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New Form EX50 Civil and Family Court Fees Leaflet
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Eagle eyed practitioners may have noticed that as from the 4 August 2014 there is a new HMCTS Civil and Family Court Fees Leaflet.
However this does not represent a complete overhaul of the court fees last updated with the introduction of the single family court on 22 April 2014 and there is not in fact a new Family fees order.
There are two new amendment orders in relation to civil fees which came into force on 4 August 2014: the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2014; made on 10 July 2014 and laid before Parliament on 14 July 2014 and the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 3) Order 2014; made on 1 August 2014 and laid before Parliament the same date.
The changes made to the fees and to the leaflet itself are minor and can be summarised as follows:
Forced marriage applications
A new section has been included to clarify the position as previously the HMCTS...
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