Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 937 (L. 6)

The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000

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(a) "the 1999 Fees Order" means the Supreme Court Fees Order 1999[3];

(b) an article referred to by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in the 1999 Fees Order; and

(c) a fee or column referred to by number means the fee or column so numbered in Schedule 1 to the 1999 Fees Order.

Transitional provisions
     3. In relation to appeals to which rule 39 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000[4] applies (transitional provisions) - 

(a) articles 9, 10 and 12 of this Order shall have no effect; and

(b) the fees payable shall be those that applied immediately before 2nd May 2000.

Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order
     4. In article 2, after paragraph (e) the following new paragraph (f) shall be added - 

" (f) "GLO" means a Group Litigation Order".

     5. In article 4(f) after the words "family proceedings" there shall be added the words "in the High Court".

     6. In column 2 in fee 1.1(a) for "£300" there shall be substituted "£350".

     7. In column 2 in fee 1.1(b) for "£400" there shall be substituted "£500".

     8. In column 1 in fee 2, in the notes under the heading "Fees 2.1 and 2.2 Generally", after the note "Fees 2.1 and 2.2 shall be payable as appropriate where the court allocates a case to a track for a trial of the assessment of damages." there shall be added the following note - 

" Fees 2.1 and 2.2 shall not be payable in relation to claims managed under a GLO after that GLO is made."

     9. For columns 1 and 2 in fee 2.3 there shall be substituted - 

Column 1	Column 2
Number and description of fee	Amount of fee
"      2.3 (a) Where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted by the lower court -       on filing an appellant's notice, or, on filing a respondent's notice where the respondent is appealing or wishes to ask the appeal court to uphold the order of the lower court for reasons different from or additional to those given by the lower court	£100
2.3 (b) Where in an appeal notice permission to appeal or an extension of time for appealing is applied for (or both are applied for) -       on filing an appellant's notice, or where, the respondent is appealing, on filing a respondent's notice	£150
Where fee 2.3(b) has been paid and permission to appeal (or extension of time) is not granted, £100 shall be refunded to the party who paid fee 2.3(b).
Fees 2.3(a) and (b) Fees 2.3(a) and (b) do not apply on appeals against a decision made in detailed assessment proceedings.

     10. In column 1 in fee 2.5 after the note "For the purpose of fee 2.5 a request for a judgment or order on admission or in default shall not constitute an application and no fee shall be payable." there shall be added the following note - 

Fees 2.4 and 2.5
Fees 2.4 and 2.5 shall not be payable when an application is made in an appeal notice or is filed at the same time as an appeal notice."

     11. For columns 1 and 2 in fee 7 there shall be substituted - 

Column 1	Column 2
Number and description of fee	Amount of fee
"      7.1 On a request for a copy of a document (other than where fee 7.2 applies): (a) for the first page (except the first page of a subsequent copy of the same document supplied at the same time)	£1
(b) per page in any other case	20p
Fee 7.1 shall be payable for a faxed copy or for examining a plain copy and marking it as an examined copy.
Fee 7.1 shall be payable whether or not the copy is issued as an office copy.
7.2 On a request for a copy of a document required in connection with proceedings and supplied by the party making the request at the time of copying, for each page	20p
7.3 On a request for a copy of a document on a computer disk or in other electronic form, for each such copy	£3"

     12. For columns 1 and 2 in fee 9 there shall be substituted - 

Column 1	Column 2
Number and description of fee	Amount of fee
"      9.1 (a) Where in an appeal notice permission to appeal or an extension of time for appealing is applied for (or both are applied for) -       on filing an appellant's notice, or where, the respondent is appealing, on filing a respondent's notice	£100
9.1 (b) Where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted by the lower court -       on filing an appellant's notice, or on filing a respondent's notice where the respondent is appealing	£200
9.1 (c) On the appellant filing an appeal questionnaire (unless the appellant has paid fee 9.1(b)), or on the respondent filing an appeal questionnaire (unless the respondent has paid fee 9.1(b))	£200
9.2 On filing a respondent's notice where the respondent wishes to ask the appeal court to uphold the order of the lower court for reasons different from or additonal to those given by the lower court	£100
9.3 On filing an application notice	£100
Fee 9.3 shall not be payable for an application made in an appeal notice."

     13. In column 2 in fee 10.2 for "£160" there shall be substituted "£180";


Irvine of Lairg, C.

Bingham of Cornhill, C. J.

Harry Woolf, M. R.

Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, P.

Richard Scott, V. ‐C.

Dated 24th March 2000



We concur,


    

    

Dated 23rd March 2000



We concur,


Clive Betts,

Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Dated 28th March 2000

[2] 1990 c. 29.back

[3] S.I. 1999/687; amended by S.I. 1999/2569 and S.I. 2000/641.back

[4] S.I. 2000/221.back