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Built by Stevie Hayes, a Governance, Risk and Compliance specialist who spent five years in the UK Family Court system. Published October 2025 · Last updated 23 April 2026.
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“What would have taken days of stress, I completed confidently in hours.”
Sammy I., Litigant in Person
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A UK court bundle is a single paginated, indexed PDF containing every document a judge or tribunal needs for a hearing. Prepared by hand, a 350-page bundle can take four hours or more to format — pagination, section lettering, index, hyperlinks, compression, and a practice-direction-compliant layout all done manually in Word or a PDF editor. Every time a new document arrives, the entire index has to be regenerated.
With BundleCreator, the same bundle typically takes under an hour. The software handles the technical compliance work — pagination, indexing, bookmarks, continuous or per-section numbering, and the format required by Practice Direction 27A or the tribunal rules that apply to your hearing — so you can focus on the substance of your case.
"What would have taken days of stress, I completed confidently in hours."
— Sammy I., Litigant in Person, Manchester
"A good bundle cannot win a bad case, but a bad bundle can damage a good case."
— Paul Waterworth, Retired District Judge
Watch a court bundle being created — choose your area of law, upload documents, and export a court-ready bundle easily.
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No legal training required. BundleCreator guides you from document selection to a professionally formatted court bundle.
Select from 22 specialist areas — family, employment, immigration, SEND, criminal, bankruptcy, and more. Each comes with pre-built templates tailored to your court or tribunal.
Browse areas →Drag and drop your PDFs. BundleCreator handles pagination, section numbering, and hyperlinked indexing automatically.
Download a single paginated, hyperlinked PDF bundle formatted to the rules that apply to your hearing — Practice Direction 27A for the Family Court (Bates per-section restart A1, A2, B1, B2 for non-financial-remedy under Ch 7.2; Arabic consecutive for financial remedy under Ch 6.2), the Civil Procedure Rules for civil proceedings, or the relevant tribunal procedure rules. Your exported bundle includes a clickable index, internal bookmarks, automatic pagination, and PDF compression that typically reduces file size by up to 70 per cent so it fits within court submission limits. Apply an AES-256 password with granular permissions before sharing.
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BundleCreator handles the technical formatting so you can focus on your case.
BundleCreator provides over 370 court bundle templates across 22 areas of UK law, organised by hearing stage and aligned to the applicable practice direction or procedure rules. The 22 areas are: Child Arrangements, Divorce & Finance, Domestic Abuse, TOLATA (property disputes between unmarried couples), Public Children Law (care proceedings), Family Law (general), Small Claims, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Housing Disrepair, Conveyancing, Commercial Property, Employment Tribunal, Immigration & Asylum, SEND Tribunal, Property Chamber, Money & Tax, Criminal, Wills & Probate, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, and Medical Negligence. Each area contains templates mapped to the specific hearing stages within that jurisdiction — for example, the Family Court templates follow the FHDRA → DRA → Fact-Finding → Final Hearing progression and are structured for Practice Direction 27A (updated March 2026). Employment Tribunal templates follow the ET1 → Case Management → Merits Hearing progression under the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013. Every template includes yellow-highlighted guidance text that strips automatically on export, so the final bundle contains only the professional document.
Every one of the 370-plus pre-built BundleCreator templates is pre-filled with yellow-highlighted guidance text that explains what to write in each section, which documents to include, and the order the court expects. The guidance strips automatically on export so your final bundle contains only the professional document. You do not need legal training or prior court experience to produce a court-ready bundle — the template tells you exactly what goes where, and the bundle index is generated for you. Templates are mapped to the relevant Practice Direction or procedure rule for each document type and reviewed internally before release.
BundleCreator includes over 35 official UK government court forms — ET1 and ET3 for the Employment Tribunal, FL401 for non-molestation and occupation orders, C100 for child arrangements, SEND35 for the SEND tribunal, N208, and more — that you complete directly in the editor. Forms are filled on-screen, saved as part of your bundle, and exported as flattened PDF pages so they cannot be tampered with after submission. No printing or scanning required. New forms are added as HMCTS and the tribunals publish revisions.
All BundleCreator customer data is hosted in the United Kingdom (Google Cloud, London region) and encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit. You can also apply AES-256 password protection to the exported PDF bundle itself, with granular permissions controlling who can print, copy, or annotate the file. The encryption step is performed entirely in the user's browser; the unencrypted PDF is not transmitted during encryption. Audit logs are retained for seven years. Penetration testing is scheduled for August 2026.
BundleCreator uses a dual-pass PDF compressor that typically reduces bundle file size by up to 70% while preserving the 300 DPI resolution needed for court-legible exhibits. In one customer example, a 56 MB bundle of scanned evidence compressed to around 15 MB — small enough to email, upload to CE-File, or submit to a court portal with strict file-size limits. Compression runs after the bundle is assembled, so indexing, pagination, and hyperlinks are preserved. The compressor is written in Rust for speed.
BundleCreator lets you upload video files — incident recordings, CCTV clips, or screen captures — and the exported PDF includes a scannable QR code at the relevant page that links back to the video. Judges and court staff can view the evidence directly from the printed or on-screen bundle without hunting through separate files. Subject to the court's own policies on external links in bundles, which vary by tribunal and jurisdiction. Check local practice before relying on QR links for your hearing type.
In Brief
A UK court bundle is a single paginated PDF containing every document a judge or tribunal needs for a hearing — statements, evidence, applications, and correspondence. BundleCreator is UK court bundle software built for litigants in person, solicitors, barristers, paralegals, and McKenzie Friends. It covers over 370 pre-built templates across 22 areas of law — family, divorce, SEND, employment, immigration, criminal, commercial, housing, and more — and is designed to help meet Practice Direction 27A (PD 27A, the Family Court rule), the Civil Procedure Rules, and the equivalent tribunal rules. Bundles start at £12 (pay-as-you-go) or £19.99 per month. All documents are hosted in the United Kingdom, encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit, and handled in line with UK GDPR. BundleCreator does not train AI on customer data. Built in London by Steleo Publishing Limited (company no. 11891029).
Last reviewed: 23 April 2026 by Stevie Hayes
All prices in GBP. Bundle limits are total account maximums, not monthly allowances. Annual billing saves up to 20 per cent. A 14-day trial is included with all subscription plans; no credit card required to start.
| Plan | Price | Bundle limit | Best suited for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-As-You-Go | £12 per bundle | 1 bundle, 30 days of editing access | Occasional single-hearing use |
| Essential | £19.99 per month | Up to 15 bundles total on account | Litigants in person with active proceedings |
| Pro | £39.99 per month | Up to 40 bundles total on account | Small firms, chambers, paralegals, regular cases |
| Platinum | £79.99 per month | Up to 100 bundles total on account | Larger firms with regular bundle volume |
Overage beyond the plan limit is billed at £3 per additional bundle. Users can delete bundles to free account slots. Source of truth: /pricing.
BundleCreator formats bundles to align with the practice direction or procedure rules for your hearing type. England and Wales only. This is a reference summary — the rule set that applies to your case ultimately depends on the court or tribunal your hearing is in.
| Hearing type | Rule set | Numbering convention |
|---|---|---|
| Family Court (children, finances, domestic abuse) | Practice Direction 27A (2 March 2026) | Bates per-section restart (A1, A2, B1) for non-financial-remedy under Ch 7.2; Arabic consecutive for financial remedy under Ch 6.2 |
| Civil Court (contract, property, small claims) | Civil Procedure Rules 1998 | Per-section or continuous |
| Employment Tribunal | Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013 | Per-section (typical) |
| Immigration and Asylum Chamber | Tribunal Procedure (FTT)(IAC) Rules 2014 | Per-section (typical) |
| SEND Tribunal | Practice Direction No. 1 of 2025 (HESC) | Per-section (typical) |
| Property Chamber (FTT) | Tribunal Procedure Rules (Property) 2013 | Per-section (typical) |
| Crown Court / Magistrates’ Court (criminal) | Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 | Per-section (typical) |
BundleCreator supports both numbering conventions and the toggle is per-bundle in the editor toolbar. Full compliance reference at /pd27a-compliance.
BundleCreator is built for the real caseload of the English and Welsh courts. The official statistics below are published by the Ministry of Justice and by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).
| Metric | Figure | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| New private law children’s cases received by Cafcass | 42,172 cases (63,879 children) | 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026 | Cafcass Our Data |
| Year-on-year growth in private law demand | +8.2% (+3,213 cases, +4,734 children) | FY 2025/26 vs FY 2024/25 | Cafcass Our Data |
| New public law children’s cases received by Cafcass | 16,975 cases (27,182 children) | 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026 | Cafcass Our Data |
| Section 31 Care Applications | 12,082 applications (19,846 children) | 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026 | Cafcass Our Data |
| Cafcass open children’s cases | 29,313 cases (46,501 children) | End March 2026 | Cafcass Our Data |
| Crown Court open caseload | Over 80,000 cases (series peak) | End Q4 2025 | MoJ Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly |
| Crown Court listed trials requiring rescheduling | 26% | Q4 2025 | MoJ Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly |
| Magistrates’ court listed trials requiring rescheduling | 22% | Q4 2025 | MoJ Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly |
Sources: Cafcass Our Data (figures for the financial year ending 31 March 2026, released monthly); Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to December 2025 (Ministry of Justice). Related MoJ bulletins: Family Court Statistics Quarterly and Tribunal Statistics Quarterly (published 12 March 2026).
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What users have said about BundleCreator after preparing their bundles
BundleCreator is used by litigants in person and solicitors across England and Wales, and is built for barristers, paralegals, legal executives, and McKenzie Friends. Users have prepared bundles for hearings in the Family Court, County Court, Employment Tribunals, and SEND Tribunals. In verified reviews, users report reducing bundle preparation time from days to hours — one litigant in person compressed a 361-page bundle from 56 MB to 15 MB while maintaining 300 DPI resolution. Paul Waterworth, a retired District Judge, has observed: “A good bundle cannot win a bad case, but a bad bundle can damage a good case.”
“As a litigant in person, BundleCreator was invaluable. What would have taken days of stress, I completed confidently in hours. My 361 page bundle packed with large images had been 56MB and amazingly BundleCreator compressed it to only 15MB, still at 300 DPI.”
Sammy I.
Litigant in Person, Manchester, UK
“Outstanding service from BundleCreator.co. Their support spent around 30 minutes on the phone with me late at night to help resolve a minor issue so I could get a bundle submitted to the High Court the next day. I've purchased other bundling software before, but this is by far the most user-friendly system I've used — and I've only created under ten bundles myself. The layout is clear, intuitive, and the built-in compliance checker is incredibly useful. It even picked up line-spacing issues in my bundle. Exceptional dedication and an excellent product.”
D.S.
Litigant in Person, Portsmouth, UK
“A friend recommended BundleCreator. I used one of the built-in templates for the chronology and another for my position statement, which I'd never have known I needed. The platform told me exactly which sections my Housing Disrepair bundle required and put everything in the right order automatically. I was able to share my bundle with a Direct Access Barrister, which in the end saved me time and money.”
A.M.
Litigant in Person, Devon, UK
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Practical articles on court bundles, Practice Directions, and UK litigation procedure.
General
Between 15 and 20 per cent of the UK population are neurodivergent. If you have dyslexia, ADHD, autism, or another neurodiverse condition and find yourself representing yourself in court, the procedural complexity can feel overwhelming. This guide explains what adjustments courts must make, how to ask for them, and the tools that can help.
General
Tribunals handle over 745,000 open cases across England and Wales. They are designed to be accessible without legal representation, with no costs risk in most cases. This guide explains the structure, the seven First-tier Tribunal chambers, and what happens at a hearing.
General
The judicial system of England and Wales comprises two parallel structures: courts for criminal, civil, and family matters, and tribunals for specialist appeals. This guide maps the entire hierarchy with appeal routes, jurisdiction, and the latest caseload statistics.
General
Video evidence is admissible in virtually every court and tribunal in England and Wales, but acceptance is never automatic. This guide covers the practical requirements for submitting video evidence across family courts, employment tribunals, SEND tribunals, immigration proceedings, criminal courts, and civil claims.
General
Preparing a court bundle without a solicitor is achievable, but the process has specific requirements. Under Practice Direction 27A (updated March 2026), a Family Court e-bundle must be a single PDF, continuously paginated from page 1, with a clickable index as the first page, and must not exceed 350 pages without the court's permission. The bundle must be filed and served no later than 7 working days before the hearing. For litigants in person preparing bundles manually in Word or a PDF editor, a 350-page bundle typically takes 4 hours or more. BundleCreator reduces this to under an hour by automating pagination, indexing, bookmarks, and PDF compression — reducing file size by up to 70% while preserving 300 DPI resolution.
Family Law
Family court judges see the same bundle mistakes week after week: missing documents, wrong pagination, irrelevant material, late filing. Each error wastes judicial time and can seriously prejudice your case. This article covers the ten most common mistakes and how to avoid them.
Family Law
Every family court hearing requires a different bundle. An FHDRA bundle typically runs 50–80 pages and must include the C100, C1A (if filed), Cafcass safeguarding letter, and a brief position statement. A Final Hearing bundle can legitimately reach 350 pages — the PD27A maximum — and must contain all Cafcass reports, all witness statements, all expert reports, and findings of fact from any earlier fact-finding hearing. This checklist tells you exactly which documents belong in each hearing type, in the order courts expect under Practice Direction 27A (March 2026 update).
Small Claims
The N1 claim form is the standard form for starting a civil claim in the County Court, including small claims. You can file online through Money Claims Online for claims up to £10,000 or submit a paper N1 form. Your particulars of claim must clearly state the facts, the legal basis, and the remedy sought. Filing fees range from £35 (claims up to £300) to £455 (claims up to £10,000). Getting the N1 right from the start saves time and avoids costly amendments.
Court-specific guidance for Family Courts, County Courts, and Employment Tribunals across England and Wales.
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Central Family Court
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East London Family Court
London · Family Court
West London Family Court
Feltham · Family Court
Central London County Court
London · County Court
Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Civil and Family Courts)
Manchester · Family Court
Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
Birmingham · Family Court
Leeds Combined Court Centre
Leeds · Family Court
Liverpool Civil and Family Court
Liverpool · Family Court
Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre
Bristol · Family Court
Newcastle Civil & Family Courts and Tribunals Centre
Newcastle upon Tyne · Family Court
Sheffield Designated Family Court
Sheffield · Family Court
Nottingham County Court and Family Court
Nottingham · Family Court
Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre
Cardiff · Family Court
Cambridge County Court and Family Court
Cambridge · Family Court
Oxford Combined Court Centre
Oxford · Family Court
Reading County Court and Family Court
Reading · Family Court
Brighton Magistrates' Court
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Manchester Employment Tribunal
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Leeds Employment Tribunal
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Central London Employment Tribunal
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Wales Employment Tribunal
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Everything you need to know about BundleCreator
BundleCreator is court bundle software that helps anyone create court bundles online—whether you're representing yourself or a legal professional. Our software automates pagination, indexing, and court-required formatting. Built for litigants in person, solicitors, barristers, paralegals, and McKenzie Friends across Family, Civil, Employment, and Commercial litigation. Features include AES-256 encryption, drag-and-drop reordering, and PDF compression.
BundleCreator offers three subscription tiers: Essential (£19.99/month) for individuals with occasional cases, up to 15 bundles and free sharing, Pro (£39.99/month) for regular bundle creators with up to 40 bundles and free sharing, and Platinum (£79.99/month) for high-volume users with up to 100 bundles and free sharing. Annual billing saves 20%. We also offer Pay-As-You-Go at £12 for 15 days for occasional users.
You can purchase additional bundles as needed at £3 per additional bundle on all plans. Sharing is free on all plans - share bundles with any registered BundleCreator user at no extra cost.
We use AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 encryption in transit. All data is stored in UK data centres (London) and handled in line with UK GDPR. We follow security practices informed by ISO 27001 standards.
Yes, we offer a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. No credit card required to start. You can also use our PAYG option to create individual bundles without a subscription.
BundleCreator is designed to format bundles according to UK court and tribunal requirements. However, court acceptance cannot be guaranteed as requirements may vary by court, jurisdiction, and case type. Users are responsible for final verification before submission.
No, BundleCreator is entirely web-based. You can create court bundles online in any modern browser on desktop, tablet, or mobile. No downloads or installations required—just log in and start building your bundle.
Yes, you can cancel your subscription at any time. Your access continues until the end of your current billing period. We also offer a PAYG option for occasional users.
BundleCreator includes comprehensive video tutorials, step-by-step guides, and in-app tooltips to help you get started quickly. Our knowledge base covers common questions and best practices for creating court and tribunal ready bundles.
No. BundleCreator never uses your documents, bundles, or case details to train AI models — ours or anyone else's. Where we do use AI, it is for specific features under strict privacy controls. Our Mind Map feature uses Anthropic's Claude API, configured with zero data retention, and personally identifiable information (postcodes, phone numbers, names, NHS numbers, case references) is stripped in your browser before anything reaches Claude. Read Aloud uses Google Cloud Text-to-Speech, which does not train on content. Document OCR runs entirely on your device through Tesseract. We do not sell customer data and do not share it with any third party for training, advertising, or analytics. Full detail at https://bundlecreator.co/ai-transparency.
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