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Statutory Instrument increasing small claims track hearing fees from 06/03/17 and scrapping refunds
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1191/made
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Harmans Costs Brief – Summer 2016
Gary Knight asks who’d be a Costs Judge these days following several decisions being overturned on appeal. There’s also analysis of another recent interesting case in the Court of Appeal, plus the final report from Lord Justice Briggs following his review of the structure of…
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Court fee increases – in force today 25 July 2016
A number of court and tribunal fee increases came into effect today: Statutory Instrument Explanatory Memorandum
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Divorce fee to rise £550 on 21 March 2016
Commenting on yesterday’s revelations that the MoJ are to hike divorce court fees on Monday, a Resolution spokesperson said: “The stealthy implementation of the hike in divorce fees, from £410 to £550 (after an increase only 2 years ago) is scandalous and not backed up…
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Harmans Costs Brief – February 2016
Costs Brief February is here! Where else could we start but Gary Knight’s scathing response to Lord Justice Jackson’s vision of fixed costs. There’s also a legal costs update of key cases, the summary of the Civil Courts Structure Review interim report from Lord Justice Briggs plus we cover…
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Additional Court fee increases proposed
On Wednesday 22 July 2015, the Ministry of Justice announced a new consultation on court fee increases in Civil proceedings. March 2015 already saw the introduction of a court fee of 5% of the value of the claim, up to a maximum cap of £10,000…
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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2015
Read our latest Costs Brief covering undoubtedly the main story of the month – the civil courts fee increase. As well as articles about payments on account, Online Dispute Resolution, Insurance and Child Abuse and an update on our latest free breakfast seminar coming up next month. http://eepurl.com/bgwoej
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Court fee remission form EX160
Form EX160 – the application for Fee Remission can be found here. Form EX160 with the Guidance Notes – “Court and Tribunal Fees – Do I have to pay them?” can be found here.
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Court fees petition – please sign
An online petition to reverse the decision to increase Civil Court fees from Monday 9th March has been launched and is attracting a large number of signatures. Whatever our views we can all agree that these increases harm individuals and businesses by denying access to…
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What price Justice? Court fee changes under fire
The government is to press ahead with higher charges for civil court proceedings to recover money owed, which solicitors’ leaders warn could price the public out of the courts. The Ministry of Justice, which published its response to a consultation on proposed reforms to court…
