{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-3.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-3.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/3.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.7",
  "heading": "Sanctions for non—payment of certain fees by the claimant",
  "text": "(1) Except where rule 3.7A1 applies, this rule applies to fees payable by the claimant where—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) the court has made an order giving permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review ; or\n(e) the fee payable for a hearing specified by the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (Fees Order 2008) is not paid.\n...\n(Rule 54.12 provides for the service of the order giving permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review)\n(2) The court will serve a notice on the claimant requiring payment of the fee specified in the Fees Order 2008 if, at the time the fee is due, the claimant has not paid it or made an application for full or part remission.\n(3) The notice will specify the date by which the claimant must pay the fee.\n(4) If the claimant does not—\n(a) pay the fee; or\n(b) make an application for full or part remission of the fee,\nby the date specified in the notice—\n(i) the claim will automatically be struck out without further order of the court; and\n(ii) the claimant will be liable for the costs which the defendant has incurred unless the court orders otherwise.\n(Rule 44.9 provides for the basis of assessment where a right to costs arises under this rule and contains provisions about when a costs order is deemed to have been made and applying for an order under section 194(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007 )\n(5) Where an application for—\n(a) full or part remission of a fee is refused, the court will serve notice on the claimant requiring payment of the full fee by the date specified in the notice; or\n(b) part remission of a fee is granted, the court will serve notice on the claimant requiring payment of the balance of the fee by the date specified in the notice.\n(6) If the claimant does not pay the fee by the date specified in the notice—\n(a) the claim will automatically be struck out without further order of the court; and\n(b) the claimant will be liable for the costs which the defendant has incurred unless the court orders otherwise.\n(7) If—\n(a) a claimant applies to have the claim reinstated; and\n(b) the court grants relief,\nthe relief will be conditional on the claimant either paying the fee or filing evidence of full or part remission of the fee within the period specified in paragraph (8).\n(8) The period referred to in paragraph (7) is—\n(a) if the order granting relief is made at a hearing at which a claimant is present or represented, 2 days from the date of the order;\n(b) in any other case, 7 days from the date of service of the order on the claimant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 3.7(1)(2) substituted (2.10.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/2092), rules 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(1) substituted (6.3.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(3)(a) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rules 3.7(1)(a)-(c) omitted (6.3.2017) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(3)(b) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.7(1)(d) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rules 1(b), 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 3.7(1)(e) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rules 1(b), 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(1)(e) substituted (6.3.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(3)(c) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(1) omitted (6.3.2017) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(3)(d) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(2) substituted (6.3.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(4) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(2) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rules 1(b), 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(4)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rules 1(b), 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(4)(i) substituted (1.10.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2292), rules 1(c), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.7(4)(ii) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.7 substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(4)(ii) inserted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Rule 3.7(5) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rules 1(b), 3(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(6)(a) substituted (1.10.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2292), rules 1(c), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.7(6)(b) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Rule 3.7(7)(8) substituted for rule 3.7(7) (2.6.2003) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1242), rules 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.7(7) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(7) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rules 1(b), 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7 heading inserted (6.3.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(2) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.7 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/3.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}