The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2026

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

This Order amends the following instruments relating to court and tribunal fees—

the Enrolment of Deeds (Fees) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. 1994/601 ),

the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 ( S.I. 2004/3120 ),

the Court of Protection Fees Order 2007 ( S.I. 2007/1745 ),

the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008 ( S.I. 2008/1052 ),

the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 ( S.I. 2008/1053 ),

the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 ( S.I. 2008/1054 ),

the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Fees Order 2009 ( S.I. 2009/1114 ),

the First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010 ( S.I. 2010/42 ),

the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Judicial Review) (England and Wales) Fees Order 2011 ( S.I. 2011/2344 ),

the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 ( S.I. 2011/2841 ), and

the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees Order 2013 ( S.I. 2013/1179 ).

Articles 2 to 11 and Schedules 1 to 5 amend specified court and tribunal fees set out in the first ten instruments listed above in order to apply an inflation-based increase of an average of 2.6% (rounded to the nearest pound). They also amend specified court and tribunal fees set out in those instruments in order to apply an accumulated inflation-based increase of an average of 34.3% (rounded to the nearest pound). Schedules 3 and 4 also reduce four fees.

Article 3 also amends the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 to increase application and associated probate fees and reduce the fee for a copy of a document relating to a named person from £16 to £2 where the request accompanies an application for a grant.

Article 7 also amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 to exempt a relevant local authority from paying a fee in respect of an application made under or by reference to section 10B of the Children Act 1989.

Article 12 and Schedule 6 amend the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees Order 2013 to replace Schedule 1 in its entirety and make associated amendments to the body of the Order. The new Schedule 1 sets out application and hearing fees by reference to applications under specified legislative provisions. It increases application fees from £114 to £200 and hearing fees from £227 to £300 in relation to applications in items 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.3, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, and 6.3.

A full impact assessment of the effect of the increase in the application fee for a grant of probate is available from the Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ and is published with an Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on https://legislation.gov.uk . A full impact assessment has not been prepared for the inflation-based increases to court and tribunal fees, as a full impact assessment was previously submitted to accompany the Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2024 ( S.I. 2024/476 ) and the methodology used in this instrument is identical. A full impact assessment has not been prepared for the remaining measures in this instrument as no significant impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.