The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st May 2008.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “CCBC” means County Court Bulk Centre;

(b) “the CPR” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(1);

(c) “LSC” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999(2);

(d) expressions also used in the CPR have the same meaning as in those Rules.

Fees payable

2.  The fees set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 are payable in the Supreme Court and in county courts in respect of the items described in column 1 in accordance with and subject to the directions specified in that column.

3.  No fee is payable in respect of—

(a) non-contentious probate business;

(b) the enrolment of documents;

(c) criminal proceedings (except proceedings on the Crown side of the Queen’s Bench Division to which the fees in Schedule 1 are applicable);

(d) proceedings by sheriffs, under-sheriffs, deputy-sheriffs or other officers of the sheriff; or

(e) family proceedings in the High Court or in a county court.

4.  Where by any convention entered into by Her Majesty with any foreign power it is provided that no fee is required to be paid in respect of any proceedings, the fees specified in this Order are not payable in respect of those proceedings.

Remissions and part remissions

5.  Schedule 2 applies for the purpose of ascertaining whether a party is entitled to a remission or part remission of a fee prescribed by this Order.

Revocations

6.  The instruments listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 (which have the references listed in column 2) are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

3rd April 2008

We consent,

Steve McCabe

Claire Ward

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

7th April 2008