Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980—

(1)

to set the fee charged upon taxation of a bill of costs at £7.50 per £100 of the bill as taxed (article 10);

(2)

to provide an advance fee for the lodging of a bill for taxation, equal to half of the estimated final taxation fee as calculated on the assumption that the bill is upheld in full, in place of the existing power to charge on withdrawal of a bill (article 10);

(3)

where the bill is lodged by the party who would have to pay the amount of the taxed bill, to limit the amount of the advance fee to £50 unless the taxing officer orders otherwise (article 4);

(4)

to increase the following fees as indicated (articles 5 and 6):

Fee No.	Short description of fee (for full description see fees order)	Existing Fee £	New Fee £
1	Issue of writ, originating summons, motion or petition	120	120 to 500, depending on the nature and amount of the claim
2	Sealing an originating summons	15 or 30	50
3	Petition of course	15	50
4	Leave to apply for judicial review	20	50
5A	Master’s appointment	20	30
5B, 5D	Summons or motion for hearing before judge	20	50
5C	Ex parte application	20	30
5F	Setting down for trial	50	150
5G, 5H	Setting down for trial, commercial or Admiralty matter	100	500
5J	Allocation to Official Referee	50	100
6	Setting down cause on motion for judgment	15	30
8(a)	Inquiry, reference for trial, assessment etc.	20	30
9	Notice of appeal to judge	20	50
11	Notice of appeal to High Court	20	50
13	Application for a garnishee order, charging order or receiver	30	60
16	Registering foreign judgments etc.	10 or 20	30
27(a)(i)	Appeal to Court of Appeal from county court	120	200
27(a)(ii)	Appeal to Court of Appeal, other	120	200
27(c)	Application to Court of Appeal	60	100
29(e)	Taxing officer’s review	10	20
29(f)	Application to judge to review a taxing officer’s decision	35	50
30(a)	Issue of companies winding up petition	55	80
30(b)(i)	Issue of bankruptcy petition—debtor	25	50
30(b)(ii)	Issue of bankruptcy petition—creditor	55	80
30(c)	^f1Issue of any other petition under the Companies Act 1985 or Insolvency Act 1986	55	80
30(e)	Appeal in bankruptcy	25	50
30(f)	Cross appeal or respondent’s notice under the Companies Act 1985 or the Insolvency Act 1986	25	50

(5)

to provide that the same fee is payable in all cases of ex parte applications before a judge (article 8);

(6)

to reduce the fee for copies of documents to 25p per page after the first five pages of each document (article 9);

(7)

to abolish the exemptions and remissions for persons on income support and in cases of financial hardship (article 3);

(8)

to introduce a fee of £20 for ex parte applications and consent applications to a master or registrar not involving any attendance (article 7).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1985 c. 6.