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Civil way: 17 July 2009

17 July 2009 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7378 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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Ritzy fees

Civil and family court fees went up—again—on 13 July 2009. The Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (SI2009/1498) and Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (SI2009/1499) are to blame with considerable help from the Ministry of Justice and Treasury. By way of example, a claimant not entitled to fee remission who has to endure a defended hearing to obtain judgment for £100 and who puts in the bailiff, will now shell out a cool £155 on court fees alone (ignoring an on-line or bulk centre discount).

Enforcement ouch

Enforcement takes the biggest hit. In civil and family cases a warrant of execution, charging order (oh so popular), third party debt order (still a garnishee in family parlance) or application for an attachment of earnings order will attract a fee of £100 each (and more than one form of enforcement may be concurrently pursued). This is a whopping increase of generally around double (except for High Court civil).The warrant of execution fee (albeit a reduced £70 for bulk issue cases) replaces

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