{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-fees-amendment-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3191",
  "legislation_title": "The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-fees-amendment-order-1996",
  "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—\n(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);\n(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);\n(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);\n(4) to increase the following fees as indicated (articles 5 and 6):\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\n120\n120 to 500, depending on the nature and amount of the claim\n2\nSealing an originating summons\n15 or 30\n50\n3\nPetition of course\n15\n50\n4\nLeave to apply for judicial review\n20\n50\n5A\nMaster’s appointment\n20\n30\n5B, 5D\nSummons or motion for hearing before judge\n20\n50\n5C\nEx parte application\n20\n30\n5F\nSetting down for trial\n50\n150\n5G, 5H\nSetting down for trial, commercial or Admiralty matter\n100\n500\n5J\nAllocation to Official Referee\n50\n100\n6\nSetting down cause on motion for judgment\n15\n30\n8(a)\nInquiry, reference for trial, assessment etc.\n20\n30\n9\nNotice of appeal to judge\n20\n50\n11\nNotice of appeal to High Court\n20\n50\n13\nApplication for a garnishee order, charging order or receiver\n30\n60\n16\nRegistering foreign judgments etc.\n10 or 20\n30\n27(a)(i)\nAppeal to Court of Appeal from county court\n120\n200\n27(a)(ii)\nAppeal to Court of Appeal, other\n120\n200\n27(c)\nApplication to Court of Appeal\n60\n100\n29(e)\nTaxing officer’s review\n10\n20\n29(f)\nApplication to judge to review a taxing officer’s decision\n35\n50\n30(a)\nIssue of companies winding up petition\n55\n80\n30(b)(i)\nIssue of bankruptcy petition—debtor\n25\n50\n30(b)(ii)\nIssue of bankruptcy petition—creditor\n55\n80\n30(c)\nIssue of any other petition under the Companies Act 1985 or Insolvency Act 1986\n55\n80\n30(e)\nAppeal in bankruptcy\n25\n50\n30(f)\nCross appeal or respondent’s notice under the Companies Act 1985 or the Insolvency Act 1986\n25\n50\n(5) to provide that the same fee is payable in all cases of ex parte applications before a judge (article 8);\n(6) to reduce the fee for copies of documents to 25p per page after the first five pages of each document (article 9);\n(7) to abolish the exemptions and remissions for persons on income support and in cases of financial hardship (article 3);\n(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).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3191/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."
}