MAY DAY, MAY DAY
The threatened 10% rise in civil, family, tribunal, probate and Court of Protection fees will become reality on 1 May 2024 by dint of SI 2024/476. Well-meaning consultation has taken place. No representations by district judges, who would no doubt say that fees are not something with which they should be dirtying their hands unless the frustrated accountants among them have become costs judges, but the deputy head of civil justice and the Master of the Rolls did put in their two pennies’ worth, along with, bless them, Divorce Online and the British Parking Association. Some 172 fees are hit. The threatened divorce application hike has escaped and, for the time being, 29 other fees which require further analysis of underlying cost.
WHAT A RELIEF!
The debt relief order is the amateur debtor’s form of bankruptcy and works in a similar way. It is available from the Insolvency Service through all good approved intermediaries such
