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Civil way: 6 January 2012

06 January 2012
Issue: 7495 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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The Ministry of Justice plans to respond to the ongoing consultation on High Court and Court of Appeal fee hikes...

BILLION ISSUE FEE SHOCK

The Ministry of Justice plans to respond to the ongoing consultation on High Court and Court of Appeal fee hikes on 7 May 2012 so issue and file away as fast as you can and save ££££££s! These are among the near inevitable kicks in the molars—the High Court application notice fee set to rise to £105, a new urgent hearing without notice application fee in the same sum and the fee for issuing a bill of sale leaping from £25 to £60 though you can probably live with that one.

But it’s the Big Litigation commencement and hearing fees that will drain the colour from your Green Book. This is what they want to do. Add additional bands over the current limit when starting proceedings with the result that a plus £30,000 to £50,000 claim form will cost £1,800 (presently the fee peaks at plus £30,000 or when

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NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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