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Changes to court fees in force 6 April 2015—abolishing refund of trial fees for early settlement and streamlining automatic strike out for non payment

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Published on: 12 March 2015

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What are the changes?
When will the changes come into force?
Transitional provisions

Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee released this week confirm that the forthcoming changes to trial fees are likely to come into force on 6 April 2015. The main changes are to abolish the refund of trial fees for early settlement (balanced by an increase in the time allowed for paying the fee) and a streamlining of the process for automatic strike out for non-payment of trial fees.

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