Civil Court Users Association

The Civil Court Users Association (CCUA) is the national body that represents the interests of people and businesses who use the civil courts in England and Wales. Its membership includes legal practitioners, enforcement professionals, creditors, and organisations involved in the court process at every level.

The CCUA engages directly with HMCTS, the Ministry of Justice, and other bodies responsible for how the civil court system operates. It provides a collective voice for court users on matters of policy, procedure, and reform, particularly where changes affect the practical experience of those who rely on the courts to resolve disputes and enforce judgments.

RCU's founder, Amir Ali OBE, served on the CCUA board for eleven years, five of those as Chairman. That period included direct involvement in some of the most significant consultations on court reform in recent history, including the 2016 Briggs Review, where Amir represented the CCUA at stakeholder meetings convened by Lord Justice Briggs to discuss the future of civil courts.

At the conclusion of that consultation, Amir volunteered CCUA members to assist with the construction and testing of the new court system. That commitment was not a formality. It reflected a belief that the people who use the system every day are best placed to help design a better one.

That decade of governance-level involvement gave Amir a vantage point that very few people in the enforcement sector share: a direct line of sight into how policy decisions are made, how court processes are designed, and where the system consistently fails the people it is supposed to serve.

RCU's connection to the CCUA is not a badge on a website. It is the foundation of how RCU understands and navigates the court system. The processes RCU operates, from the transfer of County Court Judgments to High Court enforcement, were built by someone who spent over a decade working to improve those processes at a systemic level.

For clients, that means a service informed by direct knowledge of how the courts work, why they sometimes do not, and what it takes to get a judgment enforced efficiently and transparently.