to a fixed allowance for snacks and meals based on the time that you spend at court \u2013 like if you’re at court over lunchtime.<\/p>\n If you’re employed or self-employed, you may need to take time off work to come to court. You can claim some money back to cover pay or earnings you’ve lost.<\/p>\n There’s a limit to how much you can claim.<\/p>\n There aren’t any childcare facilities at court buildings so you can’t bring children with you \u2013 unless they’re over 14. You may be able to claim for some childcare expenses from the person who cited you.<\/p>\n If you look after someone else, like a relative who is elderly or has disabilities, you may be eligible to claim caring expenses. These will cover the cost of getting someone else to look after the person you care for when you’re in court.<\/p>\n You can claim some expenses if you’ve been asked to accompany a witness who is:<\/p>\n The witness can also claim expenses. Expenses will only be paid if you’ve received a letter from the Procurator Fiscal, Children’s Reporter or defence lawyer asking you to attend court with the witness.<\/p>\n Speak to the person who cited you \u2013 in advance of going to court \u2013 if you think you won’t be able to afford to get to court. They may be able to provide options.<\/p>\n Expenses are paid directly into your bank account. Cash payments aren’t normally made except in special circumstances.<\/p>\n You can claim expenses for: Travelling to and from the court You can claim expenses to cover the cost of getting from your home (the address on your citation) to the court. You can be refunded for travelling by: car \u2013 you’ll get a certain amount of money per mile but parking charges won’t be … Continue reading “Expenses for going to court”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":724,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/sub-sub.php","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698\/revisions\/1144"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Meal allowance<\/h2>\n
Loss of income or earnings<\/h2>\n
Childcare\u00a0and other caring duties \u2013 like looking after a relative who is elderly or has disabilities<\/h2>\n
People accompanying vulnerable witnesses<\/h2>\n
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What if I can’t afford expenses up front?<\/h2>\n
How are expenses paid?<\/h2>\n
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