Apply for help with court and tribunal fees: Form EX160
Apply online or with the EX160 paper form when you make your court or tribunal application. Includes EX160A guidance notes.
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Updates to this page
Last updated 25 October 2024 + show all updates
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Added content explaining that student loans do not count towards total monthly income.
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Added contact details for We Are Group to the guidance under 'free and independent advice'.
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Uploaded Welsh version of the EX160 form.
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Removed forms for applications made or fees paid before 27 November 2023.
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Fixed a calculation error in the new English and Welsh versions of EX160C
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Added Welsh version of the new EX160A guidance
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Added Welsh version of the new fee remission calculator
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New form, guidance and calculator added for applications made or fees paid on or after 27 November 2023
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Added Welsh version of EX160A HTML guidance
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Added wording to make clear that applicants must apply for help with fees at the same time as they make their court or tribunal application.
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Eligibility and further information updated and new versions of forms and guidance uploaded.
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Amendments to the further information text.
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Revised EX160 form and easy read version of the guide.
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Added fee remissions contribution calculator.
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Forms updated
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Revised EX160A leaflet
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First published.