Small Claims Court Fees
Fees when making a money claim through the Small Claims Court (County Court) are payable when you file any document or commence any process requiring a fee, unless otherwise stated.
Courts accept payment by debit or credit card, cash, postal order or cheque. Payments should be made payable to "HM Courts & Tribunals Service".
You will have to pay these fees unless you are on a low income, in receipt of certain income related benefits or you can show that payment of a court fee will cause hardship to you and your family, the court may waive the fee. To apply for a fee exemption or reduced fees you should fill out an EX160 form each time a fee is payable.
From 9th March 2015 the following fees will be payable for claims to recover a sum of money.
Money Claims court fee
A court fee is payable to the court to issue proceedings, based on the value of your money claim. (Fee Remission - do I have to pay a court fee?)
up to £ | court fee £ |
300 | 35.00 |
500 | 50.00 |
1,000 | 70.00 |
1,500 | 80.00 |
3,000 | 115.00 |
5,000 | 205.00 |
10,000 | 455.00 |
200,000 | 5% of the claim |
above | 10,000 |
There is a 10% discount on fees for claims from £10,000 to £99,999 filed electronically.
Listing Questionnaire (Pre-Trial Checklist) fee
Fast track claim |
£110.00 |
Multi-track claim |
£110.00 |
Hearing fee
Most cases are referred to the small claims track where the District Judge will attempt to reach a decision without a hearing (on paper).
The Notice of Allocation issued by the court identifies those claims requiring a hearing or a preliminary hearing and the fee payable. The hearing fee depends on the amount you're claiming.
claim up to £ | hearing fee £ |
|
claim up to £ | hearing fee £ |
300 | 25.00 |
|
1,500 | 115.00 |
500 | 55.00 |
|
3,000 | 170.00 |
1,000 | 80.00 |
|
above | 335.00 |
Fast track hearing fee |
£545.00 |
Multi-track hearing fee |
£1090.00 |
Copy documents
If you ask the court to make copies of documents, receive or send a fax on your behalf, or provide a copy of a document already provided, there is a fee to pay.
document service |
fee |
Between 1 to 10 pages of any document |
£10 |
Extra pages of the same document |
50p per page |
Copies of documents provided on computer disk or other electronic form |
£10 |