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Court and tribunal fees: updates from April 2025
An update on upcoming increases to selected court and tribunal fees.
In early April 2025, and subject to parliamentary approval, the Ministry of Justice will increase 171 court and tribunal fees to account for changes to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The income generated from these uplifts will help to support the efficient and effective running of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
The department recovers a modest contribution towards the costs of providing HMCTS services from court and tribunal users, where they can afford to do so. The department has a history of increasing court and tribunal fees by inflation to ensure that fees keep pace with increased costs to HMCTS as a result of the general rise in prices, while at the same time minimising the cost to the taxpayer.
The majority of the 171 fees in scope will be increased by 3.2% to reflect the change in CPI between March 2023 and March 2024, with a small number of fees increased by 13.5% to reflect backdated inflation to March 2022. These fee increases are all rounded to the nearest pound. These fee changes will produce a significant level of additional funding that will go towards improving service delivery, subsidising the cost of related court and tribunal services for which we do not charge a fee, and reducing the overall cost to the taxpayer.
The Help with Fees remissions scheme remains available for those with lower financial means who are unable to afford a court or tribunal fee. More information on the scheme can be found on GOV.UK.
As well as increasing fees, the department will be reducing the value of a further 24 fees to ensure they remain aligned with the latest estimate of their underlying cost.
A full list of the fee changes, including the 171 to be increased and the 24 to be reduced, can be found in the table below. The government’s intention is for the changes to go live from 1 April for applications received by courts or tribunals on or after that date. Until then, the current fees will continue to apply.
Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4a | Recovery of Land (High Court) | £528 | £545 |
| 1.4b | Recovery of Land (County Court) | £391 | £404 |
| 1.5 | Any other remedy (County Court) | £365 | £377 |
| 1.5 | Any other remedy (High Court) | £626 | £646 |
| 1.6 | Filing proceedings against an unnamed party | £65 | £67 |
| 1.8a | Permission to issue proceedings | £65 | £67 |
| 1.8b | Assessment of costs (under Part 3, Solicitors Act 1974) | £65 | £67 |
| 1.9a | For permission to apply for judicial review | £169 | £174 |
| 1.9b | On applying for a request to reconsider at a hearing a decision on permission | £424 | £438 |
| 1.9ba | On an application for judicial review where fee 1.9(b) has been paid and permission is granted at a hearing | £385 | £436 |
| 1.9c | Permission to proceed with judicial review if started with application for permission to apply for JR | £847 | £874 |
| 1.9d | Permission to proceed with judicial review where started other than with permission to apply for JR | £169 | £174 |
| 2.1a | Hearing fee: Multi track case | £1,175 | £1,334 |
| 2.1b | Hearing fee: Fast track case | £545 | £619 |
| 2.2 | Appellant’s/respondent’s notice (High Court) | £285 | £294 |
| 2.3a | Appellant’s/respondent’s notice (County court small claims) | £142 | £147 |
| 2.3b | Appellant’s/respondent’s notice (County court other claims) | £166 | £171 |
| 2.4(a) | General application (on notice) excluding Protection from Harassment Act 1997 & Court Fund Pay Out | £303 | £313 |
| 2.4(b) | General application (on notice) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 & Court Fund Pay Out | £184 | £190 |
| 2.5(a) | General application (by consent/without notice) excluding Protection from Harassment Act 1997 & Court Fund Pay Out | £119 | £123 |
| 2.5(b) | General application (by consent/without notice) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 & Court Fund Pay Out | £59 | £61 |
| 2.6 | Application for summons or order for witness to attend court | £21 | £4 |
| 2.8 | Issue of a certificate of satisfaction | £15 | £19 |
| 3.1b | Petition for bankruptcy (presented by creditor/other person) | £332 | £343 |
| 3.4(a) | Request for a certificate of discharge from bankruptcy | £75 | £22 |
| 3.7 | Voluntary winding up fee | £50 | £16 |
| 3.9 | Submission of nominees report | £35 | £11 |
| 3.11 | Application within proceedings (by consent/without notice) | £29 | £30 |
| 3.12 | Application within insolvency proceedings (with notice, where no other fee is specified) | £109 | £112 |
| 3.13 | Search of bankruptcy and company records (County Court) | £45 | £11 |
| 3.2 | Petition for an administration order | £332 | £343 |
| 3.3 | Any other petition | £332 | £343 |
| 3.5 | Insolvency - other application | £308 | £318 |
| 3.8 | Notice of intention to appoint administrator | £55 | £57 |
| 5.3 | Issue of default costs certificate - Civil | £78 | £80 |
| 5.4 | Appeal (detailed assessment proceedings) - Civil | £274 | £283 |
| 5.5 | Request/application to set aside a default costs certificate | £143 | £148 |
| 6.1 | On the filing of a request for detailed assessment for Court of Protection | £96 | £99 |
| 6.2 | Appeal against a Court of Protection costs assessment decision | £77 | £79 |
| 6.3 | Request to set aside a default Court of Protection costs certificate | £72 | £74 |
| 7.1 | Sealing a writ of control/possession/delivery (High Court) | £78 | £80 |
| 7.2 | Order requiring a judgment debtor or other person to attend court | £65 | £67 |
| 7.3a | Third party debt order or the appointment of a receiver by way of equitable execution | £131 | £135 |
| 7.3b | Application for a charging order | £131 | £135 |
| 7.4 | Application for a judgment summons | £131 | £135 |
| 7.5 | Register a judgment or order, or for permission to enforce an arbitration award, or for a certificate or a certified copy of a judgment or order for use abroad | £78 | £80 |
| 8.1 | Issue warrant of control | £91 | £94 |
| 8.2 | Request for attempt of execution of a warrant at new address | £36 | £37 |
| 8.3 | Order requiring judgment debtor to attend court | £65 | £67 |
| 8.4a | Application for a third party debt order | £131 | £135 |
| 8.4b | Application for a charging order | £131 | £135 |
| 8.5 | Application for a judgment summons | £131 | £135 |
| 8.6 | Issue of a warrant of possession/warrant of delivery | £143 | £148 |
| 8.7 | Application for an attachment of earnings order - Civil | £131 | £135 |
| 8.9 | Application for enforcement of an award of a sum of money or any other decision made by any court, tribunal, body or person | £52 | £54 |
| 8A.1 | Service by a bailiff of an order to attend County Court for questioning | £131 | £135 |
| 10.1 | Bills of sale | £33 | £34 |
| 10.4 | Appointment of a High Court judge as arbitrator or umpire | £671 | £692 |
| 10.5 | Hearing before a High Court judge (per day or part day) as arbitrator or umpire | £671 | £692 |
| 11.1 | On the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a ship or goods | £20 | £21 |
| 13.1a | Filing an appellant’s/respondent’s notice in the Court of Appeal where permission to appeal/extension of time is applied for | £626 | £646 |
| 13.1b | Filing an appellant’s/respondent’s notice in the Court of Appeal where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted | £1,421 | £1,466 |
| 13.1c | Court of Appeal - Appellant/respondent filing an appeal questionnaire | £1,421 | £1,466 |
| 13.2 | Court of Appeal – On filing a respondent’s notice | £569 | £587 |
| 13.3 | Court of Appeal – On filing an application notice | £626 | £646 |
Magistrates’ Court Fees Order 2008
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Application for a justice of the peace to perform function not on court premises | £28 | £29 |
| 2.1 | Application to state a case for the opinion of the High Court | £151 | £156 |
| 2.2 | Appeal (deduction from earnings order) | £21 | £22 |
| 2.3 | Appeal - proceedings under Schedule 5, Licensing Act 2003 | £68 | £70 |
| 2.4 | Appeal (no other fee specified) | £68 | £70 |
| 3.2 | Request for a certificate of satisfaction | £18 | £19 |
| 3.3 | Request for a certified copy of a memorandum of conviction | £20 | £15 |
| 3.4 | Request for certificate/certified document (no fee specified) | £22 | £23 |
| 4.2 | Application for Child Support Liability Order | £25 | £14 |
| 6.1 | Request for licence/consent/authority (no other fee specified) | £30 | £31 |
| 6.2 | Application for renewal/variation of an existing licence | £30 | £31 |
| 6.3 | Application for the revocation of licence (no other fee specified) | £30 | £31 |
| 7.2 | For every oath (etc) where no other fee is specified | £30 | £31 |
| 8.1 | Commencing proceedings where no other fee is specified | £249 | £284 |
| 8.2a | Application for leave/permission to commence proceedings (no other fee specified) | £138 | £142 |
| 8.2b | Commencing proceedings where leave/permission has been granted | £138 | £142 |
| 8.3 | Contested hearing | £567 | £644 |
| 9.2 | Application for any other warrant (no other fee specified) | £89 | £92 |
| 10.1 | Application for a warrant of commitment (council tax proceedings) | £264 | £212 |
| 10.2 | Application for a warrant of commitment (Child Support Act 1991) | £45 | £46 |
Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Originating proceedings where no other fee is specified | £270 | £279 |
| 1.2 | Application for a divorce, nullity or civil partnership dissolution | £593 | £612 |
| 1.3 | Application for matrimonial or civil partnership order | £402 | £415 |
| 1.5 | Amendment of application for matrimonial/civil partnership order | £95 | £59 |
| 1.6 | Answer to application for matrimonial/civil partnership order | £245 | £234 |
| 1.7 | On application for an order of assessment of costs | £55 | £57 |
| 1.8 | Application for parental order | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1a | Parental responsibility (section 4(1)(c) or (3), 4A(1)(b) or(3) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1b | Parental responsibility (section 4ZA(1)(c) or (6) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1c | Guardians (section 5(1) or 6(7) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1d | Section 8 orders (section 10(1) or (2) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1e | Enforcement orders (section 11J(2) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1f | Compensation for financial loss (section 11O(2) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1g | Change of child’s surname or removal from jurisdiction while residence order in force (section 13(1) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1h | Special guardianship orders (section 14A(3) or (6)(a), 14C(3) or 14D(1) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1i | Secure accommodation order (section 25 of the Children Act 1989) - England | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1ia | Secure accommodation order (section 25 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1j | Change of child’s surname or removal from jurisdiction while care order in force (section 33(7) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1k | Contact with child in care (section 34(2), (3), (4) or (9) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1l | Education supervision order (section 36(1) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1m | Variation or discharge etc of care and supervision orders (section 39 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1n | Child assessment order (section 43(1) of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1o | Emergency protection orders (sections 44, 45 and 46 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1p | Warrant to assist person exercising powers under emergency protection order (section 48 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1q | Recovery order (section 50 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1s | Warrant to assist person exercising powers to search for children or inspect premises (section 102 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1t | Applications in respect of enforcement orders (under Schedule A1 of the Children Act 1989) | £112 | £116 |
| 2.1u | Amendment of enforcement order by reason of change of address (under Schedule A1 of the Children Act 1989) | £77 | £79 |
| 2.1v | Financial provision for children (paragraph 1(1) or (4), 2(1) or (5), 5(6), 6(5), (7) or (8), 8(2), 10(2), 11 or 14(1) of Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1w | Approval of court for child in care of local authority to live abroad (paragraph 19(1) of Schedule 2 of the Children Act 1989) - England | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1wa | Approval of court for child in care of local authority to live abroad (Wales) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1x | Extension of supervision order (paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1y | Extension or discharge of education supervision order (paragraph 15(2) or 17(1) of Schedule 3 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.1z | Appeals concerning foster parents (paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8 of the Children Act 1989) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.2 | Care and supervision order (Section 31 of the Children Act 1989) | £2,437 | £2,515 |
| 2.3 | Appeal relating to Children Act fees 2.1(a) to 2.1(s) (v) to (y) and 2.2) | £237 | £245 |
| 2.4 | Appeal against a contribution order - England | £237 | £245 |
| 2.5 | Appeal against a contribution order - Wales | £237 | £245 |
| 2.6(a) | Section 72 Cancellation, variation or removal or imposition of condition of registration of child minder or day carer (England) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.6(b) | Section 34 Cancellation of registration of child minder or day carer (Wales) | £255 | £263 |
| 2.7 | Commencing child mind or day carer appeal for application (England or Wales) | £237 | £245 |
| 3.1 | Application/permission to apply for adoption | £201 | £207 |
| 3.2 | Application for a placement order (under Section 22 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002) | £539 | £556 |
| 3.3 | Application to the High Court with regards to inherent jurisdiction with respect to children | £201 | £207 |
| 4.1 | On an application for a warning notice to be attached to a contact order | £54 | £56 |
| 5.1 | Application (without notice) | £58 | £60 |
| 5.2 | Application for decree nisi, conditional order, separation order (no fee if undefended) | £59 | £61 |
| 5.3 | Application (on notice) (unless otherwise listed) | £184 | £190 |
| 5.4 | Application for a financial order (other than consent order) | £303 | £313 |
| 6.1 | Filing an appeal notice from a district judge, one or more lay justices, a justices’ clerk or an assistant to a justices’ clerk | £138 | £142 |
| 7.2 | Search of central index of parental responsibility agreements | £45 | £17 |
| 9.2(d) | On filing a request for detailed assessment where fee 9.1 does not apply | £1,345 | £1,365 |
| 9.3 | Issue of default costs certificate | £65 | £18 |
| 9.4 | Appeal (detailed assessment proceedings) - Family | £231 | £238 |
| 9.5 | Request/application to set aside a default costs certificate | £121 | £125 |
| 10.2 | Application for a maintenance order to be registered under the Maintenance Orders 1950 or 1958 Act | £55 | £57 |
| 11.1 | Application for order for financial provision | £237 | £245 |
| 12.1 | Application to question a judgment debtor or other person | £59 | £61 |
| 12.2 | Application for a third party debt order/appointment of a receiver | £85 | £88 |
| 12.3 | Application for a charging order | £42 | £43 |
| 12.4 | Application for a judgment summons | £80 | £83 |
| 12.5 | Application for an attachment of earnings order - Family | £37 | £38 |
| 13.1 | Application for enforcement of a judgment or order – warrant of control against goods | £110 | £114 |
| 13.2 | On a request for further attempt at execution of a warrant at a new address where the warrant has been returned to the court not executed | £30 | £6 |
| 13.3 | Issue for a warrant of possession or a warrant of delivery | £131 | £135 |
| 14.1 | Sealing a writ of execution/possession/delivery | £66 | £68 |
| 14.2 | On a request or application to register a judgment or order; or for permission to enforce an arbitration award; or for a certified copy of a judgment or order for use abroad | £66 | £68 |
| 15.1 | Request for service by a bailiff of document (see order for exceptions) | £45 | £46 |
Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Fees Order 2009
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Permission to appeal r21 | £242 | £250 |
| 2 | Notice of reference r28 / appeal r24 | £303 | £313 |
| 3 | Absent owner application (Compulsory Purchase Act 1965) | £550 | £624 |
| 4 | Restrictive covenant application r32 re s84 Law of Property Act 1925 | £968 | £999 |
| 5a | Rights of light application r41 to s2 Rights of Light Act 1959 – Definitive certificate | £1,320 | £775 |
| 5b | Rights of light application r41 to s2 Rights of Light Act 1959 – Temporary & Definitive certificate | £1,650 | £761 |
| 6 | Interlocutory application | £121 | £125 |
| 11a | Hearing as to entitlement – s84 Law of Property Act 1925 – discharge/modify restrictive covenant | £605 | £624 |
| 11b | Order without hearing (r46) – s84 Law of Property Act 1925 – discharge/modify restrictive covenant | £275 | £166 |
| 11c | Substantive hearing of originating application – s84 Law of Property Act 1925 – discharge/modify restrictive covenant | £1,210 | £1,249 |
| 11d | Engrossing Minutes of Order – s84 Law of Property Act 1925 – discharge/modify restrictive covenant | £220 | £41 |
| 12 | Hearing or preliminary hearing of reference/appeal (no amount awarded) | £605 | £624 |
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Judicial Review) (England and Wales) Fees Order 2011
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Permission to apply for Judicial Review | £169 | £174 |
| 1.1a | Judicial Review – Oral renewal | £424 | £438 |
| 1.2a | Proceed with Judicial Review – permission granted at oral hearing | £385 | £436 |
| 1.2b | Proceeding with Judicial Review after permission granted | £847 | £874 |
| 1.3 | Permission for Judicial Review – permission to proceed where proceedings started otherwise than by application for permission | £169 | £174 |
| 2.1 | Judicial Review General Application - On notice (where no other fee is specified) | £281 | £290 |
| 2.2 | Judicial Review General Application - By consent or without notice (where no other fee is specified) | £110 | £114 |
| 2.3 | Judicial Review – Application for a summons or order for a witness to attend the Tribunal | £55 | £57 |
Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Duplicate/second grant for same deceased person | £20 | £21 |
| 6 | Deposit of wills | £22 | £23 |
| 7 | Inspection of will/other document retained by the registry | £20 | £23 |
| 11 | Settling documents | £4 | £5 |
First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees Order 2013
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Commence proceedings (application or appeal) in a leasehold or residential property case, where no other fees applies | £110 | £114 |
| 1.2 | File proceedings for approval of the exercise of a power of entry | £110 | £114 |
| 1.3 | Mobile homes application (pitch fee other than Local Authority sites) | £22 | £23 |
| 1.4 | Mobile Homes - Application for determination to take into account cost of owner improvements - para 1.4 | £22 | £23 |
| 1.5 | Mobile Homes – Determination of Local Authority pitch fee | £22 | £23 |
| 1.6 | Mobile Homes – Application for determination to take into account cost of owner improvements – para 1.6 | £22 | £23 |
| 2.1 | Notice of hearing date for 1.1 or 1.2 application – only one payable if applications joined together | £220 | £227 |
First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1* | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – casino operating licence s65(2)(a) | £14,000 | £4,521 |
| 1.3* | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – general betting operating licence s65(2)(c) | £10,000 | £4,521 |
| 1.4* | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – pool betting operating licence s65(2)(d) | £10,000 | £4,521 |
| 1.5* | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – better intermediary operating licence s65(2)(e) | £10,000 | £4,521 |
| 1.10* | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – lottery operating licence s65(2)(j) | £9,400 | £4,521 |
| 1.11 | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – personal management office licence s127 | £1,760 | £1,816 |
| 1.12 | Appeal s141 Gambling Act 2005 – personal operational function licence s127 of that Act | £880 | £908 |
| 2 | Appeal s337(1) Gambling Act 2005 – order to void a bet s336(1) | £9,400 | £4,521 |
Court of Protection Fees Order 2007
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Application fee (Article 4) | £408 | £421 |
| 5 | Appeal fee (Article 5) | £257 | £265 |
| 6 | Hearing fee (Article 6) | £494 | £259 |
Gender Recognition (Application Fees) Order 2006
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Application for a Gender Recognition Certificate | £5 | £6 |
*Please note that fees 1.1 – 1.10 in the First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010 will all be consolidated under one fee at £4,521 from 1st April.