Can lawyers do anything to help underfunded litigants in person? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Peter Thompson QC, the general editor of Civil Court Practice, thinks so. They could, for example, help the litigant apply for fee remission. As Thompson says, the fees are “not chicken feed. Take claims within the small claims limit. A claimant owed £3,001 has to pay £540 for a day in court and for a claim of £5,001 the levy is £790.” Helping with the forms increases access to justice.
11 September 2014
Fee remission
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