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Important Customer Notice

The Northern Ireland Court Service understands how important the security and confidentiality of your information is to you. This is why our website currently encrypts information using up to 128-bit encryption. To ensure the highest level of security, we will be making a change to our website to only allow 128-bit encrypted connections. This change will be implemented on 12 November 2007 and may require you to upgrade your browser if it does not support 128-bit encryption.

Please click here for more information about encryption on our website.

Online Services are available daily from  6.00am - 12 midnight.

Login/Register

To access any of the online services you must first login to your account or alternatively register by creating a new account. Once registered you can log in to your account by selecting the Login / Register icon on the top right-hand side of the screen.

Software Requirements Download Adobe Acrobat Reader

Some documents on the public searching modules and EJO Debt Register Search are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Click here to download and install a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader which is required for opening and viewing PDF files. It is recommended that users of these online services use Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or above as they may experience problems on lower versions.

ICOS Online Searching Modules

  • Bankruptcy & Companies - Cost £20 per search
    (Data held within last 10 years)
  • Queen's Bench & Chancery - Cost £20 per search
    (Data held from 1 December 2004)
  • Probate records - Cost £20 per search
    (Data held since 1 January 1986)
  • Decree Absolute - Cost £20 per search
    (Data held since 1 January 1996)

Payment can be made by Visa debit / credit card or Mastercard debit / credit card or from an ICOS pre-paid account.

For more information on ICOS, including how to set up an account, then please click here.

User Manuals

The following documents provide clear guidelines on how to use the public searching modules, these are broken down by account type into the 3 following guides:

  1. Public Searching User Guide - Account Holders (Word)
  2. Public Searching User Guide - Credit Card / Debit Card Payments (Word)
  3. Public Searching User Guide - Voucher (Word)

Refund Application Form - Multiple Surname Search (PDF)
If more than one search has been required to be completed on a married female (ie married and maiden name searched) or a non English name then you may be entitled to a refund of the additional search fee.


EJO Case Tracking Facility

To access this service you must first Login/Register to create a new account and request access to your cases. You will only be granted access to the cases in which you are a party to (creditor or their solicitors). If you are an ICOS account holder and wish to use this facility please contact us so we can activate your account to access the EJO Case Tracking facility.

What’s New with EJO Case Tracking? (PDF)

The EJO Case Tracking Service provides information on Creditor(s), Debtor(s) and other interested parties attached to the case. Key customers of this service will be solicitor firms, and creditors, who have ownership of an enforcement application.

User Guide
A Guide for the Enforcement of Judgments Office Case Tracking Service (PDF) If you are an ICOS account holder and wish to use this facility please contact us so we can activate your account to access the EJO Case Tracking facility.


EJO Debt Register Searching

To access this service you must first either Log In or Register with the website to create a new account. If you are a current ICOS account holder and wish to use this facility please contact ejoaccounts@courtsni.gov.uk so we can update your profile.

The EJO Debt Register Service will enable you to process a judgment search detailing judgments held (if any) against a person or company in the last 6 years.

The current fee for this facility is £8.00 per name search. You can pay by prepaid account or pay as you go. Please see the guides opposite to help you through the process.

Pre-paid Account Holders should contact the Accounts Team in the EJO for information on how to credit their pre-paid account with funds at either ejoaccounts@courtsni.gov.uk or telephone 028 9072 4862.

Pay as you go users can purchase vouchers by a Visa debit / credit card or a Mastercard debit / credit card.

If you have already logged in please launch the EJO Debt Register Searching button below to load the facility in a new window.

User Guides

On-line Searching Guide for Pay-As-You-Go Users (PDF)

On-line Searching Guide for Pre-Paid Account Holders (PDF)

Refund Application Form - Multiple Surname Search (PDF)

If more than one search has been required to be completed on a married female (ie married and maiden name searched) or a non English name then you may be entitled to a refund of the additional search fee.


Small Claims Online Facility

To access this service you must first Login/Register to create a new account.

Online Services are available daily from 6.00am - 12 midnight.

Before you begin a small claim you should be aware that if the respondent has no money to pay the amount of the claim you may not get your money. The Enforcement of Judgments Office (EJO) is part of the Northern Ireland Court Service and will help you to recover the amount claimed by enforcing any decree that you are granted.

The EJO maintain a Judgments Register to which you can search against a possible debtor for a small fee. This will show whether the respondent already owes any money to other people. You can then use this information to help you decide whether or not you want to proceed to issue your small claim.

Small Claims Online User Guide

Payment can be made by Visa debit / credit card or Mastercard debit / credit card or from an ICOS pre-paid account.

Please click here to view a list of fees for the Small Claims Court (PDF).

Please note if you are experiencing difficulties when launching this service, this may be due to a function on your computer which is preventing the new window from opening. (eg. web browser pop-up blocker, anti-virus software, security settings etc.)

Small Claims Guide (PDF).

A guide to the small claims procedure and associated forms.

Customer Satisfaction Survey

The Civil Processing Centre, who centrally process all small claims until the listing stage, would like to gauge your satisfaction with the service you have received.

Please complete the following questionnaire and provide us with your comments, suggestions or ideas for improvement. Any information or comments you give will be used to help us improve/maintain the quality of the service we provide to you.

Click here to download the electronic customer satisfaction questionnaire (PDF).


Copy Orders Online Facility

Orders made on or after 1 January 2007 are available online for some business areas. The current fee for each order selected online is £8. Payment can be made by Visa debit / credit card or Mastercard debit / credit card or from an ICOS pre-paid account. Click here for more information on the Copy Orders Online Facilities.

User Guide

If you are having difficulties with using any of our online services, please contact our web team on 028 9041 2385.