Court Fees

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A new consultation seeks views on a considerable increase in court fees from November this year. Court fees are already due to rise by two per cent from the beginning of next month.

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An increase in Sheriff Court fees comes into effect today. The increase comes in the wake of a 2.3 per cent increase a year ago, and will be followed by a further two per cent increase next year.

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Inflationary increases in civil court fees have been condemned by lawyers as being “inimical to access to justice” as they impose a “substantial burden” on litigants with average incomes and are based on the principle of full cost recovery, which has been discredited by the

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