Claim witness expenses

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Start your claim

Use this service to:

• claim prosecution witness expenses in English and Welsh criminal courts

Before you start

You can claim expenses if you are a:

• witness
• professional witness
• parent or guardian of a witness under 18
• carer of an adult witness
• person with permission to claim, for example you are helping a witness attend court

you must be able to:

• upload receipts as a PDF or an image
• provide your bank account details if you want your expenses to be paid into a UK bank, building society or non UK bank
• provide a UK address if you want to be paid by cheque

We will deal with your claim as quickly as possible and, as long as you have filled the form in correctly, we aim to pay within 10 working days.

The online service is also available in Welsh (ar gael yn Gymraeg).