{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-fees-amendment-order-1995/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-fees-amendment-order-1995/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2629",
  "legislation_title": "The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-fees-amendment-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980 to-\n(1) remove exemption from payment of court fees for those on income support who are also in receipt of civil legal aid (article 3);\n(2) increase the following fees as indicated (article 4):\nFee No\nShort description of fee, for full description see fees order.\nExisting Fee £\nNew Fee £\n1\nIssue of writ, originating summons, motion or petition\n100\n120\n11(c)\nCross appeal to High Court.\n15\n20\n11(d)\nRespondent’s appeal to High Court.\n15\n20\n13\nApplication for a garnishee order, charging order or receiver.\n25\n30\n14\nApplication to examine judgment debtor before officer of the court.\n25\n35\n25(a)(i)\nAppointment of Commercial Court judge as arbitrator.\n1700\n1800\n25(a)(ii)\nAppointment of official receiver as arbitrator.\n1200\n1400\n25(b)(i)\nJudge arbitrator per day after first day.\n1700\n1800\n25(b)(ii)\nOfficial referee arbitrator per day after first day.\n1200\n1400\n27(a)(i)\nAppeal to Court of Appeal from county court.\n100\n120\n27(a)(ii)\nAppeal to Court of Appeal, other.\n100\n120\n27(c)\nApplication to Court of Appeal.\n50\n60\n29(f)\nApplication to judge to review a taxing officer’s decision.\n15\n35\n30(a)\nIssue of companies winding up petition.\n50\n55\n30(b)(i)\nIssue of bankruptcy petition–debtor.\n20\n25\n30(b)(ii)\nIssue of bankruptcy petition–creditor.\n50\n55\n30(c)\nIssue of any other petition under the Companies Act 1985 or Insolvency Act 1986.\n50\n55\n30(f)\nCross appeal or respondent’s notice under the Companies Act 1985 or the Insolvency Act 1986.\n15\n25\n(3) replace the fees payable on obtaining copies of documents with a single fee (articles 5 and 6);\n(4) revoke the fee payable on the hearing of a public examination (article 6);\n(5) modify fee No. 24 (search fee) (now fee No. 24(a)) to charge £5.00 per file rather than £5.00 per hour (article 7);\n(6) introduce a new fee No. 24(b) for personal searches of bankruptcy and companies records (article 7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2629/note",
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  "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."
}