VPRS 5247 County Court Register, Part I, Common Law

Successive County Court Rules have required the Registrar of the court to keep a register of all verdicts, orders and judgements of the court. The register is the authoritative record of the court.This series was used to register common law actions. Examples include damages for negligence (motor car collision, master and servant claims), personal injuries, property damage / loss of profit.Registration ProcessAn entry in the register was initiated upon lodgement of a summons with the court by the solicitor acting on behalf of the plaintiff. Recordings were then made as the case progressed towards trial. Register details include the:- names and addresses of the plaintiff and defendant- number of the plaint- legal practitioner acting for the plaintiff- nature of the action- amount of the claim- date defence filed, and- order of the Judge.A considerable period of time (sometimes years) could elapse between the initial registration of a case and its completion, upon which the Judges order was added to the original register entry.Note that register entries are not always complete. One reason was that cases may have been settled before going to trial. Unsystematic recordkeeping practice may also have played a part in some instances. For example, an order may have been recorded on the case file only (the file raised to hold the various process documents relating to each case). Case files are not in Public Record Office custody.This series comprises one of three sequences of registers which, if all were used, collectively constitutes the entire County Court Register for the court in question. The three sequences were known as:County Court Register, Part I, Common LawCounty Court Register, Part II, Equity, andCounty Court Register, Part III, Probate and Administration.

历届郡法院规则均要求法院书记官（Registrar of the court）留存法院所有裁决、裁定与判决的登记册。该登记册为法院的权威官方记录。本系列登记册用于登记普通法诉讼案件，涵盖过失损害赔偿（如机动车碰撞、雇主与雇员索赔）、人身伤害、财产损害/利润损失等类型。

登记流程
原告委托的事务律师（solicitor）向法院提交传唤令状（summons）后，即可启动登记条目录入。随后随着案件推进至庭审阶段，登记信息会逐步完善。登记详情包含以下内容：
- 原告与被告的姓名及住址
- 诉状编号
- 代理原告的执业律师
- 诉讼性质
- 索赔金额
- 抗辩状提交日期
- 法官裁定令

案件从初始登记到审结往往间隔较长周期（有时长达数年），审结后法官的裁定令会被补充至初始登记条目内。

需注意，登记条目并非始终完整。原因之一是部分案件可能在庭审前即达成和解；此外，部分案例中存在记录管理不规范的情况，例如相关裁定仅记录于案件卷宗内（此类卷宗用于收纳与单个案件相关的各类程序文件），而案件卷宗并未由公共档案馆（Public Record Office）保管。

本系列登记册属于三套登记序列之一，三套序列完整覆盖目标法院的全部郡法院登记册。三套序列分别为：
《郡法院登记册 第一部分：普通法（County Court Register, Part I, Common Law）》
《郡法院登记册 第二部分：衡平法（County Court Register, Part II, Equity）》
《郡法院登记册 第三部分：遗嘱认证与遗产管理（County Court Register, Part III, Probate and Administration）》