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Civil way: 14 March 2025

14 March 2025 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8108 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , CPR , Fees
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Sue soon; CFO not so special; party wars at the TCC; latest CPR PD update; neighbourly land grabs

BEAT THE HIKE

Subject to the small irritant of parliamentary approval, some 171 civil, family and tribunal etc fees will be increased for issue on or after 1 April 2025. Issue before then and clients will be much impressed. The majority of fees will be up by an inflationary 3.2%. In the civil world, they include possessions and enforcements; the beloved N244 general application on notice which will cost £313 a throw; and the trial fee (note to HMCTS: it is no longer called a hearing fee) which will cost an extra £159 on the multi-track (and presumably intermediate track as well, although HMCTS does not expressly say so) and £74 on the fast track. No change for small claims. They have sneaked in a £4 rise to £19 for the issue of a certificate of satisfaction, which my calculator tells me is an increase of 26.66%. Perhaps an April Fooling?

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