Section 6
Exclusion of other jurisdictions
of Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984
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Section 6
(1)
Where a claim has been lodged with a tribunal, no proceedings relating to that claim may be brought before any other court except —
(a)
where the proceedings before that court were commenced before the claim was lodged with the tribunal; or
(b)
where the claim before the tribunal has been withdrawn or abandoned.
(2)
No claim may be brought before a tribunal if proceedings relating to that claim are pending in or have been heard and determined by any other court.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, a claim is deemed to have been lodged with a tribunal when section 15 has been complied with.