Ted,
Northampton is the location of the bulk issue centre or England and Wales. Pretty much all big company debt cases will start there.
In the not too distant past transfer to defendant's home court was pretty much automatic if case was defended on the fairness limb of the rule below, or rather its equivalent in the old (Green book) County Court Rules. I don't know though if that is still the case.
The relevant bit of the current procedure rules are here:
www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part30
30.3 deals with criteria for transfer and 30.3(2)(b) looks like it might help you.
The staff at Northampton will get this question on a daily basis and my suggestion would be to ring them and seek guidance on procedure. They cannot tell you for certain what will happen if you apply for transfer but if questioned in an open way they should be able to give you a reasonable idea.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Fri 11 Apr 14 at 00:16
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County Court. 
County Court. 