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Civil way: 16 February 2024

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16 February 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8059 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Tribunal fees coming; Child support fee going; The value of a sanction; New CPR rules and PD update

LAWBITES

Employment tribunal takeaway Fees are returning to employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The government is consulting on a ‘modest’ £55 for claim issue (excepting cases required to establish an entitlement to a National Insurance Fund payment) and on an appeal. ‘Help with Fees’ might disapply or reduce. Consultation closes on 25 March so expect a draft response by breakfast the next day.

Child support giveaway The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) could do with a bit more business. Since the 2012 scheme got going, take up has been lower than predicted. The proportion of separated families with CMS arrangements stood at 19% at the last count. So how can more parents with care be encouraged to pile in with an application? Scrap the £20 application fee, which is currently only waivable for victims of domestic violence and the under-19s. That’s what they are doing, with help from the Child Support (Management of Payments

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