# The Supreme Court Fees Order 2024, Paragraph 9: Excluded disposable capital

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following are excluded disposable capital—
(a) a property which is the main or only dwelling occupied by the party;
(b) any vehicle, the sale of which would leave the party, or their partner, without motor transport;
(c) the capital value of the party’s or their partner’s business, where the party or their partner is self-employed;
(d) the capital value of any funds or other assets held in trust, where the party or their partner is a beneficiary without entitlement to advances of any trust capital;
(e) a jobseeker’s back to work bonus;
(f) a payment made as a result of a determination of unfair dismissal by a court or tribunal, or by way of settlement of a claim for unfair dismissal;
(g) any compensation paid as a result of a determination of medical negligence or in respect of any personal injury by a court, or by way of settlement of a claim for medical negligence or personal injury;
(h) the capital held in any personal or occupational pension scheme;
(i) any cash value payable on surrender of a contract of insurance;
(j) any capital payment made out of the Independent Living Funds;
(k) any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017;
(l) any capital insurance or endowment lump sum payments that have been paid as a result of illness, disability or death;
(m) any student loan or student grant;
(n) any compensation paid as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire;
(o) any payments from the London Emergencies Trust;
(p) any payments from the National Emergencies Trust;
(q) any payments in relation to internment, forced labour, injury or loss of a child during the Second World War;
(r) any compensation paid as a result of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease;
(s) any compensation paid under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme;
(t) any compensation paid under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;
(u) any compensation paid under—
(i) schemes established by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 or the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002; or
(ii) criminal injuries compensation schemes in operation before the commencement of the schemes mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);
(v) any payments under—
(i) the Armed Forces and Reserved Forces Compensation Scheme;
(ii) the Lambeth Children’s Homes Redress Scheme;
(iii) the Medomsley Detention Centre Physical Abuse Settlement Scheme;
(iv) the Miscarriage of Justice Compensation Scheme;
(v) the Jesus Fellowship Redress Scheme;
(vi) the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme;
(vii) the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund; and
(viii) the following Infected Blood Support Schemes—
(aa) the England Infected Blood Support Scheme;
(bb) the Infected Blood Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland;
(cc) the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme;
(dd) the Wales Infected Blood Support Scheme; and
(ee) the UK-wide Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/148/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-fees-order-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-9
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

