SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND & WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 15th January 1997. 2 In this Order:— a an article referred to by number means the article so numbered in the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980 , and b a fee or column referred to by number means the fee or column so numbered in the Schedule to that Order. Amendments to the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980 3 Paragraphs (1) and (3) of article 5 shall be omitted. 4 The following shall be inserted after article 7:— 7A Where a bill for taxation is lodged by a party to proceedings who, if the bill is allowed at the full amount thereof, will be required to pay it, the fee prescribed at Fee No. 29(b) shall be limited to £50, unless the taxing officer orders that the full amount of the fee shall be payable. 5 The entries in Column 2 in respect of each of the fees numbered in the Table below shall be replaced as shown in that Table. Fee No. Existing entry in Column 2 New entry in Column 2 2(a) 15.00 50.00 2(b) 15.00 50.00 2(c) 15.00 50.00 2(d) 15.00 50.00 2(e) 30.00 50.00 3 15.00 50.00 4 20.00 50.00 5(A) 20.00 30.00 5(B) 20.00 50.00 5(C) 20.00 30.00 5(D) 20.00 50.00 5(F) 50.00 150.00 5(G) 100.00 500.00 5(H) 100.00 500.00 5(J) 50.00 100.00 6 15.00 30.00 8(a) 20.00 30.00 9 20.00 50.00 11(a) 20.00 50.00 11(b) 20.00 50.00 11(c) 20.00 50.00 11(d) 20.00 50.00 13 30.00 60.00 16(a) (both occurrences) 20.00 30.00 16(b) to (g) (all occurrences) 10.00 30.00 27(a)(i) 120.00 200.00 27(a)(ii) 120.00 200.00 27(b) 50.00 150.00 27(c) 60.00 100.00 29(e) 10.00 20.00 29(f) 35.00 50.00 30(a) 55.00 80.00 30(b)(i) 25.00 50.00 30(b)(ii) 55.00 80.00 30(c) 55.00 80.00 30(e) 25.00 50.00 30(f) 25.00 50.00 6 In columns 1 and 2 in Fee No. 1:— a the figure of “120.00” in column 2, opposite paragraphs (a) to (d) in column 1, shall be omitted; b the following shall be added after the end of paragraph (d):— Column 1 Column 2 where the relief sought consists of the recovery of possession of any property (with or without any sum charged thereon) or does not include the payment of money 120.00 where the relief sought is or includes the payment of money (other than money charged on property possession of which is also claimed): limited to £10,000 or less 120.00 limited to a sum exceeding £10,000 but not exceeding £50,000 150.00 limited to a sum exceeding £50,000 but not exceeding £100,000 300.00 limited to a sum exceeding £100,000, or where no limit is specified 500.00 7 After Fee No. 5A there shall be inserted the following new fee: Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 5AA On an application ex parte or by consent before a master, district judge or Admiralty registrar or before a bankruptcy registrar, where no appointment is taken. 20.00 The application 8 In column 1 in Fee No. 5C, the words “in Chambers in the Queen’s Bench Division” shall be omitted. 9 For columns 1 and 2 in Fee No. 18 there shall be substituted the following:— Column 1 Column 2 18 For a copy of any document, or examining a plain copy and marking it as an office copy: a per page for the first five pages of each document 1.00 b per page for subsequent pages 0.25 10 For columns 1 and 2 in Fee No. 29(b), (c) and (d) there shall be substituted the following:— Column 1 Column 2 b On the lodging of a bill of costs for taxation, subject to the provisions of article 7A, for every £100 or part of £100 of the full amount of the bill as lodged 3.75 c On the taxation of a bill of costs, for every £100 or part of £100 of the amount allowed less any amount paid under Fee No. 29(b) in respect of the lodging of that bill 7.50 d On assessing costs in the Chancery Division, for every £100 or part of £100 of the sum assessed 7.50 Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 11th December 1996 We concur, Bingham of Cornhill, C.J. Woolf, M.R. Stephen Brown, P. Richard Scott, V.-C. We concur, Patrick McLoughlin Roger Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 16th December 1996